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ISSUE 05

CONTENT PLANNING & WRITING: Lucy Rendle

PROMOTION & WRITING: Jack Hadley
MAGAZINE DESIGN, IMAGERY & EDITING: Chris Jones
ILLUSTRATION: Sam Taylor
GUESTS: Hannah Nichole, Elliot Parker, Glenn James, Charlotte Stocksdale, Christina
Maynard, John Taylor, Carley Edge.
POETRY COMPETITION: Sarah James, Lisa Ventura, Colette Grosvenor, Jon Mapp,

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 CONTENTS
Box Team [04]

Charlotte Stockdale
[06]

Death of Film Photo

[10] Sarah James [09]

FORTY-TWO [14] JOHN MAPP

[12]
ELLIOT PARKER
[16] Lisa Ventura [13]

Tina V [18] Colette Grosvenor [22]

Frank & BEANZ GLENN JAMES

[19] [24]

JOHN TAYLOR Carley Edge [28]

[20]
Exhibitions [31]

Workshop Events [32]

All artwork submitted to the Box is

used with permission of the original
Splendid Cinema [33]
owner. All rights belong to the
creators.
ILLUSTRATION: Chris Jones
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 Hello Box readers,

We present our fifth Issue. This month we wanted to have a

more digital aethestic to the magazine. Lucy has illustrated
a short story by Glenn James. Chris tries his hand at
photographic formats. Sam has more events and exhibitions
to showcase.
LUCY RENDLE We have a diverse selection of poetry entrees from our Big
[theboxlucy@live.co.uk] Poetry Competition, including an epic by Carley Edge and
two humorous treats from Lisa Ventura

We have more interviews; with traditional illustrator Charlotte

Stocksdale, graphic designer and photographer Elliot Parker
and digital artist and writer John Taylor.

Lucy reminisces over the film photograph, and tells us

CHRIS JONES about 42’s second event, and tells us of the upcoming
[theboxchris@live.co.uk] performances.

Frank and Beanz give us another comic strip, and Mark Ellis
is looking for performers [see workshop segment]

We are still looking for artists and contributors for our next
Issue. We want a lot more art, and would also like to continue
our poetry segments. Please get in touch with us - our emails
JACK HADLEY are under our profile pictures - We look forward to hearing
[theboxjack@live.co.uk] from you

BOX TEAM

SAM TAYLOR
[theboxsam@live.co.uk]
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Illustrator of the Month
Charlotte Stocksdale
Hello Charlotte, could you describe your At the moment the idea of having one
background and how this had fed your illustration representing two or three
practice. moments is very appealing.”
“I grew up on a smallholding in rural
Wales; one of two children who were home
educated from the beginning and never ever
went to school. Doesn’t that make me weird?
Well, it made me independent at least, and
appreciative of my surroundings. Seeing my
surroundings, and I mean really seeing, is
very important to my work. When you see
the little birds in the hedge, or the little tiny
violet, it brings a kind of enchantment into
life. It’s the same for my illustration. There’s
no point in just repeating what the text says;
I like to show more. The same goes for
watching how people do things. The way one
person moves is so individual, and it’s good
fun to draw that motion in still pictures and
develop character. What and who inspires you?
“Stories inspire me and always have.
Academically my background is in art, with True, fictional, fantasy or real life, they
philosophy and psychology, and interests in are everywhere. Fragments from daily life
science, history and English literature mixed (have you ever wondered, for example,
in. Learning in these areas has transformed why someone in the supermarket has ten
my practice, because I’m now looking for bottles of fizzy drink, one loaf of bread
multiple layers of meaning to put into the and some eggs?) and a little imagination (a
images. very unusual bread pudding, prepared for
the purple frog that lives in Regent’s park)
suddenly create stories. Sometimes mad
ones.

