Hugely delighted to receive a long awaited book in the mail.

You might recall that a couple of years back I fell into an infatuation of sorts with the writings of Gaston Bachelard, a French philosopher who died back in 1962. Bachelard was a scientist as well as being a philosopher, and a lover of poetry and poeticas – about which he wrote extensively throughout, but particularly toward the end of his life.
I encountered his work by chance and immediately became entranced within his discussion of the imagination and reverie. And poetry, of course.
Recently I’ve been contemplating how best to honour and reflect the impact this man’s work had on my own writing, and I’m contemplating writing a paper about it. Not academic, but perhaps journal oriented.
We shall see.
To facilitate my endeavours, I’ve ordered two books that discuss the man and his life and philosophy and etc.
Today, the first has arrived – Joanne H. Stroud’s work: Gaston Bachelard – An Elemental Reverie on the World’s Stuff. Joanne Stroud oversaw the translation and publication of a large numer of his books, which now occupy permanent residence on my personal bookshelf.
There is no guarantee that I’ll be able to work with this new material, but I’m very excited to explore the possibilities.
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Good Luck, Frank! I have never before heard about him, but its always worth to rethink philosophers thoughts. Best wishes, Michael
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Thank you, Michael. He has been the single greatest influence on my writing life. I hope I can put together an interesting account of his significance to me, and relevance more generally.
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Interesting to know. So its a special pleasure to you, coming back to the roots So you are able to understand his writings. xx Michael
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It’s for sure a special pleasure, Michael. Hopefully I will be able to share something of the way in which his work has influenced the way I write. We shall see,
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I’ll be interested to see what form your article will take.
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Fingers crossed it comes to something, Liz. I should be able to put it together, but can never be sure.
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Who knows? Maybe you’ll start writing, and it will lead in a whole new direction.
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Knowing e, that’s a likely scenario, Liz. Can’t leave anything alone. Last week I had a poem withdrawn from exhibition because it was deemed possible to cause offence. (The poem with the naked doll from my Voices collection.
I’ve spent much more time thinking about the meaning and implications of that than I think I did writing the whole collection.
Funny business, sometimes.
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I remember the naked gnome! Startling and weird, yes–offensive, no. I guess they decided to err on the side of caution? People seem very quick to take offense at all sorts of things these days.
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I think the naked gnomes was the actual inspiration to take that whole series of pictures. So joyous in their hippy abandon.
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Interesting! I don’t think you’ve shared that before.
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I have always regretted not buying the gnomes, though it is probbaly the case that they are of greater value to me as images that I can use in my writing rather than as physical objects.
I’m not very good with mementos and keepsakes.
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Well, the gnomes are memorialized in the book!
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That’s the best way, for me, I think.
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Probably, yes. 🙂
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Sounds challenging and fascinating Frank 🙂
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