Flowing (by sarah)

Yep another song/poem thingy.

This one is about war.

Incase your wondering I am at the moment trying to finish off all those projects I have going and am working my way through note books etc... so there is likely to be a few more. Feed back welcomed.

Shy – embedded (by sarah)

I've worked out how to embed the songs now so here goes 🙂

Shy (by sarah)

Monday mornings are my child free time so that is when the main creativity activity occurs - this isn't the most creative time but more the time in which I can complete projects and bring ideas finally to bear fruit.

Yesterday I recorded what I envision as a sound track to a shot visual video - it is my first ever hammond organ piece of music and I have been working on it for weeks! Then there is my poem shy.

Alaric is chuffed with it as it means his prediction about what would happen if we got the organ has come to pass! He also says the effect is very surreal.

I can't get the embed to work at the moment so here is the link.

Gloucester Creative Olympics and The Launch of The Wind Vessel (by sarah)

Yesterday I went to The Battle For The Winds Episode One in Stroud, I had won a bronze medal for my song Windy Gloucestershire. This was part of the creative Olympics and also saw the launch of the Wind Vessel which will be in Cheltenham for the Torch and then will be going on to Wynmouth with the rest of the South West efforts.

It was in the Brunel Goodshed - there was a parade as well but with the weather an us all having been so ill recently we decided to miss that bit. The place was jam packed!

What we could see of the vessel being launched though Alaric and Jean seemed to really enjoy 🙂

There is unfortunatly no video or photos of me on stage - Alaric managed to take two one second videos at the beginning and end of my bit being presented my medal - it would have been a good angle too 🙁

My medal was made by the graphics students at the college. It was presented by Old Mother Gloucestershire who's outfit was brilliant 🙂

But here are the photos we did take of the general stage stuff before and after my bit 🙂

The we saw the launch of the Wind Vessel - which I actually really like - plus it doubles as a musical instrument and I always like things like that 🙂

After the main bit people started to disperse a bit and there was more space to see the martial art dancers and various other little shows. I went to the tent with the Creative Olympic stuff in but though people were asking to listen to my song - it was unfortunatly the only one not there - even though the organisers said it had been - so someone has borrowed it I assume or it's down the back of tent or something!

The place was full of little cafes and a giant junk igloo called the Mould Cafe - this led through to a section where kids could put their heads through and seem themselves as part of a video.

Mary was desperate to join in so once the crowds had thinned a bit we let her loose to toddle - but the main thing she wanted to do was be held up to the gymnasts ring!

And because I am me - I took arty shots of things 🙂

Monster Creation (by sarah)

I have made a short film about the creation of the Muse Monsters from my Monster Writing Game - they turn out to have a complex belief system - some of which is portrayed in this video. Also I like the effect I got with a bamboo flute I picked up a few years ago.

Video is up under Creative Commons Attribution which means as long as you say where you got the material from you can use it in your own creations 🙂