IF YOU want to be inspired, bemused, amused, amazed, entertained, shocked, puzzled, saddened, angered and surprised, you must go to Gallery on Guyton to see the 6 Word Memoir installation.
Gonville librarian Kelly Scarrow is behind the event, and it has been her job to receive the "memoirs" and paste them on the gallery wall.
It is part of the La Fiesta celebration of women festival, and the six-word memoirs are by Whanganui women with a sense of humour, a tale to tell, a secret to share or, in many cases, a creative success to celebrate.
How do you tell your story in six words? A lot of people have already, although anonymously, and their souls are laid bare for public consumption. Some are really funny, some make you think, and some lower a veil that has hidden something much darker.
It is obvious that Whanganui women have stories to tell and they don't need all day or reams of paper to do it. In six words they have the readers' undivided attention. I saw this collection of stories for the first time yesterday after Kelly had just posted another 60 on to the board and was amazed at the depth achieved in half-a-dozen words.
