About this blog
This blog examines the areas I am interested in – art and books and degrowth and flora and fauna and everything in between. This is where I write about ongoing projects, present my art and write about the issues in the world that I find meaningful.
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Paradigm shift is a big, fat pain in the arse
Eileen Laurie
I recently had the opportunity to attend the session on Being Led by Young People with the inspirational Yumma Hussen, Mahnoor Kamran, Dev Sharma and Kwesia, City Girl in Nature. I was blown away by the energy, determination, wisdom and love for life of these young people. I could have listened for a long time […]
Without community, there is no liberation.
Audre Lorde
May 9th, 2022
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Preparatory sketches for my feminist re-imagining of the myth of Leda and the Swan.
We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us.
When we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.
Andy Goldsworthy
I never thought I could draw anything 100 times, but in the end I really enjoyed experimenting with tools and materials. I made a slideshow – visualising my process and its twists and turns.
What we pay attention to grows
adrienne maree brown
Working away on my Lena and the Swan project. Here are some preparatory sketches in a range of media.
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
T. S. Eliot
April 4th, 2022
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What happens when you mix watercolour, black ink and serendipity.
The ultimate famine is the starvation of the imagination
Diane Di Prima