The Artist/Just an Average Guy Born Into Poetry

The Artist is concerned with a specific relationship and the dichotomy that exists between two people; as well as their practice of poetry/painting. Caught inside a circle of short-term love, sex and creative expression, things eventually fall apart via a key event in the writer's life, prompting an exploration of isolation/togetherness and how we come to view personal works of "art." ------------------------------ In Just an Average Guy Born into Poetry, working-class lad Andy Carrington confesses he "never really liked Shakespeare" and grew up writing his unambiguous and non-experimental brand of poetry sat mostly in the corner of his local boozer. Resisting the use of elaborate descriptions and rhyme schemes that are typical of most traditional poetry, Carrington's poems talk about his day-to-day life experiences and early attempts to develop his writing voice as a means of expression.