I attended a writing session Monday evening with local group Not for the Faint Hearted. Organized by James Burt and Ellen DeVries this session was facilitated by James.
James presented the group – we were about 15 – with a series of images as prompts. Writing times were limited to 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes and 1 minute.
I found it really interesting to hear the different writing voices. Myself and a fellow from New Zealand were the only non-Brits in the room, and our voices were distinctly different.
Here’s the first piece I wrote, unedited from my notebook. Make a nice audio piece, don’t you think?
(5 minutes: B&W image of woman on a park footpath surrounded by pigeons. Note, the image displayed here is not the image we worked with, but I’ve chosen it to give something of the sense. )
Pigeons in the Park
Feeding the pigeons
The pigeon lady
coo-coo coo-coo
Who are you?
They rush her
Wings a flutter
fluster her
flap her ideology
Everyday they are here
waiting for her bag of bread
crumbs-crumbs-crumbs
saved from the care home kitchen
flap flap flap
fill the gap
the gaping hole in her soul
coo-coo coo-coo
who are you?
coo-coo coo-coo
who are you?
(whisper) ssshhhh pppppp ssssshhhhh
(sing) coo-coo coo-coo
coo-coo coo-coo
who are you?
wooooooooooooooooooooo
(I’ll try to post the rest of them this week.)
Alison Amazed 
That was lovely.
Thanks Jenn, I was so surprised when I wrote that. That’s what the picture gave me. One never knows what will come out when prompted in a creative environment, surrounded by creatives!