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Véronique

"Contraryes meet in one." John Donne

About Me

-------------"Inasmuch as collectivities are mere accumulations of individuals, their problems are accumulations of individual problems. The change does not begin with propaganda and mass meeting, or with violence: it begins with a change in individuals." Carl Jung -------------------------------I'm a writer (of short stories, novels, plays and -- hopefully in the not too distant future! -- a screenplay). If you're interested to sample some of my stories, do visit my Myspace blog above! My main theme is self discovery as a way to individuation and, ultimately, as a way to a better world. I'm currently working on the first novel of a trilogy for adolescents (an exciting and mysterious yarn set during WW2 in my native Brittany). My writing is multi-layered (there are many layers to explore under the surface story): it fuses levels of consciousness and explores the mysterious interactions between the conscious and the unconscious. My passion for music is expressed (since, unfortunately, I don't have any songs in my head!) by passages (at least in my longer pieces) that tend towards the abstract and evocative power of music (through poetry, dreams, visions...). I believe that good music and good books (and all good art!) can act as revealers. They can empower their recipients to become creative in their turn, inspire them to explore the depths of their minds (and souls) and discover vast and exciting other-worlds...

My Interests

Writing (of course!); music (preferably IDM -- Warp --, experimental, ambient, dark ambient, industrial, martial, baroque...); literature (preferably classics); non fiction books about philosophy, psychology, science and spirituality; walking; travelling; cinema; taichi; theatre; food and wine; tea and coffee; family; friends...

I'd like to meet:

Friends, musicians, writers, artists, playwrights, screenplay writers, theatre and film directors, publishers (more in love with books and ideas than with money!), creative people, enthusiastic people, kind people, compassionate people, open-minded people, citizens of the world... :-) ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------

Music:

Pronefoal, Yellow6, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Plaid, Bronnt Industries Kapital, Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Chameleons, Xmal Deutschland, Tuxedomoon, Asian Dub Foundation, Black Star Liner, The Fall, Dead Voices on Air, Dead Can Dance, Zoviet France, Thomas Köner, His Divine Grace, Necropolis, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, Mozart, Pergolese, Purcell, and many many more!

Movies:

Tarkovsky (in particular: Stalker, Nostalghia, Sacrifice), Apocalypse Now, 2001, Fight Club, The Last Temptation of Christ, Pan's Labyrinth, Brazil, Eraserhead, Inland Empire, The Fog of War, La Grande Illusion, Le Silence de la Mer, Le Journal d'un Curé de Campagne, Nosferatu (Murnau's), Metropolis, Der Golem, Pi, Jacob's Ladder, Matrix trilogy, Hitchcock's films, A Matter of Life and Death, The Painted Veil, The Omen, A Zed and Two Noughts, Prospero's Books, Casablanca, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, How to get ahead in advertizing, Paris je t'aime, Un Dimanche à la Campagne, L'Amour à Mort, L'Année Dernière à Marienbad, Petits Arrangements avec les Morts, La Haine, La Grande Vadrouille, Throw Mama from the train...

Television:

Documentaries (all types! but preferably on science, religion and history with a human interest). I watch far too much TV! Series: Heroes, Lost, Northern Exposure, Medium, Six Feet Under, Twin Peaks, American Gothic, Brideshead Revisited, Desperate Housewives... Comedy: Red Dwarf, Father Ted, Spaced, Frasier, Big Train, Black Books, The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, The League of Gentlemen, The IT Crowd...

Books:

(Or rather authors!!!) Dante, Rumi, Dickens, Hugo, Alain-Fournier, John Donne, Balzac, Flaubert, Camus, T.S. Eliot, Daphne du Maurier, Yveline Féray, Evelyn Waugh, Somerset Maugham, Conan Doyle, Ibsen, Tchekhov, Frederick Tristan, Kafka, Stefan Zweig, René Daumal, Gustav Meyrink, William Blake, Vercors, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Walker Percy, Marcel Pagnol, André Gide, Bernanos, and many more!

Heroes:

Teilhard de Chardin, Alexandra David-Neel, Carl Jung, Rudolf Steiner, Rumi, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

My Blog

Constance (a short story) -- On lost loves and the power of beauty...

CONSTANCE by V. David-Martin This story is dedicated to one of my great-aunts, who, I believe, was rescued one cold winter morning from loneliness and old age by her beloved late husband. -1- The...
Posted by Véronique on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:39:00 PST

The Ribbon (a short story) -- A Tale of War and Guilt

THE RIBBON A Story of War and Guilt by V. David-Martin   Lulled by the constant drone of conversation around her, Mathilde stared dreamily at her glass of champagne. The light bubbles were risi...
Posted by Véronique on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:18:00 PST

The Golden Snake (a short story) -- Third (and final!) Part

THE GOLDEN SNAKE A Tale of Transformation by V. David-Martin -- PART III -- - 5 - Jim left. Jeanne felt nothing. It was almost as if he had disappeared from the face of the Earth. She made herself wr...
Posted by Véronique on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:21:00 PST

The Golden Snake (a short story) -- Second Part (of three)

THE GOLDEN SNAKE A Tale of Transformationby V. David-Martin -- PART II -- - 3 - The months passed. To Jim's growing concern, Jeanne was becoming increasingly distant, more and more engrossed in herse...
Posted by Véronique on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:02:00 PST

The Golden Snake (a short story) -- First Part (of three!)

THE GOLDEN SNAKE A Tale of  Transformation by V. David-Martin -- PART I -- - 1 - The Hippodrome was bathed in the gentle light of April. The immense square, at the heart of Istanbul's Eminö...
Posted by Véronique on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:37:00 PST

Best wishes to you all!

Bonjour à vous tous! Before disappearing off to France for the festive season, I wish to send you all my very best wishes for a good Christmas / end of year and for a happy and peaceful 2007! All the ...
Posted by Véronique on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:00:00 PST

Soon another short story on this blog.

Bonjour friends! Hope you're well. Winter and Christmas are upon us... Just back from a hectic, yet satisfying and enjoyable, week in Paris. I've been really busy recently (and still am!) with a...
Posted by Véronique on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:12:00 PST

A short poem on the absurdity of wars...

Even if we enjoy a normal life in our privileged Western world, war is pandemic on our planet (the news are full of sanitised renditions of its chaos and ugliness; justifications for it are constantly...
Posted by Véronique on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:20:00 PST

What or who is the Visitor???

Hello dear friends ! This is a shortish PS to my previous post, partly to add a few layers to the reading of my short story "The Visitor", and mostly to talk about the notion of what I call a "V...
Posted by Véronique on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:49:00 PST

The Visitor (short story)

At last, here is my short story! Thank you for reading it! Your comments are welcome. All the best! The Visitor by V. David-Martin It all started on a Wednesday -- a Wednesday like any other. Mor...
Posted by Véronique on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:34:00 PST