%0 Journal Article
%T Stepping-stones to the Edge: Artistic Expressions of Islandness in an Ocean of Islands
%A Laurie Brinklow
%J Island Studies Journal
%D 2013
%I University of Prince Edward Island
%X Since the earliest of times, islands have captured the artistic imagination¡ªand, often, for the artist who finds his or her muse in being ¡®islanded¡¯, the smaller the island the better. Archipelagos offer an ideal setting for artists who take their inspiration from place: on small islands off islands they can experience an intensity of island living they might not otherwise have on a main island: boundedness and connection, isolation and community. This paper examines expressions of islandness by artists who live on islands off islands that are poles apart¡ª¡®archipelagos¡¯ of the Canadian North Atlantic and the Great Southern Ocean. It draws upon interviews with those artists and writers to consider the nature of humans¡¯ attachment and attraction to islands, exploring through the lens of phenomenology what Stratford et al. call the ¡°entanglement between and among islands¡±.
%K archipelagos
%K artists
%K Bruny Island
%K Fogo Island
%K Grey Islands
%K insularity
%K islandness
%K Newfoundland
%K resilience
%K Tasmania
%U http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-8-1-2013-Brinklow.pdf