Academic research inspires me too. My

own interest is in interpretation and how
human minds (with whatever definition
you take that to mean) both perceive and
understand something. It seems to vary
from person to person and I find that
exciting. Furthermore, how do illustrators
respond to that?”
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Communication is a huge part of survival, as it is the only way of glimpsing at least a
suggestion of what someone else experiences. I think most art hinges on this. Fine art,
illustration, graphic design etc, often aim to move people in some way, communicate and
persuade. This is only possible when there is a communicated understanding somewhere
in the process of absorbing an idea. How would I, for example, communicate the concept
of vertigo in original images or writing, if I had never experienced the sensation? One of
the most thrilling things is finding an academic idea, and locating that idea demonstrated
in a children’s storybook. It shows how natural an idea can be and that research doesn’t
have to be dull. In fact it is stimulating and it motivates me to explore and create. I want to
do original things, please!

What do you think of

illustration during our
What kind of illustration time of austerity?
do you specialise in? Where did you study? “Austerity is hard, but it
“Ah, well, if you can tell me “I completed my illustration is life affirming in many
that let me know! I suppose degree at University of ways. It makes you look
really I have two styles, Wales Institute, Cardiff very carefully at what is
watercolour ‘realistic-ish’ (UWIC). I was part of the important in life. This
and mixed media imaginative first ever intake for the enhanced awareness of
work, but the boundary course. With hindsight I do the important things must
between the two can be a bit take risks… eek! Anyway, influence illustration and
hazy! I love book illustrating it was wonderful being the content that develops in
and I’m quite happy doing the first ever year, because the market. Hardship might
cards, clothing designs, we were able to mould create a reaction, so that
promotion design, and even the course. That kind of illustration will become anti-
website building. They are entrepreneurial atmosphere minimalist and have lots of
all creative processes!” was good creative fertilizer.” intensity and richness.”
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Do you think that the
illustration industry is
demystified? Is digital
illustration suffocating our art
or has it evolved because of it.
Do you think there is room for
traditional approaches?

There is definitely an element

of evolution taking place. My
own practice methods would
be much more difficult without
digital input. For me this frees
up the process of composition
and encourages happy accidents.
I enjoy the transparencies you
can achieve digitally and most of
my work is a complete mix of
traditional and digital.
Digital illustration has created a genre of its
own. There has been a surge of digital art
but I think it is receding a little. There’s an
important distinction between art created
by formulas on a computer, and art that has
been created by a mind via a computer. It’s
the human element that is missing from a
lot of digital work. In a way it’s the same
for traditional illustration; you don’t create
traditional work from ready-cut shapes and
specifications, you start from scratch with
fresh ideas. Digital illustration needs to do
the same.
Traditional approaches still have a lot of
advantages, and many people maintain
a preference for traditional over digital.
People find magical, fantastic and
mysterious qualities in an image created
by hand, because of the skill invested in it.
The perception of investment is important,
because it lets your audience know you
value them. Humans like being valued! As
soon as a computer is involved, some or all
of that mystery goes because ‘computers
are clever’. This magic is such a crucial part
of illustration as a storyteller, and that alone
will maintain the traditional illustration
industry. If you are ever in any doubt, sit
in a public place and draw. You will soon
find people craning their necks trying to
peek and children will come, absolutely
fascinated.

QUESTIONS: Chris Jones

IMAGES & WORDS: Charlotte Stocksdale
www.charlotte-stockdale.co.uk
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 Shifting

On the windowsill, my herb pots are wilting.

Outside the city’s towers are restless;
lights blink, its night too scared for pitch black.
The world inside is a different place.
I lie and listen to your breathing fill our bedsit,
try to merge with the white sheet stillness
as sunlight creeps like a cat burglar through the blinds.
A spider creases itself into your shirt
and the plant pots’ curved shadows.

I twist, and slope the blind’s slats.

An avalanche of morning
slides to a halt by your pillow,
flakes melt on your face. Everything shifts.
Sunlight pools on the glossed ledge, sends
the spider hurrying off along the glass edge.
My chives and thyme are yellow beyond reviving.
But the bulbs we planted for spring –
their green tips are parting with colour.

