Cheryl Snell's Blog, page 57
September 15, 2010
Ramayana on Facebook
Click this for info and clips about the forthcoming animated film.
September 11, 2010
September 10, 2010
Ganesh Chaturthi
On a palanquin lofted
by four garlanded men,
the pot-bellied Elephant God
leads a seaward procession.
A believer cradling a small
earthen version of the god
mutters last-minute prayers,
supplications hurried to shore
by a trick of the wind.
Ganapati, let the train come
that I may keep my job. Let my son
pass exams, my daughters marry
into good families.
Water slaps sand, the air clacks
with finger cymbals. The pilgrim
wades out waist-deep, the murti
in his elbow's crook. He releases it
like a bad debt, a brok...
by four garlanded men,
the pot-bellied Elephant God
leads a seaward procession.
A believer cradling a small
earthen version of the god
mutters last-minute prayers,
supplications hurried to shore
by a trick of the wind.
Ganapati, let the train come
that I may keep my job. Let my son
pass exams, my daughters marry
into good families.
Water slaps sand, the air clacks
with finger cymbals. The pilgrim
wades out waist-deep, the murti
in his elbow's crook. He releases it
like a bad debt, a brok...
September 9, 2010
Free Download
Thanks to Scribd for featuring my novel Rescuing Ranu today. I'm offering the book as a free download here and at their site for one week. Find out what happens to Nela from Shiva's Arms in this tale of sacrifice, survival, and the mysterious alchemy of love.
September 6, 2010
The Hook
How's this for a way to begin a book review: "On the 16th of April,1823, a number of fairies, summoned by Ganesha, the god of mathematical wisdom, assembled in Berlin at the cradle of an infant to grant boons and bestow blessings." The book in question is by G. Eisenstein, and the reviewer is A.Weil. Read the PDF at 
Inside the Artists' Studio
My sister's new book, below, is a solo effort and tugged me back to our first big project:It's 2005, and this is how it starts: Janet unscrolls a stack of new drawings in pen and ink, charcoal, lithocrayon, chalk and pencil. What's the subject? I wonder out loud. Heads, Janet says. That is, the semi-abstract human head in various states of mind, its psychology graphically shown and connected to the abstract background by its particular vulnerabilities. Those are depicted and distorted throug...
September 1, 2010
She Writes
I have a piece on blog tours featured at She Writes today.
