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Synopsis
The Land of Lost Thoughts follows Emily through one year of her life, from turning 11 years old to just before her twelfth birthday. Emily lives near Crystal Palace in South East London. The story starts with her looking for something to do one hot Summer day. She discovers a mysterious tunnel hidden in the woods and makes a new friend called Ray. The story is about Emily's growth from child to adult and the journey she takes upon that spiritual awakening. Her childish love of the supernatural enables her to free her mind and she learns to spirit-walk entering the mythical world called Summerland. The adventure continues in Dartmoor Devon while Emily is on holiday. Emily embarks upon an adventure to save her granny's lost thoughts and ends up in a dangerous place called The Land of Lost Thoughts.
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| 'picnic' illustration from the book |
Audience
The book is written for a young audience, aimed at a reading age of 9 years plus. Although the theme tackles lightly the subject of loss and bereavement, it does so in a child-friendly way merely hinting at the subject allowing the child to understand if they have already encountered such a situation. The mature theme is undertaken by the author to introduce the idea of deeper thinking in young people as she feels too much literature is 'dumbed down' and young people need to think about the stories and feel emotionally touched in some way by the theme. Although often a taboo subject, death is a reality in many young peoples lives and the death of the main character's grandmother is stated quite clearly in the opening chapter titled, 'The Wake'. The aim or quest of Emily being to aid her grandmother in her final days. Subject such as life after death and spirituality have always interested the author and they have become the central theme of the novel.
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The Land of Lost Thoughts is written as a fantasy adventure. It is fiction for children. Although set in 1981, the story enters a mystical world which Emily can only access when asleep. Fairies, pixies and other fantasy creatures abound within the pages and a mystic theme of spiritualism and references to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his writings are prevalent.
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| Cover illustration S.Hill®'09 |
WORK IN PROGRESS; LITTLE'S CHANGED OR HAS IT?
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Synopsis
Work in Progress, is Siobhain Hill's first anthology of Poetry and PoetryArt®. She started writing poetry in the early 1980s while still attending sixth form and doing her A levels. This was left by the wayside of work, a career, children and life in general. Upon the sudden passing of her beloved Aunt in Canada, Siobhain was inspired to write a tribute poem to Peggy Cade. This became a work of art also where the colours and underlying images worked with the text. It became Siobhain Hill's first attempt at what she later has called PoetryArt® where one artform needs the other. The words are intrinsically linked to the artform within it. Peggy's Poem was the starting point of many more poems that seemed to rush forth at that time during 2006. Work in Progress is a collection of PoetryArt® up to the present day and hopefully will entice the viewer into a fully immersive experience of art and words.
The art contained within these pages is also from the 1980s to the present day, so a retrospective of naive artworks through to more sophisticated mixed media large canvases. The series 'Deity' which is still in production is partly shown and one piece 'Family' is shown as the front cover. Siobhain HIll explores icon art and dynastic renaissance art using symbols and gold leaf. The symbols are unique and all relevant to the theme of prayer and family. Siobhain HIll works in mixed media mostly guache, acrylic and oil pastel with gold leaf detail. Her interest in light source and irridescent materials has led to her work showng different eves of detail when scrutinised under different light sources, so the 'works' reveal themselves over a period of time. No one piece can be viewed as a photograph or indeed as an original without revisiting many times to fully appreciate the hidden paint levels.
Audience
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The book is written for anyone. It can be enjoyed by the very young and has detailed Author's notes on each page explaining the ideas, inspiration or techniques used. It is hoped that the very young will enjoy the immersive experience of the artworks even if they do not fully understand the poetry. Some poems are simplistic and would be a good way of introducing fun poetry to a young mind ready to grasp with both eyes and mind, art and everyday life examples in a poet form. A poem such as, 'Bar B Town' is such an example.
Genre
Work in Progress; Little's changed or has it? is an Art and Poetry book.
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| 'I object' PoetryArt® |
