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Drawing How I Feel

It’s been slower than I hoped getting going with this residency, but I think the Happy Pills are starting to do their magic and I’m feeling more motivated to get off the sofa and do some work. This is my […]

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A Private Land at Talgarth Festival

Participants at the workshops at Brecon & District Mind told us about a tiny but packed museum in the Old Post Office in Talgarth which they thought would have artifacts relating to A Private Land. So we made a visit […]

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Meeting with Mel Brimfield

We are lucky enough to have the mentoring support of artist Mel Brimfield, with one meeting held at the beginning of the project and another to come later. For those not familiar with Mel’s practice, it represents a fabulous cornucopia […]

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Meeting with mentor Mel Brimfield

We are lucky enough to have the mentoring support of artist Mel Brimfield, with one meeting held at the beginning of the project and another to come later. For those not familiar with Mel’s practice, it represents a fabulous cornucopia […]

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A Private Land at Powys Archives

In mid-March Penny Hallas and I went to Powys Achives in Llandrindod Wells to see some of their extensive archive relating to the Mid-Wales Hospital, Talgarth. Weeks after our visit we are still moved and inspired by the images, reports […]

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A Private Land at Powys Archives

In mid-March Susan Adams and I went to Powys Achives in Llandrindod Wells to see some of their extensive archive relating to the Mid-Wales Hospital, Talgarth. Weeks after our visit we are still moved and inspired by the images, reports […]

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Glenside Hospital Museum

Before our decision to work together on (A)Private Land, we knew the Glenside Hospital Museum housed an fascinating collection mostly relating to the history of mental health care and specifically Glenside Hospital, set within the grounds of the buildings which opened […]

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Glenside Hospital Museum

Before our decision to work together on A Private Land, we knew the Glenside Hospital Museum housed a fascinating collection mostly relating to the history of mental health care and specifically Glenside Hospital, set within the grounds of the buildings […]

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Previous practice relevant to A Private Land

As an introduction before we say more about our project and partners in it, we’ll introduce ourselves and give some examples of previous related work.  Penny Hallas and I are both posting about the project – sometimes shared material, sometimes […]

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A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd

Collaborative research and development project exploring geographical and psychological territories and the nature of the boundaries that may protect and/or restrict.

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A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd

Collaborative research and development project exploring geographical and psychological territories and the nature of the boundaries that may protect and / or restrict.

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Dwell Awhile Launch 25 January 2021

Welcome to Dwell Awhile; a series of podcasts made by Dwell Time in partnership with the Yorkshire Visual Arts Network. In this first series we invited peer-nominated artists to talk to us about their art practice, the contentiously uncritical term […]

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Lockdown Watercolour Stories

Lockdown watercolour stories are created from stories that people send me. You are invited to share your current lockdown experiences and stories and know that you are not alone.

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Theatre of the Self

Theatre of the Self : Performance, writing and mental health project Books are for sale @£19.95 with a website about the project: www.theatreoftheself.co.uk   ‘I would recommend The Theatre of the Self to anyone who has or wants to take […]

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My afro does not fit on the spreadsheet

*Trigger warnings: suicidal ideation, hopelessness, discouragement and despair. As November is drawing to a close and so is the second lockdown of this mad year, Guy Fawkes night and Remembrance day seem like the only recurring familiar markers to get my […]

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Five ways Nothing ‘is’ Immediate can support Wellbeing

The sculptures omit sounds, rich in harmonics and musical intervals. Listening to the sounds produces a response in the brain’s neuro oscillation. The sounds slow the rhythmic activity down from gamma to alpha, benefiting you by relaxing the nervous system. […]

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