POETRY: Sarah James

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 The Death of Film
Photography:
Old Verses
New
ARTICLE: Lucy Rendle

In this modern age of

accessibility were the
western world is spoilt for
choice of modern techno
gadgets,
Anyone can produce a photograph with ease, a mobile phone a digital cameras offer a
quick and easy approach to producing an image. We are overcome and bombarded with
the digital image, it is part of out landscape in our day to day lives, if were to count how
often we are effected by the digital image our response would be thousands of times
whether consciously or subconsciously.
Long gone are the days of the photograph which took time to process from the beginning
to end, when photographic development was time consuming and complex and the results
were far more magical and captivating then its younger brother’s production of the digital
image.
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Photographs produced as late as the 19th
century seems to appear as paintings rather
then a crystal clear image, the graininess
and textured layers which involve from
the slow development of black and white
film photography create an atmospheric
and beautiful picture. As a viewer we
almost are forced to pay more attention
to the older film prints, as we are so
used to seeing perfectly mirrored reality
in a digital photograph we tend to not
absorb the detail or the narrative in the
digitally constructed 2d image. We even
try to recreate the old film effect in digital
manipulation software.
Photographs provide form Worcester Photography Society Worcestershire Archive
Photoshop allows us to make the new old
but not matter how many effects used we
could never recreate a photograph with the
same alluring and atmospheric qualities.
Yes digital has opened the doors to all, so
we can easily take and create a photograph
to a high standard, but are we losing the
essential essence of the photograph were
perfection will become the norm so much
so that these images will dissolve from our
memories and their impact will become
nonexistent?
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'The Box' POETRY: Jon Mapp

Put it in a box,
And strip it bare,
Watch it die,
Try not to care,

It’s only memory,

Clothing my heart, It’s taken my pain,
Swaying my judgment, Wrapped me in grief,
And it rips me apart, Stripped me bare, the scars give me substance,
Of all my belief, the pain takes my breath,
I can’t let it go,
And it can’t let me live, in the land of the damned,
Lying here naked, I stare straight at death,
It’s taken almost all, The angel who fell,
That I have to give, Grants me redemption, Put me in a box,
And sends me to hell, And strip me bare,
Watch me die,
Try not to care.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Chris Jones

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The Rapture – Or POETRY: Lisa Ventura
“Ode To The Insane Ramblings Of An 89 Year Old
Man”

I thought the end of the world was nigh

I thought today is the day I am going to die
The rapture is coming on May 21st
So we should eat, drink and party until we burst

Harold Camping is the man who predicted our fate

An 89 year old madman, and many of us took his bait
They paid him money and made him a God
But in reality he is a stupid old sod

It is May 22nd, and oh look we are all still here

I think it is time to celebrate and drink loads more beer
Harold Camping – you are a laughing stock
I don’t blame everyone who thinks it is fun to mock

The insane ramblings of a senile old man

He really did think the world was going down the pan
Harold I’d keep those curtains closed if I were you
As many of your “followers” will no doubt decide to sue

William & Kate

Written during the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton on Friday
29th April 2011

Today William marries his Kate

It’s sweet to see she is his soulmate

Ten years Kate waited for her man

But it could have all gone down the pan

One day they will be King and Queen
I’m sure they will be very keen

To rule the land of Great Britannia

And be more “wiv it” than their good old nanna
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 It was the 2nd 42 open mic night at the Worcester Arts Workshop. Mr Hadley & I
were invited once again to indulge in the world of sci-fi, Gothic and horror literacy.

Hosted by the co founder of 42, Glenn James .The cellar full of adoring fans of the
genres waited in anticipation for the diverse collection of performers from around the UK
and an intriguing line up.

