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The Quest for Immortality: Masks…Stuart France

* It has to be owned… The Temple Space has never looked finer. Mind you, we say that every year! * But even Coyote, a late, somewhat incongruous addition to proceedings looks well: ‘How will people know what not to … Continue reading

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Lord of the Deep: Rebuilding the citadel

Once more the fates move. Now, while Gilgamesh steps beyond himself, he and Enkidu, Life and Death, Man and Nature, become the portal that guards the Veil of the Beyond. Each offers their gifts as the Companions, one by one, … Continue reading

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The Quest for Immortality: Gods… Stuart France

* The workshops serve as a Celtic Cauldron of Plenty… Everyone gets what they most need. How is this possible? How is it possible that three years on from first tentatively considering the Epic of Gilgamesh as a potential subject … Continue reading

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Lord of the Deep: Stepping beyond…

When Lord of the Deep was being written, decisions had to be made about which elements of the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh to include, which to leave out altogether and which to adapt to aid the flow of our story. … Continue reading

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Lord of the Deep: Getting under the skin…

In any drama, be it ritual or otherwise, there is a fine line over which you must hover as an ‘actor’. You are not your character. Lines and scenarios that make you look amazing or, alternatively, portray you as evil, … Continue reading

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Gilgamesh descending (5) ~ Steve Tanham

Steve continues his dramatic experience as Gilgamesh at the Lord of the Deep workshop weekend: And now we must move swiftly, as the king’s heartbeat quickens with purpose. Again, he watches the Fate Dancers… and begins to see the depths … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Rooted #writephoto

This week’s photo is of a spot very well know… if you know where it was taken, please keep it to yourself until the prompt has closed so that imaginations can play without preconceptions 🙂 Use the image below as … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Monochrome #writephoto

* Bent, almost broken Scarred by yesterday’s sorrows Yet beauty remains * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Little Moreton Hall, near Congleton in Cheshire. I took liberties with the original image, changing what was a beautiful … Continue reading

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The Quest for Immortality: Dreams… Stuart France

* When the people of Uruk rebel against the tyranny of Gilgamesh, they petition the Gods… * Hearing their plea the Goddess, Aruru, fashions the twin of Gilgamesh from the clay of her heart and sets him loose in the … Continue reading

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Monochrome ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

My house of black and white chevrons Sunlight cannot kiss colour into its bones It glows under the moonlight, a beacon to the past A time of Shakespeare whose words knit together as if spoken by a strange tongue Continue … Continue reading

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