On Friday I went to the opening of an interesting gallery exhibition. Titled 'Off the Wall', it's a showcase of prose and poems from writers at the Waverley Community Learning Centre, and corresponding artworks created by artists inspired by the pieces.

There were some fantastic pieces on display, both written and visual - a perfect demonstration of the myriad results you'll gain from asking disparate people to create art from a central idea. Some artists created a representation of the imagery already present within a story or poem, others went for metaphor or even further abstractions. Some were realist, surrealist, post-modern or aesthetic, some in paint, some glass, textile or thre-dimensional.

When we, as writers, concentrate so much on ensuring a reader an visualise our worlds and stories, it's a fascinating glimpse into the alternate possibilities presented by a more "direct" medium for such a thing.

I wonder what we'd create if we cycled the process once again - if writers took inspiration from the artist's creations, created new stories and poems?

THe exhibit's on until October 6th at the Highway Gallery - highly recommended.