It is five years since I arrived in Bristol, a migrant...excited, daunted, inspired and thwarted by procrastination. I had not written poetry for many years and the first time I visited I sat in a cafe on Whiteladies Road and began again. Something within me had shifted, opened and needed to be expressed. Since that day I have become enthralled by words that enable the subterranean to seek and find the light of commune-cation and illumination. This second volume contains cultural observations, inter-relational experiences, provocatively critically political and poignantly celebrational evocations.
I lived and was schooled in Hull, qualifying as a physical educationalist and later studying Art to MA level. My teaching career started in London, and went via Hull to Penzance in Cornwall, where I led an Arts faculty, and concluded as Head of Art/Technology. I was also Art Advisor to Cornwall County Council. I have travelled extensively; cycling around Europe, (5000+ miles in three months), worked on a Kibbutz in Israel, and undertook the `hippie trail' overland to Nepal, as well as embarking on numerous South East Asian journeys. I was previously married, fathering two children. After two years separation, I bought a farm jointly with my subsequent partner, and over fours years, created habitats for wildlife. I then moved to Bath, alternating between there and Andalucia, Spain. This was followed by a period of serial monogamy and polyamory, as I explored tantra. I bought a van, and lived in it on Dartmoor in Devon, for a year, painting in a barn studio. Following a serious septicaemia infection which hospitalised me, I moved into Bowden House Community, Totnes. During the two years there, I learnt and practised deep tissue, sensual and tantric massage. Since arriving in Bristol four years ago, I have written daily. I am inspired by Buddhist, Zen and Taoist philosophy and practice. I continue to paint and have exhibited for over 25 years, and my work is in private collections throughout the UK, California, Japan and Denmark. Currently I paint in a studio in central Bristol and follow my other passions: playing guitar, dancing to trance music, and table tennis!
Title: Bristol Sadhu Volume Two: One Heart World Anthems for All of Humanity
Author: Rymer, Vincent
ISBN: 9781781326909
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Publisher: SilverWood Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Number of Pages: 80
Weight: 0.1941 kg
