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As I said in my last post here, I’ve been involved in conversations with Elena Thomas and Stuart Mayes about the virtues of long term blogging. Our responses to some self-initiated questions were collated and published online on the a-n […]
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It’s nearly five months since I’ve written here which means that it’s five months since someone responded to one of my tweets in which I promoted my last blog post, alongside the image above (a detail from my ‘Sweet Nothings’ […]
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‘It took me a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to remain silent.’ Madeleine Albright, American politician I may not agree with Madeleine Albright on everything, but I love the […]
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‘I think there must always be room for joy in this world. There has to be hope and celebration.’ Eileen Agar, artist (b.1899 – d.1991) I noticed the above quote by Eileen Agar in a recent article in ‘The World […]
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It’s ten years since I attended a series of meetings in which a number of regular a-n bloggers were invited to speak about the advantages of writing as part of their creative practice: Alex Pearl, Emily Speed, Rosalind Davis, Rob […]
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A 10×10 exchange made in Hastings, 2012 When I was invited by artist Jenny Timmer to take part in a challenge to post 10 pieces of work from my past, I was in no doubt that 10×10 should be […]
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HOPE: ambition, aspiration, expectation to desire, to wish, to aim, to plan, to dream, to daydream a longing, a yearning, a craving, a hankering ‘HOPE’ Kate Murdoch, 2020 Some time in early July, at a point when I just couldn’t seem to focus on getting […]
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It was while I was recovering from illness last year that I finally managed to get around to sorting through a couple of suitcases, stuffed to the brim with images I’ve collected. I managed to organise them into various folders, […]
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People sometimes say there are ‘no words’ to convey what they are feeling. This is usually a reaction to a situation that’s so extreme and distressing that it’s difficult to move beyond an emotional response. That’s how I’ve felt over […]
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Connections with other artists and arts organisations continue to feel like a lifeline in the current climate. At points when I’ve felt completely overwhelmed by what’s going on around me, focusing on my work has felt very grounding. I was […]
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I’m going back on myself a bit today in order to try and keep a proper record of everything that’s happened (or not) over the lockdown period. Apart from writing ‘cancelled’ across a number of pages, I’ve effectively stopped using […]
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Some objects I’ve selected for this project have impacted on me more than others and I’ve used this blog to write about it. Today’s objects are a case in point – a tiny, bronze vintage pendant and an even tinier […]