Description

By Paul Fearne

Published: 2026
Pages: 91
Key Themes: Poetry

Description

This book embodies the ephemeral. What is written on water cannot last. But we can have a memory of the action of writing on water. What lasts is our intent, attempting to do what cannot be done. But what if there was a way we could make it work?

 

Much like a Buddhist mandala, created, and then swept away so that nothing remains. So to the action of writing on water. Nothing remains, except maybe briefly a wet finger or pen. Who would write a book on water? How long would it be?

 

Things don’t last here. And there can be no greater evidence to this than trying to write words on water. Come and try – it could be fun, I am sure. What could be more fun than writing a book on water?

 

 

About the Author

Paul Fearne completed a master’s degree at Melbourne University. There he was president of the university philosophy club (Friends of Philosophy). He also completed a PhD at La Trobe University. His writing career started at the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival, at which time he was interviewed on Radio National.

 

Launches followed. At Readings in Carlton. The North Melbourne Public Library. And the Dax Centre. An appearance on ABC News 24. Work on the Brainwaves radio show.

 

Now Fearne has withdrawn from the limelight to concentrate on the online proliferation of his books.