Journeys

From a Dream of Islands to Elysian Lockdown

Philip Chambers

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English

The Cloister House Press
14 February 2022

Poetry by individual poets; Literary essays; Expeditions

This travelogue of lived experiences of the natural world, before and during the pandemic, comprises memoir extracts, stories, poems and e-mails. It is presented in inter-related, reflective narratives, both linear and fragmented, together with references to literature, music, art and film. Association and flights of fancy are used to explore the journeys of the mind in response to the sensory stimulants of the natural world; stimulants which may take us further into the natural world, or may unlock the imagination to take us somewhere else. In JOURNEYS the road is made by walking. Destinations are often unknown and outcomes uncertain. Process is more significant than product and the book turns on the idea of a reflective bricolage rather than rational argument and conclusions. The writer inhabiting nature, music in nature, and music as an art form, sits next to the myths and legends of storied landscapes, conceits of the mouth and the scallop shell, and concepts such as the pilgrim and the eclipse. The watchword of JOURNEYS as it moves from A Dream of Islands to Elysian Lockdown is empathy.

By: Philip Chambers
Imprint: The Cloister House Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 298g
ISBN: 9781913460457
ISBN 10: 1913460452
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 14 February 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The author, now retired, worked as a Primary school teacher and a Secondary school teacher of English and Drama, after which he spent a year at the Laban Art of Movement Studio, studying Dance. He then moved into Higher Education and taught Dance and Drama for twenty years before gaining a PhD in Teaching and Learning with New Technologies and running the Master's Programme at the University of Worcester for ten years. This centred on Creative Approaches to Research Methods and included the supervision of PhDs and Master's Dissertations.