Ilze

“Some things do not bear telling. I think my father knew this. I think he knew how words can sometimes flatten the deepest emotions or pin them like wild butterflies stunned out of magnificent flight, flimsiest souvenirs of what moved and coloured air like silk. Better to imagine it.”
― Niall Williams, Four Letters of Love

“I opened my veins. Unstoppably
life spurts out with no remedy.
Now I set out bowls and plates.
Every bowl will be shallow.
Every plate will be small.

And overflowing their rims,
into the black earth, to nourish
the rushes unstoppably
without cure, gushes
poetry ...”
― Marina Tsvetaeva, Selected Poems

“What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.”
― Ted Hughes

“Learning the mechanics of drawing and understanding form, will give you the confidence to express your natural creativity.”
― Evan Clemitson, Basic Principles of Art for Foundation Phase Teachers