Category: Blog
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Pink Fur and Vulvas

Having written my first blog post in months yesterday, I found myself last night, back on my art adventures, and with another post brewing. On tour with a British orchestra, in transit in Miami. I knew there was a Louise Bourgeois Exhibition at ICAMiami and had therefore tried to fly twenty-four hours earlier,…
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Googly eyes and colliding planets.

A rather remiss absence of blogging of late, and obviously sitting on an aeroplane to Cartagena (Colombia) via Miami seems a good time to get back to it! To say a lot has happened is an understatement… I’ll give you a vague flavour. I’ve lived with my parents for 8 months, been through the…
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Severed heads and Alpacas

My Get A Life journey is planned to give me the opportunity to build on the artwork I have been creating over the past few years. To give me time and space to soak up as much ‘new’ as I can. To go places I can gain knowledge, experience, and skills. And to have the…
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Pitcher Perfect

So I haven’t blogged for way too long, and yesterday I had a day I’d really like to share, and definitely like to document, for me, if not for anyone else! Back in December, when I was busy getting a life in NY, I ate breakfast perusing a series (ok, a couple, breakfast isn’t…
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A gay icon and using old clothes: NY Pt4

As some of you may have noticed, I have been drawing a lot recently. I’m working on some larger works, beautifully satisfying, very time-consuming. It’s nice to take a break and go back to recounting my US travels, at very least because it takes me, once again, back to studying the work I…
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Gently passing time.

I have taken a few weeks off writing and turned my hand back to pen and ink. Can’t say how nice it feels to be creating again! For all that I hate social media (in principle), it is lovely to have an incentive to create and post every day, an aim, somewhere to share and…
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A story of unrequited love: NY Pt3

Day 5 Woke up feeling like my brain was going to explode. SO much I still want to do. The list doesn’t get smaller as every time I cross something off, I find something else to add! However, I feel now I have found some clarity about what I ultimately want from this trip.…
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Reader, I stroked his beard: NY Pt 2

Day 3 On the third day, I was useless. Complete body and brain failure. This is a state I have come to accept as normal. Annoying, frustrating, but normal. I scrapped my original plans, made a lower energy plan, discarded that too and accepted that Manhattan just wasn’t on the cards for today.…
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Art is a guaranty of sanity: NY Pt 1

What do you think of when you think ‘New York’? I’m guessing for many it’s the skyline. The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, maybe the Twin Towers are still there in your snapshot? Well, I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen any of it. Three days down and there’s been no shortage of remembering what…
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Endometriosis and Me

Endometriosis. A fucker of a disease that makes you infertile, while giving you the appearance of being six months pregnant. When I was awarded a Get a Life Fund, the only stipulation was that I must write a blog. I’m good with that, it’s a small (and enjoyable) price to pay. Although writing about a…