Hello,
My life is a firefly, blinking, blinking, blinking, a sun in the sound of the trees, where and when, juxtaposed, like space and time woven into a knit sweater hugging a universe when it is cold. Jellyfishes wriggle, yes, but they crouch and turn and float in the deep recesses of the subconcious, charging ideas electric that etch inside skulls like memory. I wonder as I wander the depths and lengths and heights of a little bowl, holding all that is precious, life and love and hunger, wherein I encounter the storms that rage across my body, my spine, my soul. Who am I really but a firefly, thinking, thinking, thinking, in a taverna of trees, where all the lights go out for a walk, bobbing gently on the waves of the wind.
I wrote the above on a day I wished to take a walk outside amongst the words, in the garden of my mind.
Keep wandering,
Akshay
Updates
May has been long, hot and extremely tiring. But within it all, I achieved something.
Namrata and I moved into a new home. If you read my last newsletter, I must tell you that my cooking has not suffered even a bit. Also, the rotis! 🤤
Throughout May, I collaborated with a team at True Story London and we led a three week workshop at Chickenshed Theatre working with drama students to help them tell their true personal stories. In the final session they shared some true personal stories from their lives and it was such a privilege and heart warming to see the students and their stories grow within the space of three weeks.
I have two character focused writing workshops upcoming:
One of my true stories I told on stage “Reject” will be featuring in The Moth Radio Hour podcast in June. Keep an eye out on my socials for when. Woop woop! 🙌
I’m now a Swing Regional Producer for the Moth StorySlams here in London. It feels like I’ve come home.
Until next month.
So much richness here! In both the post and the updates. Congratulations on your updates, what is a swing regional producer?