Dr Merlyn
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | I left school at 14, becoming a self-taught couturier for stage and individual clientele until university at 41. There I achieved a Distinction average across studies (BA (Theatre Studies /Psych/Sociology), Grad Dip Cont.Ed (Arts/Theatre) M.Phil (Arts Ed) PhD (History/Literature/Adult Ed). I've been an omnivorous reader since learning to read around the age of 4. At uni I found that I could write and now, with the changed university environment becoming unattractive, that's my next career. Candide is my personal literary metaphor for an obdurate naiveté that accompanies my peregrinations like a well-travelled suitcase, somewhat battered but buoyant still. By rights I should have the armour of a confirmed cynic, yet remain an innate optimist to this day, trusting people and persisting in a Micawber-like expectation of miraculous windfalls. If I have a gravestone perhaps the homily might read, ‘Waiting for something to turn up.’ I have a life-long desire to do something of real value for my planet and its creatures and hope career no.3 will be the right vehicle. |
| Interests | Literature, the ocean, being human |
| Favorite movies | Big Fish, Fight Club, Meet Joe Black, Pan's Labrynth, Mr Reliable, Ten Canoes, The Draughtsman's Contract, the directors Kurosawa, Hal Hartley, Lina Wertmuller, Life of Brian, Babbette's Feast, |
| Favorite music | Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Asha Phutli, Carly Simon, Mozart, Ravel, Holst, Mahler |
| Favorite books | Letter From Peking, Lord of the Rings, The White Goddess, Writers: Katherine Kerr, Edith Pargiter/Ellis Peters, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Dunnant, John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, Guy De Maupassant, George Orwell, some work by Stephen King, |