First to entertain and disturb the audience was John Taylor, with a chilling tale about a
child and his demonic teddy bear. Next up was Suz Winspear reading her the scary story
of the invisible friend another comically dark tale. The 3rd performer Damon Lord
brought a mixture of stand up comedy, poetry and fantasy work to the stage. After the
feast of delights Craigus Barry serenaded us with a selection of space inspired original
songs. The 5th performer was the brilliant Fergus McGonigal, with a selection of
fantastically funny poems, (one in particular about 42). And the end the evening Glenn
James read part two of “Norseman on the Threshold”, which will be concluded at the
next formal 42 in June.

Come and join the next 42 @ the Worcester arts Workshop in June.
For information please go to:
www.gapresents.co.uk/42
Or contact 08445006185

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ARTICLE:Lucy Rendle & Jack Hadley
PHOTOGRAPHY: Lucy Rendle
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 Elliot Parker
Photographing Digital Worlds
What and where do/did you study?
“Last year I completed a 2 year National
Diploma in Graphic Design at Worcester
Art College. I am now half way through a
2 year HND course which will finish next
summer.”

What inspired you to want to be a

graphic designer?
“I’m excited by digital art. Transforming
images and objects that most people take
for granted or see as desolate into my own
personal creation…..using urban scenery
and textures to challenge my imagination.
I see buildings and structures that are long
forgotten or decaying, I like to save the
memories and provide them with a future! I
was encouraged to use my imagination from
as far back as I can remember and now it’s
second nature. I remember asking Father
Christmas for empty boxes instead of toys,
I got about fifty and created an enormous
castle that filled the entire lounge, I think
I was about six! Graphic Design is merely
following my artistic path….opening up
new opportunities to develop new skills and
techniques.”
What are your favourite subjects and
how would you describe your style?
“There’s no stereotypical influence in my
work. I constantly see new opportunities
in everyday life, people and conversations.
To be perfectly honest, I have no favourite
subjects, as such; however, to date my
designs have been influenced by worldwide
street art and hip hop culture.
My personal style reflects this as my designs
have an urban feel to them, using bright
colours and grungy textures to provide a
post apocalyptic effect.”
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What are your aspirations regarding
your career?
“This is a toughie! To be honest with you I
haven’t given it too much thought, I’ve been
too busy enjoying the journey! As long as
I’m doing something creative that stimulates
me I know I’ll be happy. Don’t get me
wrong, I DO appreciate I need to earn
some money to enable me to follow this
path, so I stay open for job offers, but will
probably just stay freelance and continue to
try to build up a name for myself.”

What reaction would you like people to

have towards your designs?
“Obviously I like it! When I work I get
lost in my imagination, but I would like
others to interpret it how they choose to.
In my opinion there is more to read into
a piece of art than from words in a book.
Whether it is liked or disliked isn’t what is www.elliotparker.tumblr.com.
really important….it’s the stimulation of a
reaction. All I know is that at this moment
in time it is right for me.”

Are there any graphic designers that

have inspired you?
“Yes, definitely- but way too many to name
and not just graphic designers. All sorts of
things inspire me by just being aware of
everything that’s around me.”

