How to describe a text that tells the tale of a lifetime through short snapshots of moments; each moment meant to capture an eternity?

This book is a piece of creative writing that attempts to do exactly this; to convey the evolution of a lifetime via a collage of captured moments. And in each moment, we discover something about our own lives also.

About the Author

Zion Lights

Zion Lights. Writer, poet, musician, singer, permaculture-gardener, climate activist, violinist, guitarist, camping-enthusiast, language-fanatic, visionary, literature-geek, with a passion for the arts and the environment. Since graduating from Reading University in 2005 Zion has thrown herself into the literary and performance arts world of the South West. She write an online weekly column "Literary Lights Writes", for the local online arts newspaper People's Republic of South Devon, which is funded by the arts council and aims to cover art-based and environmental-related news in the South West. She will also be filling in as 'guest editor' of PRSD for the month of August.

Zion's book, More Things Should Be Thought Out Thus, blends different styles of writing with different types of storytelling. To celebrate the publication of her book she organised a book launch in May 2010 which was an artists' arts event that brought together writers, poets, actors, musicians, traditional artists and photographers and featured an art exhibition and evening of performance at the independent bookshop, Book-Cycle.

Zion is a performance poet. Some of her work can be read here. The written medium is as important to her as the written word, so she performs at regular poetry events in Devon, including the monthly events Taking the Mic at The Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter, Poetry Island at The Blue Walnut cafe in Torquay, Epicentre cafe's Word Central in Paignton, and the occasional charity fundraiser such as Oxfam's upcoming Bookfest for Haiti on July 14th in Totnes.
Zion sings in a band called The Planeteers, and with an experimental voice collective called Multi-Vox. Multi-Vox debuted at Knit Expo at The Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre in April 2010, video here.

Zion lives as 'greenly' as possible. She regularly envisions and organises community projects and events such as the annual Exeter Seed Swap, and POGOE (Permaculturists & Organic Growers of Exeter). She is an avid organic gardener and believes that rooted and positive communities can develop out of community gardening projects. Zion became vegan in 2003 after learning of the horrors of the meat and dairy industries, and started writing ethical column for the university newspaper, Spark. She believes that the environmental disasters that the world faces require creative, structured, solutions and a shift in the way we live as a collective culture.

Zion is regularly featured in news articles and radio interviews to promote her many ongoing projects. In the last year she has been interviewed by Phonic FM's New Exeter Show and Wellbeing and Transition Show, BBC Radio Devon, Dartington Soundart Radio and Riveria FM. She has also appeared in the Exeter Express and Echo several times promoting various projects, and recently featured in Devon Life magazine to promote knitting groups in Exeter (she helped found a local group). Zion's book also featured at Knit Expo at The Phoenix Arts Centre earlier this year.

Purchase a Copy of the Book

More Things Should Be Thought Out Thus is available to buy from Waterstones, Amazon, and WH Smith.

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Thought Out Thus - £6.99

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Thought Out Thus - £4.99

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Contact the Author

If you would like to contact Zion Lights, she can be written to at zio.lights@gmail.com