About Sheetlight

This web package includes Pages or Files 1 – 8 as described below:

Page1 Tim Fletcher: The main feature here is the Introductory film:

SHEETLIGHT - which was originally an illustrated book (still available and highly recommended)) of modern-day poetry and visual art surreal in style and mode. Which was developed into a CD of poetry readings backed by strange music overlaid by improvised jazzy solos on saxophones and other instruments. Then finally CD tracks have become overlaid with a series of thirteen films. Poetry it may be but old fashioned it certainly isn’t. I promise you the whole package is riveting!!! To some even SHOCKING!!!!! The project became possible with the collaboration of Jan, Claire and Tim Fletcher. I would also like to thank Victor Horner who helped the in compilation of the book.

Tim Jan Claire

In the Introductory Film you will see some clips from Sheetlight at the beginning and at the end some of the first video/film entitled 1 ‘Sheetlight’.

There are also a variety of samples from four other films in:

Pages 2 and 3

3 ‘Echoes’, 5 ‘Numen’ , 6’Visual Oblivion’ and 7 Spin the Chamber’

I hope these samples may whet your appetite even though they are drastically shortened extracts with somewhat overbearing captions.

 

Below the introductory film in page 1 is a somewhat flippant autobiography which is supposed to be a jokey and light-hearted account of my sometimes chaotic life. – no need to get too serious too early – there’s time enough for that!!!

BUT this snippet may say a lot about Tim!!! We who aspire to be poets and or musicians can sometimes view our so called ‘work’ and ourselves with much egotistic pomposity!!! Maybe this little piece is supposed to ‘take the wind out of sails’!

Page 4 is this page.

Page 5 Another AUTOBIOGRAPHY but this is completely different! (struggles with depression and alcohol) This is an important and ‘serious’ explanation of my life and I hope not too pompous, although possibly somewhat reflective, if not inwardly dwelling. It is about my struggles with depression (bipolar) and alcoholism, and is directly concerned with, and relevant to SHEETLIGHT. Please read it if you can If only the italicised bit - CHEERS!

Page 6: RENEWAL: Is to be taken on a journey through the trauma of bipolar mania. Many people may not be comfortable with this!!!

Page 7: TRIBUTES Is about the three poets I most admire and which I have read the most but is by no means an exhaustive list of writers that I admire. This might be of interest to some people but is by no means essential reading.

Page 8 SHEETLIGHT INTRODUCTION A A MARCOFF . This may be very difficult reading and not of interest to some - but fascinating to others. It is a very well written, knowledgeable and detailed account of Sheetlight by a fellow poet and is extremely flattering to me! Tony is a very good friend and a tremendous poet of a gifted and sublime quality. I know him through correspondence - but I’ve never met him. Maybe some of our best friends are people we've never met – what does that say I wonder!!!

You may notice my life is full of exclamations!!!