“Wonder. Go on and wonder”- Faulkner– Salons coming and news

Coming Salons:
*April 29th The Fields Beneath Poetry Salon 3-4 PM Birches by Robert Frost
*30th April Ulysses Nausicaa chapter (Salon full)
*May 2nd–6-10 PM The Sound and the Fury Salon Intensive (four spaces remaining)
* May 11th 10:30-16:30 Joyce Taster: the Genius of James Joyce at CITY LIT

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The Salon conversations often feel like effervescent glimmers against the chugging engine of schedules and time. The study of words and ideas plunges through the rigid patterns of work to glimpse the wholeness of what we are, of what we could be…at the same time the conversations are so much a reflection of where the individual participants are at any given moment in their lives, and where they meet the language and each other. This unpredictably feels risky–and potent. My head is still full (and this writing is influenced by) the strong work we did on Woolf’s Between The Acts this past Friday evening. Even at the end of the week, readers can come together and find their own framework reflected and sharpened through the vision of the artist of language.

From a Salon participant:
Re the salon, what I’ve found especially appealing – and stimulating – is the way it brings together such a vivid variety of viewpoints and stances and gives each one a space. And allows them to spark off one another and create the most wonderful, unlikely correspondences – a real meeting of minds, as it were. I’m also impressed by the way that, if anyone is struggling with the text (all of us at some point, I imagine), the support and encouragement provided by the group – and, of course, yourself – generate energy flashes that give you the stamina and confidence to continue. Bravo, bravo.

The crunch of family needs, work, depleted energy and resources requires a postponement of the Paris Salons until September. The conversations that happen in those weekends are magical…I do not want to approach them with less than a full load of energy and focus. I am looking towards the second week of September and am taking requests now for readings…on the top of the charts at the moment: Between The Acts and a second consideration of Moby Dick.

As Ulysses takes over my mind and hints of summer starts to scatter us to the world around, there will be fewer Salons on offer in the coming months. I am starting to look towards September offerings and hope to post these in the coming weeks to fortify your summer reading. Some suggestions so far include: Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Moby Dick, The Odyssey….There may be a few casual evening studies in the second half of June– ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, anyone? for a bit of Salon gathering fun…let me know where you are, what you are reading and what words move you.

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.”
― William Faulkner

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