THE SUM TOTAL OF EVERYTHING

THE SUM TOTAL OF EVERYTHING

Published by Fèis | www.feisprojects.com All photographs ©Alastair Cook All poems copyright ©the authors All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission of the publisher.

Produced through commission from Fife Youth Arts Hub With thanks to Liz Lochhead, Janet Robertson, Alicja Pawluczuk and Gordon Forbes Printed by Think Digital | www.thinkdigitalprint.co.uk three | four | five | six

THE SUM TOTAL OF EVERYTHING

Foley A brick goes flying through a plate glass window - the foley artist smashes a ceramic cup on the wall A panel fan circulates on the ceiling - the foley artist whips a skipping rope A boy bangs a stick along some railings - the foley artist taps wind chimes A murderer walks across gravel - the foley artist crunches a bag full of biscuits The bird flaps its wings - the foley artist blows on a toy windmill The car door is slammed shut - the foley artist slams a bottle of water on a desk The boy blows up a paper bag and pops it - the foley artist blows up a paper bag and pops it

Bruce Forbes

Kind Wolf fox dragon I am Three of different but all the same I am the silver crow Passing by as you close your eyes.

The midnight where darkness lurks The midnight where I, the silver crow abides.

The hood that hides, conceals.

The hood that lets the darkness in.

The silver crow who watches from the outside waiting of the chance to slip in.

The silver crow that scratches the surface, will scratch again.

Jamie Johnstone

Six Feet I am in a graveyard, shrouded in mist hunching over a crumbling tombstone buried under flowers.

I look out onto the curling white waves, but as I turn around I hear a quiet whisper on the wind. I entrench myself in the thick fog and start to run but I stop and pause.I remember now. This is the day, the day we lost him. I wish he was here, alive and well. But I fear now, He is suffering, for it was not him who killed James Runder and it should be me, resting six feet under.

Jonah Lorimer

A Break If only you could get the chance Disappear escape leave I can see the latest cheap deals plastered in the windows, capturing the eye of the passer-by I see you among the happy excited faces awaiting the sun, the sea and the sand.

I will watch the dog so you can catch your flight. Time to relax and enjoy, to take in the ancient Greek sites.

Chelsey Brown

THE SUM TOTAL OF EVERYTHING Artist Alastair Cook and Makar (National Poet of Scotland) Liz Lochhead led a workshop to make Filmpoems with Bruce Forbes, Jamie Johnstone, Jonah Lorimer and Chelsey Brown, aided and abetted by Gordon Forbes and delivered as part of Fife Youth Arts, delivering Scotland’s youth arts strategy Time to Shine across Fife.

We also made this book.

Filmpoem All photography is by Alastair Cook and all poetry by their noted authors.