tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post1571817831922993452..comments2024-03-29T20:01:34.177+10:00Comments on Just Watching the Wheels Go Round: Lifeboats, Flying Fish and the Sea of the SubconsciousBrizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-58745576180400647512015-07-05T11:42:47.861+10:002015-07-05T11:42:47.861+10:00Thanks for the comment Zacharey,oddly enough I'...Thanks for the comment Zacharey,oddly enough I've just started reading Cate Kennedy's book "Sing & Don't Cry - A Mexican Journal",which I bought at the BBWF a couple of years ago and since moving house discovered it in my pile of BBWF book purchases.<br />I saw Cate do a talk at the BBWF about her book and it resonated with me on some level (I have a lot of Frida Kahlo type art around the home and love the Day of the Dead art of Mexico)so I bought it then,but have only just started reading it now.<br />I love the Byron Bay Writer's Festival and usually book a room at a beach front resort in Byron and buy a three day pass,but this year my finances are a bit sick,so barring a lotto win or something along those lines I won't be doing that this year.<br />I might make it down for one of the weekend days hopefully.<br />I'm always amazed at the magical "coincidences" that occur at these writer's festivals when I attend and just go with the flow.<br />Oddly enough it was James Redfield (the synchronicity guy...I wrote a post about it here somewhere)that got me hooked on this festival and he didn't even show up after I had booked my tickets and hotel room,because a spider bit him in The States,so he had to cancel at the last minute because his doctor wouldn't let him fly.<br />Turned out to be one of the best weekends of my life and my other trips to this festival haven't been too far behind,either. <br />I have to say though that looking at this year's programme it looks a bit bland,but it's usually the writers that I have never heard of before that surprise me the most and enrich my life.<br />Might see you there.<br />Cheers.Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-28864855627695636952015-07-05T10:08:50.784+10:002015-07-05T10:08:50.784+10:00Hey Brizdaz, thanks for the mention and yes, The L...Hey Brizdaz, thanks for the mention and yes, The Lifeboat is a big metaphor, conceived on a six week drive through Mexico. I'll be back at the Byron Bay Writers Festival this year.<br /><br />That ABC interview you posted: performance anxiety! It was my first interview ever. Afterwards I walked out into the foyer of the ABC in Sydney with, I swear, cloth-mouth from nervousness. But the lovely ABC receptionist told me not to worry, she too had been really nervous during her first interview.<br /><br />I LOVE David Lynch. Try some Haruki Murakami - amazing writer. See you at Byron, regards, Zachareysleepyjeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629868838478967455noreply@blogger.com