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I swear one day I will write a book entitled the one hundred and one uses of salt. The stuff is incredible! Mixed with an equal amount of vinegar and you can change the colour of copper to a blue […]

There’s so much about motherhood that I wish I had known beforehand but nothing quite prepares you for the madness that comes with it. I’m still processing day by day whilst caught up in the wider messiness of day to […]

Mother seems mandatory and has its own status in line with life choices, marriage success and size of kitchen. Becoming educated and having a career separate to the domestic, becoming a maker/artist empowered me to my perceived ideal of Woman. […]

This has been playing on my mind over the last 6-months which is when my son was born.  I always knew it would be this strange balance and potential sacrifice that would need to be made by myself as a […]

Our final bursary funded meet up took Dean and myself back to London to the rare book archives of the Wellcome Library. I had requested in advance some of their 17th century alchemical manuscripts and these had been bought up […]

I’ve decided to not formally work with the wonderful 1620s House and Gardens at Donnington le Heath for various reasons but I am exploring further some of the ideas that came out of a visit and thoughtful discussion there with […]

The summer has been a period settling deeper into the Jungian and alchemical teachings that have resulted from our bursary funded “night shaking” project. Dean and myself have continued in our personal readings and researching of the subject matter but have […]

Dean Melbourne post On 2oth June we had the opportunity to deliver a talk/workshop at the Reading Room of the  Wellcome Collection’s   as part of their Open platform series. It was a great opportunity to share our research learning to […]

Dean and I met in Bruton for a two day alchemical workshop with Jungian analyst Catherine Bygott. ⁣ ⁣Our sessions with Catherine seem to have been building to this point and it was a highly charged, emotional and influential time. As […]

We had our second meeting with Jungian analyst Catherine Bygott in Somerset on Friday. As well as discussions she led us in a physical exercise to connect us to our unconscious self. It was a challenging activity but really interesting […]

Dean Melbourne and I travelled to Bruton in Somerset for our first exploratory meeting with Jungian psychoanalyst Catherine Bygott. Catherine has lectured and led numerous seminars and workshops in the UK and Ireland over the past twenty-five years on Jung’s […]

Our research project started with two days at The Wellcome Collection in London exploring their wonderful resources on alchemy and Jung. There were two areas we were interested in – the Wellcome Collection library and the Reading Room resource. I’ll […]

I began writing this post a few weeks ago but was interrupted by having to cope with the worst cold I have ever had. I managed to keep doing my #BlackSquares365 piece every day, but this blog got put on […]

I am not intending to post every piece I make in the #BlackSquares365 project on this blog on a daily basis. I will reserve that for Twitter and Instagram. Eventually, I hope I will be able to document it all […]

“In the destructive element immerse” – that is one of the quotations heading a chapter of “A Life of One’s Own”.  It comes from Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim which I haven’t read.  It resonates.  Milner also quotes often from Robinson […]