Spotlight On Writers
Angela Huskisson
- Where do you originate from?
I arise from a mixed race multi-cultural background immersed in India, Persia, Scotland and beyond. My parents arrived as immigrants in the UK after fleeing Partition in India. They were so grateful to be accepted into this beautiful country and they never forgot the kindness of others. They had been wrenched from their country in turmoil, where they had had so much and knew no different, to a country which had been destroyed (in part) following the ravages of WWII. I think they found it all rather humbling where their choices had necessitated a very hurried departure and a split-second life changing decision. At the time it could have been any of the then ‘colonies’, so everything rather lay in the hands of the gods. But fortune smiled upon them and they were able to carve out a very good life in so many ways. I was born in the North of England and when I was five years old we moved to South Wales where I spent my formative years. I fell in love with the Welsh and their culture and will always hold them close. I also adore the cultural differences and languages of The British Isles as well that of well-integrated multi-cultural society.
- What do you cherish most about the place you call home?
I now live in East Devon with my Viking husband and mad cat. Our three children are all grown with children of their own and our daughter lives just over the border in Somerset. We live in an Area of Outstanding Beauty, where we are indeed well blessed. Walking out of the door is like being consumed within a gorgeous landscape painting or a rich embroidery which immediately wraps its cosy arms around you. It nourishes the soul so completely and brings much solace to be so immersed within the immediate environment. Besides the glory of the land, we are only fifteen minutes from the sea which is both wild and glorious.
- What ignites your creativity?
Being nosey is a bonus. I spend a lot of time listening in to the dialogue of others, mainly because their conversations are always so much more exciting than my own. So, I believe that I talk with half an ear. And it’s not whole conversations which fascinate me (although they can) but snatches within chatter, phrases out of context, mis-heard and thus mis-interpreted words. And it’s all great fun. I once overheard a midwife mention that a woman had acquired her baby on the top of a bus! That took me to all sorts of places and thus a story was born (so to speak).
- Do you have a favorite word, and could you incorporate it into a poetic phrase?
Homophones. Because they cover that wonderful hinterland – that duality of meaning found within certain words. Shakespeare being the absolute master of such. Anyway, I believe I’m cheating, because homophones are a multitude of words which can be twisted into so many differing shapes and multiple connotations. That (dual)ity of meaning which can roll around inside your mouth like a juicy fruit gum, to drop or spit appropriate. Thus, within this colourful context I choose Jewel/Dual and turn again to the Bard and one of my most favourite of moments when Romeo says of Juliet: ‘It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night, as a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear.‘ The imagery here is breathtaking.
- What is your pet peeve?
At this particular moment in time, my peeve finds itself within the realms of creative writing. This sudden modern phenomenon of deliberately dropping speech marks when writing. Personally, I find that it can take me completely away from a story in which I could have become immersed and I often find myself unable to decipher exactly who is supposed to be talking to whom. Oh dear. Some of these authors have produced some incredible work and yet, I find myself lost, at sea, in a complete fog of non-understanding and often feeling a bit stupid because I have literally lost the plot!
- How would you describe the essence of Angela Huskisson?
Wow, this is a big one…As a practising Buddhist and Yogini (or attempting at least) the question is – Where is this ‘I’. Where is this ‘person’? So where does my subtle mind reside and what exactly will propel me into my next life? I will so want to take my creative core with me and build further upon it in any future lives. Fingers crossed.
I feel spiritual, whimsical, very much alive, inquisitive, fulfilled. So glad to have the life I have. To love and be loved. To be fully aware of the injustices that lie within this world and to help call them out, but to understand that everything is transitory and we are merely travellers passing through. To always give with a kind and open heart. I am so incredibly grateful to be living in a good safe country with good solid values, especially when aware that so many don’t have this ‘luxury’ due to sad and difficult circumstances; my heart bleeds for them.
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