Folio winners share talents
Kathryn Jones
Issue date: 1/19/06 Section: News
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At a recent reading of The Folio, SLCC's literary magazine supported by the Department of English and the Student Media Council, listeners were taken through the process of aging, new beginnings, freedom, death, healing and imagination through inspiring poetry and short story. All winners had obviously taken painstaking care to make their presentation the best possible.
Though some readers were nervous, suggesting that they might "forget" a line, or "stumble" over their words, they waited anxiously for their turn to share their work.
Besides a vocalization of writers' work, various art mediums were displayed representing images of nature and figure as well as subjects including time and place.
Whether students were sharing poetry, prose or displaying their work for others to see, each had a story to tell.
"I started writing after taking poetry," Laura Michie, author of the poem, "Second Life," said. "I had no idea I could write. I was surprised."
Adam Haver, author of the poem, "Entropy," admits that he pulled his poem from a group of others he wrote in high school. Haver began writing in the eighth grade because of the positive comments he received from his teacher, Mrs. Wright.
"She knew how to make me use my talents," he said, "because she'd point them out to me."
Patrick Kelly, author of the critical essay, "The Freedom of an Hour," has been writing for 20 years. He actually prefers writing fiction but says he has discovered that his "critical writing is better."
When it comes to art, Katherine Wood, artist of "Geisha Girl," a work in pencil, suggested it takes a long time to become a professional artist. While it took her only three days to finish her work, she says she needed something in front of her to draw it, that she just wouldn't have been able to complete this work and others she has done, "strictly out of her head."
Her prop this time? A ceramic statue. Her study? Three art classes to date with more on the horizon.
Following a brief introduction by Folio editor, Jeremy Remy, six authors read their work, captivating an audience of approximately 40 which included students, parents and siblings. Punch and cookies followed as well as an opportunity to view students' artwork and talk with the winners.
Volume VII, Number 2 fall issue of Folio titled, "Redhanded," can be picked up at a SLCC newsstand. The magazine is free.
