Creative Catalyst
I was driving to work at the library today, with my ipod on random shuffle. As I entered the park, I found myself listening to one of the tracks from Catalyst 7, a CD of spoken word/poetry recorded over music.
Every time I hear this sort of thing, I feel insanely inspired to get busy with some creative work, not necessarily poetry, just something that feels soulful, expansive and pleasurable.
I highly recommend getting hold of some spoken word (with or without musical accompaniment) if you would welcome this sort of surprise inspiration in your day.
Do you have favourite collections of spoken word/poetry that you can recommend?
Catalyst is a literary journal that has been published in my home town for a number of years. I’m featured in two of the volumes. The poetry is mostly written and read by New Zealand writers and all the music is composed and performed by New Zealand musicians (they have published two CDs so far, and I’m not sure whether there is a disc with the latest volume, Catalyst 8, which was launched last week. I’m also not sure how easy it is to buy these CDs now.)
Here’s a link to an amazon.com search for poetry on CD.
