FRANCESCA RAMSAY
Talks to Jo King about her book PINCH ME
Saturday 16 March, 8pm. Doors open 7.30pm.
The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne
There have been moments, see; pinpricks in time that have given me such an essential and triumphant feeling of realness I am for that one split second jolted directly back into myself. I have found it when immersed in bodies of very cold water, when face-to-face with a vast and beautiful view. I have found it in print, loud noise and in utter silence. I have found it in darkness too. But most of all, most consistently, I have found it in art.
This is a book about how it feels to exist. About the moments we come off autopilot and engage fully with the world around us. The fleeting moments in which our minds and bodies connect totally to one another and to our environment.
Intimate, impassioned and full of humour, PINCH ME follows art historian Francesca Ramsay’s far-reaching journey in search of answers to one of life’s most complex and essential questions: What does it mean to feel real?
Tackling this ancient subject through a contemporary lens, PINCH ME is a raw, lyrical reflection on finding connection with oneself, one another and the modern world. Ramsay investigates what it is to experience reality, the reasons so many of us are feeling the lack of it today, and crucially, how we might be able to get it back.
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Francesca Ramsay is a writer based in Bristol. PINCH ME is her first book.
Jo King studied Art History at UEA and worked in book publishing in London. In 2008 she fled the city, moved to The Marches and set up Ludlow Open, a regional contemporary visual arts organisation funded by Arts Council England. Jo is now Director of The Hurst, Arvon's Shropshire writing house. Arvon is a charity that runs creative writing courses, events and retreats, both in-person and online.
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