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Short, Sharp & Snappy 2
Writing is an uncertain business. I often think that the reason writers do it, and persist in it, must be pretty deep-seated and complicated. Writing fiction particularly can be an arduous process with little extrinsic reward if it's never picked up by a publisher. No publisher liked Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance enough to take it on 121 times, and still Pirsig persisted with it. Sometimes I look at my own self from the outside and shake my head. Sometimes it seems nuts to keep doing something that often has no tangible reward, for which there are, most often, no guarantees.
Better late than never, but it's been over a week since the launch of The Imperfections exhibition at the Bus Factory in Newtown.
Worker's Day today. The streets are almost empty on the way to Newtown. The Bus Factory's quiet, just Security around today, but the light is great, the day is bright and Unity Gallery is ready to be transformed. There are still two days until Thursday's opening, but watching Robyn brandishing a drill and beginning her magic is inspirational. Here are some photos...
Kirsten Miller
Kirsten Miller is a writer and artist from Durban, South Africa. Her focus on communication casts a wide net, and includes a strong interest in fiction, traditional and social media, autism and communication through creativity and visual art and craft. It is this balance that allows her to participate in a local and global community, while simultaneously producing original work.
Miller was a finalist in the HSBC/SA PEN award in 2005 and 2006, and in the 2009 SA PEN/STUDZINSKI literature award. In 2005 her first novel, All is Fish, was short-listed for the Jacana/EU Literary Award, and was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Children on the Bridge: A story of Autism in South Africa was published by Jacana in 2006. In 2008 Kirsten participated in the Time of Writer festival and her book for children, A Time for Fairies, was published the same year. Her recent fiction includes a short play, Remember Joe (Short, Sharp and Snappy 2, Junkets 2011) and Mobile, a short story included in Africa Inside Out (UKZN Press, 2012). Miller's artwork has shown in previous exhibitions at Unity Gallery in Johannesburg.
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I'll be taking part in a joint exhibition with Robyn Field at the Unity Gallery in Newtown, Johannesburg. The shows starts on the 3rd of May...
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