What experience do you have and where

can the readers see your work?
“I’m currently building up my profile using
a versatile approach, promoting small
businesses but also Worcester City Football
Ground who spotted my work at my end
of year exhibition. At the moment, my
Worcester Twinning project is currently in
focus so with a bit of luck my work will
also be recognised overseas.”
INTERVIEW: Hannah Nichole
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Music BOX: Tina V
PHOTOGRAPHY: Lucy Rendle
ARTICLE: © Christina Maynard
27th April 2011 [All rights reserved]
Christina Maynard has been creating a bit
of a stir on the local music scene these past
12 months or so. Performing solo as Tina
V, or as a member of the bands Ancient
Addicts and This Wicked Tongue, she still
finds time to gig in duos with other local
musicians such as Anya Pulver, Mike Mann
and Jake Abbott (he of Worcester Warriors
fame), as well as running a regular open mic
together with other This Wicked Tongue
members at The Angel in Angel Place, and
acting as a judge in the recent “Text Factor”
competition held at Sin Bar.
Towards the end of March, Andrew
Marston described Tina on BBC H&W’s
Friday evening introducing programme as
“an amazing, amazing sensation”, and since
then the epithets about her and her band
have continued to roll in.
Tina’s background as a live performer is a
little atypical, to say the least. She’s 22 years
old and yet never performed in public until
she was 21.
Up to then, music for her was singing
along to her CDs and perhaps doing
a little a capella on the beach, along
with tinkering on a very ancient
Yamaha electric piano at home. But
even though she hardly realised
it at the time, all the while she
was observing, absorbing
influences; and every bit of
practice in her room, private
though it was, was a step
in the right direction.
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Since then she’s decided that music is to
be her future, regardless of how successful
she eventually might or mightn’t become.
It might be teaching, it might one day be
performing in some ghastly cruise ship
tribute, but it would be music! For now, it’s
performing locally, but never forgetting to
put the occasional video up on youtube.
One of her original songs, 12 Questions has
received well over 50,000 hits on youtube,
quite startling if you consider that youtube
is a search engine where people don’t
usually go looking for original artists.
In many respects, atypical though her
background might be, she was typical of so
many entrants to national TV shows such
as Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor; a
singer of uncertain quality, accustomed only
to singing with backing tracks, and quite
unfamiliar with the live music scene. Not
unlike millions of young girls of a similar
age, perhaps. So, recently when she was
asked a question by a mother of an aspiring
14 year old singer – “what advice would you
give my daughter?”, she sat down and gave
it some thought.
To read Tina Vs top tips
for aspiring performing
musicians get your
hands on the Music
Issue of the Box
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July.
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John Taylor

Hello John, could you

describe yourself and
your creative practice for
us.

“Hello. I’m probably best

described as a fantasy artist
and have been painting
and drawing all my life.
Most of my work is created
digitally nowadays – I made
the switch from paper and
canvas a few years ago due
to time and space restraints.

Mostly I work for my

own enjoyment and the
occasional commission in
any spare moment I can, but
recently I started working on
concept art for a few film
projects, and am currently
working on a couple of
animated music videos.

I prefer to work late at

night as I find there is less
to distract me - I have a
terrible butterfly mind and
too many ideas, and have
been known to work for a
couple of days without sleep
to get something finished
before the next idea gets in
the way.”

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What inspires you? Where did you study?

“I think in a very visual way and for me there has always “I have never formally
been a very strong relationship between images and music studied art. It’s just
and literature. Listening to a song or reading often triggers something I’ve always
an image that I just have to get out! I tend to draw a lot of done from a very early
inspiration from books, music and folklore but occasionally age – there’s probably a lot
a random line or phrase will pop into my head and stay of technical stuff I should
there until I do something with it. know but don’t!”

Many other artists also inspire me. When I was younger,

How do you go about
I was as interested in the concept artists involved in my
modelling your character
favourite films as much as the films themselves – artists
designs?
such as Ralph McQuarrie, for example, who worked on
the original Star Wars trilogy. I also drew inspiration from
“I use several software
artists that created cover art for my favourite bands –
packages for various
people such as Mark Wilkinson and Rodney Matthews. I
elements in my work -
love the work of Caravaggio, Bosch and Blake, as well as
Poser for figures, Bryce
several of the Pre-Raphaelite artists.
and Terragen to model
landscapes. There is a huge
Some of my recent artwork is based on a novel I am
support network for artists
working on.”
who work with 3d packages,
including many places online
to find free models. I’ll
usually have a strong mental
image or a sketch of how
I want a character to look.
Often I will start with a
basic or off-the shelf model
and create my own morphs
and textures until I’m
happy with it. I’m currently
on a steep learning curve
discovering how to model
my own characters from
scratch using open source
software called Blender.
Much of the final image is
created using Photoshop.”

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 Sympathetic Smiles

The bus is empty- no one catches this bus.

