Melanie has
written this intro for our 2009 exhibition. No further
specific details are available at the moment. We expect to
have similar deadlines to usual – books sent in end
of March 2009 and exhibition May 2009.
"The theme for our 2009
creative book-arts open exhibition is CLOSURE. This is in
honour of Emma’s anticipated completion in 2009 of
her PhD, which has dominated the last 8 years of her life.
Right now, the idea of closure seems to her impossible
– yet longed for. She has done amazingly to stick at
it all this time, as challenging as it has been. She looks
forward to the freedom she will have after closure..."
Here are some key words to
get your creative juices going...
(meanwhile Emma is trying
to finish her PhD and do some books for/as
closure)
CLOSURE:
the end, end of the line, end of the road, put an end to,
finish, finish off, finishing touch, finality, final,
finito, peter out, wind up, shut, shut up, shut down,
shutter, snap shut, shut in, tie, tie the knot, tie up, tie
down, tie up loose ends, lock, lock up, lock down, locked
in, locked away, open and shut case, pin down, realise,
reach, goal, fulfil, resolution, result, done, done &
dusted, it’s a done thing, that’s it,
that’s that, satisfied, close, close up, close down,
success, accomplish, effect, result, deal with, dealt with,
sorted, accepted, relief, put away, put down, shelve,
complete, completed, completion, completer/finisher,
clinch, conclude, conclusion, settle, at last, at long
last, achieve, achievement, secure, protect, fasten, clasp,
bolt, seal, in the bag, buckle, press-stud, button, button
up, magnet, velcro, sew, repair, stitch, cat gut,string,
ribbon, thread, knit, hook & eye, zip, zipper, zip up,
zip lock, flap, envelope, bind, cover, encase, enclose,
stick, wrap, wrapper, wrap up, it’s a wrap, finale,
curtains, denouement, cadence, wall, gate, door, pen,
window, hatch, bang, slip case, box, lid, put a lid on it,
bottle, bottle up, bottle it, stopper, screw down, tighten,
cupped, pack in, trap, trapped, cell, restrained, slide,
knot, knotted, revenge, pay back, fold, folded, folding,
terminate, last one to leave switch off the lights, walk
away, serve notice, board up, barricade, it’s all
over, get over it, draw a line under it, goodbye, exit, ex,
move on, wash hands of it, enough, had enough, cut it out,
desist, put away, no more, is no longer, thing of the past,
sign off, send off, cease, cessation, culminate, stop,
discontinue, deceased.