Hey, welcome to my Newsletter,
a body of words.
a body of words
is about words that make up a body of creative work
on the page and in the air
A kind and warmhearted hello from me to you. ❤
My name is Quenntis Ashby, and, yes, I have a middle name I never use.
It starts with a V.
Hence my initials are QVA. It looks like my first name is at war with my last name because of that V in the middle:
Quenntis V Ashby
Quenntis Versus Ashby
Versus sounds like Verses, which might explain my love of poetry in all its multitudinous forms.
It might also explain why I’ve led a fragmentary existence in this body of mine since I can remember having thoughts and dreams and experiences and words worth remembering.
This Newsletter is a place to embrace and to share my love of language and for the creative use of that language. For language often dares to go beyond the very words that make up its ever-evolving body of music. 🎵
I love to play and I love to dance with words.
I value your time.
I value your attention.
And I value your reactions to my words.
⚡ The magic and power of language rests in how it zaps between us like bright zig-zagging flashes of lightning in the form of lines and sentences and verses and paragraphs, coupled with the comforting rumble of thunder echoing as music in the mind.
I imagine a slow see-saw, a gentle ebb and flow, a to and fro of sound waves washing up against the shores of your opening mind again and again. There is no hiding the rising of the sonic tide here. It should be plain to see and to hear when you read this body of words.
I believe this Newsletter is a body of words worth sharing with you. As words dance between the intimacy of syllables and silences we can bridge the gap between our diverse pasts and futures right here in our shared present on the page. 📃
It’s so good to have you here. I welcome you and your comments below. Please feel free to go ahead and share something about yourself with me here. Let’s feed and grow this body of words together.
Don’t be a stranger, dear friend. 📝