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Tabitha Suzuma

Re:Live Forum: Tabitha Suzuma - 2007/05/31 19:58 Darren Coult wrote:
I was wondering about the fantastic descriptions of light in a 'Touch of Madness' and what you were trying to achieve through them? Beauty and pain seem quite closely linked in the book.

Ok, this forum seems pretty user friendly. I feel my heartrate beginning to return to normal! Darren, thank you for that, I'm glad you liked the descriptions of light. I think I've always been fascinated by natural light and the way it can affect one's mood, reflect one's mood or been at odds with it.

Beauty and pain have always been intermingled for me. Great beauty has often caused me great pain. Occasionally, there is a kind of beauty to be find in certain types of pain.

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althea samuels	Re:Live Forum: Tabitha Suzuma - 2007/05/31 19:59 I know that authors do not have to experienced what they write about but you made Raven and his situation seem so real. What research did you do?
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Tabitha Suzuma	Re:Live Forum: Tabitha Suzuma - 2007/05/31 19:59 Hello Nikki! Great to be here!
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Dani Compton	Re:Live Forum: Tabitha Suzuma - 2007/05/31 20:01 The link between beauty and pain is very interesting. Do you think that is why your protagonist is so closely linked to a form of beauty - music? Do you think there is a pattern between the Arts and sufferers of depression?
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Tabitha Suzuma

Re:Live Forum: Tabitha Suzuma - 2007/05/31 20:04 althea samuels wrote:
I know that authors do not have to experienced what they write about but you made Raven and his situation seem so real. What research did you do?

Hi Althea! Thanks for your question and for the compliment. I have worked with young people from the age of 14 when I dropped out of school and got a job working at a special needs school as an assistant (I'm 32 now). I have also had specific experience in working with children suffering from emotional and behavioural disturbances. I didn't do much research beyond that. I drew on my own experiences of bullying and my sister's experiences of self harm.

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Nikki Gamble

Re:Live Forum: Tabitha Suzuma - 2007/05/31 20:05 Tabitha Suzuma wrote:
Beauty and pain have always been intermingled for me. Great beauty has often caused me great pain. Occasionally, there is a kind of beauty to be find in certain types of pain.

That's interesting, Tabitha. I wonder if you could give us an example of what you mean here. My mind is jumping back to Joanna's discussion about self harm, and in that context the notion that pain has its own beauty could be seen to be a dangerous concept.

I once attended a workshop given by John Agard and mentioned that I no longer wrote poetry because I was contented with my life. His response was that it was a dangerous line of thought to think that art could only arise out of something painful.... I hope I'm not misrepresenting him. Anyway, the thought has stuck with me. I'm interested in your reflections.

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