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Astragal

December 22, 2018April 19, 2020 / Anna Evans / Leave a comment

‘My own words were not enough, only another’s could transform misery into inspiration.’ This encounter with another’s words and its capacity to change, to alter or steer one a certain way – the all important journey of the mind – is what I’m reaching for in my own work. And although I feel temporarily silenced by my admiration for Patti Smith’s essay, for its clarity and precision, by my wish to craft my own writing in a similar way, I know at least the flow of ideas begins by breaking the silence. Reading other’s words starts off the trail, the invisible connecting lines and the flow of thoughts; like walking.

Correspondances

December 20, 2018June 21, 2019 / Anna Evans / 1 Comment

On the Métro, I look at the signs listing the correspondances that connect to other lines, other stations. Correspondances seems a good way to describe it, and to introduce my section of notes on the books I read, or films and photographs that correspond to my own writing in some way, that correlate with my interests. I am thinking about meeting points, the points of connection to other lines, other destinations.

Street Walking

December 12, 2018January 9, 2019 / Anna Evans / Leave a comment

I knew then that the streets had already started to seep under my skin. It is something to do with motion, and the repeated retracing of steps. In the same way I keep returning to Rhys, and to the way she has infiltrated into my own experience.

Maps

December 4, 2018January 9, 2019 / Anna Evans / 2 Comments

Old Paris leaves its clues everywhere, like the way the old street names remain in some places, only crossed out.

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On Visiting the Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne

December 3, 2018August 7, 2020 / Anna Evans / Leave a comment

I am thinking of a photograph on a beach somewhere on that trip to Wales. Dark clouds and grey sea. There is synchronicity in the image; our faces are together, touching in the half light. When photographs were still like slips of chance on the paper. Thinking about being outside as night fell in the mountains, sharing a bottle of wine; jubilant in the almost total darkness, with no lights to guide us home.

The Street Walks In

Playing literary detective around Paris and London: in search of Jean Rhys and other wanderings

Month: December 2018