by Danielle Sopchak
Monday, June 17, 2013
Senior Writers
Merrick Senior Centers' creative writing workshop presented their works of literary art on June 12, 2013 at the Merrick Theatre and Center for the Arts.
Writing styles varied from poetry to monologues while topics ranged from technology to current events. The participants enthusiasm and knowledge of the topics they discussed made the performance even more enjoyable. Writers read in a song like manner with liveliness and props to enhance their performance and it was evident the writings had double meanings. The first meaning was what the writing meant to the audience at surface level, but deep inside every work of art was a special and personal meaning to its writer.
Flawlessly, they told stories about reflecting back on their life experiences. The writers entranced listeners with perspectives of the recent Boston Bombing and past stories of their upbringing. One artist spoke of her Sicilian mothers tradition of putting a thumb print in the center of a meatball to know it's yours. Another artist who is blind spoke of his first ever experience communicating with a deaf person and how technology has made lifes difficulties easier.
The ability to write well comes from not writing what you think, but writing what you know.
Writers came together to thank their audience with a song at the end of the reading. The video is below.
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