The driver gives me a sympathetic smile.
He knows, I know he does.
I sit in the middle,
(Only cool people sit at the back)
I let my eyes gaze,
Beyond the droplets running down the glass.
The rain beats down,
Filling the holes in the road.
Lightning in the background tears through the sky,
And black clouds dominate above the world.
Yet everyday life carries on.

Children sleepily walk to school,

With sympathetic smiles on their faces.

They know, I know they do.

I stopped at the traffic lights,
Staring at drivers in their big cars.
Sympathetic smile after another,
They all know, I know they do.

Today I'm running away.

POETRY: Colette Grosvenor

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 “Mercury”

Brightly a star flared in the

sky, and those who watched
below wondered what
it might mean. Blazing
like some kind of torch,
it produced the most
spectacular coloured halo
through the surrounding
dust clouds nightly, for
weeks in succession.

Kings on old Earth

“followed” its progress
across the desert, a mystical
trail, leading them on as they
began searching for the Son
of God.

Mammalian creatures on the

ice-moons of Jupiter saw it
as a warning, and retreated
into hibernation beneath the
drifting snows.

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 On the dark plains of remote Neptune shadowy beings
regarded the light with deep suspicion, but continued to
herd their Lichen-slugs unhurriedly....

Then, despite all this interest, the flaring began to fade. It

dwindled away slowly until it was just another pin-hole in
the sky again, lost amongst the countless others, a simple,
boring, remote boiling sphere of super-hot, exploding
hydrogen, countless miles in diameter, galaxies away.

Soon everyone forgot about it. But a message, travelling

slowly out from the region of the solar flares, wormed its
way out across the stars like a ripple.

By the time it reached the countless worlds who

had marvelled or quailed at the brilliant stellar show,
civilisations had risen and fallen, and everyone had quite
forgotten about the ancient supernova.

Strangely though, and to the puzzlement of each world in

turn, it trickled in through their antenna, or telepathically,
or through the shamans, and all scratched their heads and
frowned at its simple message, “You Are Here.”

STORY:Glenn James
ILLUSTRATION: Lucy Rendle
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Magic Me Home
Moon Bloodgood awoke alone, and in need middle of the room.
of a home, thanks to a disappearing act.
So innocent and young, he wondered what because of this sofa, he could only assume.
he’d done, for his family to vanish just like
that.
He walked to and fro, wondered, “Where
should I go?” now there’s no circus in
which he could travel.
Then out of the blue, after scuffing his
shoe, something made him look up from
the gravel.
A tall, friendly building, appeared with out
warning, erected by salmon pink bricks.
After a considerate pause, he frowned,
looked adorned, examining it for the
bewitched.
Satisfied he had everything, that is what
he was left with, Moon proceeded to the
As oblong as it was, it looked smaller
It was little and red, as soft as his bed, so
inviting he just had to rest.
Clutching his photo, he stared so hopeful;
and whispered, “You are the best.”
Not long had he sat, he was startled and
jumped back, dropping his prise possession.
In burst a stranger, noticing his behaviour,
cleared his throat in confession.
“I…” said the man, “Will do what I can.
And my name is Pintyn Bloombeing.”
Moon on his feet, ran to greet this man, he
couldn’t believe he was seeing.

He read out loud, the notice he’d found
attached to the front of the door.
“1-2 to come on through.
3-4 to change the cause.
5-6 makes a wish.
7-8 stand up straight.
9-10 amen.”
What ever it meant, he knocked once, then
again. And waited in response for his call.
It opened, fell ajar, assuming he could pass.
Curiosity took its toll.
Moon sneaked through the gap, avoiding
his sack, of oddments to fall out and roll.
He did not wish to repeat, this mornings
delete of his parents in once he had known.
So he felt in his sack, for his only
photograph, oh how much his sadness had his days from now until he grew old.
grown.
“Welcome to my orphanage! I can see
your distraught and I’m here to fix what is
broke.”
There was a comfortable silence, as Moon
confided in the words Bloombeing had
spoke.
Then with a terrible smile, Moon thought
for a while, he had nowhere else to go.
He reached for his hand; glad to have found
a place he could call home.
Remembering his photo, he turned so
hopeful and found it lying on the ground.
About to grasp, his breath he lapsed as
Bloombeing dragged him around.
He was shown the way, where he’d spend
“How?” He wondered, was he going to
confront this Bloombeing bloke to be told.

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With one last look, his head he shook as he
witnessed the sofa reach out.
So fast was his combat that, that was that,
Moons little lip started to pout.
He would come back tonight, try with all
his might to retrieve his photo from the
grand chair.
He’d gather his gear, and be certain to clear,
the room leaving nothing to spare.
Times gone by, so later that night, barely
awake he creeps.
Out of his bed, where he is yet, to fall safely chance!”
in his dreams.
Back down the stairs, taking great care not
to wake a sole in the house,
Moon crept through the room to the sofa
of doom, quiet as a mouse.
When he got there, he could do nothing but
stare, pondering what to do next.
‘Relax’ he thought, ‘this is quite contort,
I’ve practised this to the perfect.’
Slowly he reaches, not looking too pleased
he pulls back the cushions in hope.
To find fluff, buttons and crumbs, and an
old newspaper with an article on the pope.
With his hands on his hips, biting his lips,
Moon allowed himself time to think.
After all, he knows what he saw; he was
finding it hard to believe.
Turning his head, ‘Wait’ he said, his eyes
turned to a glare.
What? Surely not. He didn’t have to go
through there?
Where there was fluff, he moved all the
stuff and his hand sunk into darkness.
Instead of springs and other sofa things,
there was just space of which into he
departed.
No gravity he found, yet still he swayed
down, in an enormous vacuum of red.
“ON GUARD!” a voice shouted, before he
had grounded on a large dry seabed.
A bizarre little creature, so eccentric and
queer, Moon couldn’t help but laugh.
“Have I seen you before? You look familiar,
I’m sure…? Ah yes! You must need the
Moon a little bewildered, the creature
continued, not giving too much away.
“This space you have entered, is yours to
explore… now, see what we have for your
stay…”
As quick as he’d come, the creature had
gone. Moon was left alone in the dark red.
He closed his eyes tight shut, spun on his
foot, and landed the way he should head.
It seemed time had elapsed; he felt there
was no going back… wait…what’s that
floating afar?
A shiny thing, glistening: Like the surface
of a star.
The closer he got, his mind seemed lost, the
orb had burned right out.
He walked over its place, tripped, landed on
his face then…
“ HU! Moon! My darling boy!
Look where you are going next time!”
“Dad? Mom! Where did you two come
from?
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More importantly, where on earth have you “I found him down there at the bottom
gone!” last stair.” Moon couldn’t have hoped for
anything better.
“Moon, our only son, our strongest source
of magic, So there they sat, back to back. Allowing
We’ve been misplaced, our bodies restrained them time to think.
from the trifling world as you know it. He wondered aloud, “Will I ever be found?”
His new friend turned and winked.
Know that we love you so, we’re not sure,
how to get home. Forever, this will not This is where we shall leave Moon
remain. Bloodgood. I hoped you enjoyed it, as
As soon as we’ve figured, how to re-appear, much as have I.
our family will be once again. I don’t believe he ever grew old; he still
waits for his parents to magic him home.
Oh and, Bloombeing’s an old friend, I know
you’re in safe hands. Be bountiful and time
will fly. POEM: Carley Edge
Keep practising your skills, for our circus of
thrills, and for your father and I.

Moon, do not hide away, you’ve been lead

here today, so we have a chance to bid
goodnight.
We’ll tuck you in, like Caterpillar Quinn;
don’t let the bedbugs bite!

Good night our only Moon.

We hope to see you very soon.”

The next thing moon knew was how to

pursue his wickedest, wildest dreams.
He awoke in a bed, next to where he rest his
head, the photo was all it seamed.

Not taking a moment to notice his home he

rushed to the clanging of plates.
To find not his parents, cooking him eggs.
But Bloombeing stood in amaze.

“Good Morning Moon, I hope you liked

your room. Oh, have you lost this little
feller?”

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Exhibitions and
Events
Compiled by Sam Taylor
Close to Nature
27th May – 10th July
Nature is all around us,
but do when do we really
stop to look in detail or
think about its complexity,
our own impact on the
landscape and its impact
on us? A show case of
contemporary sculptures
The new Brewery Arts,
Brewery Court,
Cirencester,
Gloucestershire GL7
1JH
01285 657181
Rugby Collection 2011
22nd March – 28th
August
Collection of works by
Eduardo Paolozzi, Stanley
Spencer, Walter Sickert,
Barbara Hepworth, Bridget
Riley and l.S. Lowry. Only a
selection is on display please
phone for details
Rugby Art Gallery
and Museum, Little
Elborow Street, Rugby
CV21 3BZ (01788)
533204
Emerging Artists The 43 Uses of
11th June– 9th July Drawing
Discover the newest 6th September – 30th October
talents emerging from the A revived interest in
fine art degree students drawing has brought the
at Worcester University discipline to the forefront
in this show curated of contemporary art. 43
especially for Worcester practitioners working in a
City Art Gallery. number of different ways.
Worcester Art Gallery Rugby Art Gallery
and Museum and Museum, Little
The Art Of Childs Play Elborow Street, Rugby
23rd July – 4th September CV21 3BZ (01788)
This show investigates the 533204
work of contemporary
artists and makers who
Worcester Society of
create pieces which show
Artists
‘playfulness’ or have a
10th September – 15th October
‘childlike’ quality. All the
64th annual exhibition of
exhibitors are inspired by
paintings and ceramics by
play, respond to children’s
an enthusiastic group of
stories, refer to childhood
local artists.
memories or make work
Worcester Art Gallery
with children in mind.
and Museum
The new Brewery Arts,
Brewery Court,
Cirencester,
Gloucestershire Amber Cherry Lucas
GL7 1JH 8th – 20th November
01285 657181 Amber Cherry Lucas,
Rugby Open 2010 prise
Robots
winners work will be on
16th July – 3rd September
display
Exhibition of a collection
Rugby Art Gallery
of full size robots, from
and Museum, Little
film props, parts and a
Elborow Street, Rugby
collectible toy robots on
CV21 3BZ (01788)
display.
533204
Worcester Art Gallery
and Museum
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Worcester Art Workshop
21 Sansome Street
Worcester. WR1 1UH
(01905) 21095
info@worcesterartsworkshop.org.uk

Lazy Sunday
[Second Sunday of every month]
~June 5th
[Free Entry]
Learn: Eat: Perform
[Third Sunday every month]
~June 12th
[Tickets £7 advance, £6 on
door workshop]
{free to attend open mic}

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The Splendid Cinema [7.30pm - Worcester Arts Workshop]
This is the start of the new
season for The Splendid
Cinema so come along and
celebrate!
5 June -
Ingmar Bergman’s 1955
classic romantic comedy
of manners, Smiles of a
Summer Night [PG cert]
17 July -
The original summer
blockbuster, Jaws (1975),
returns to dissuade you
from ever going back into
the water [12 cert]
19 June - 3 July -
French cinema has never Kathleen Turner and
been hotter than in Jean- William Hurt star in the
Jacques Beineix’s 1986 erotic 1981 neo-Noir
cult classic Betty Blue thriller Body Heat [18
[18 cert] cert]
4 September - Marjane and we end the summer
Satrapi & Vincent with the quintessential
Paronnaud’s highly back-to-school movie:
acclaimed animated
feature, Persepolis [12 25 September -
cert] Grease (1978)! [PG cert]
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