Poems & Prayers in the lead up to my exhibition Pieces of Self. I feel deflated un-known, un-knowing my enthusiasm constantly dripping away I feel tired from pushing up against the bold brick wall that surrounds me I feel lost, uncertain why the steps I thought were forward are now behind, heading in the wrong direction I feel un-lit, the fire inside barely smoking I feel disappointed, defeated uncertain, unsure I ask these feelings be moved outside of myself. I ask they be r

Poems & Prayers in the lead up to my exhibition Pieces of Self. Night time pondering: how do I still an un-naturally frantic mind? a mind that doesn’t want to sleep? how do I learn again to teach it to be quiet? (why must I learn again?) why does it act as though there is no tomorrow and all its thoughts must be expelled right now? acted upon, dealt with, thought about, right now? is this normal stress amplified? abnormal stress pressurised? #artspirituality #artandfaith #art

In approximately 5 weeks I have my very first solo exhibition - something both incredibly exciting & scary. Seeing as my exhibition is centred around my experience of chronic ill-health I thought I may as well put it all out there and blog some of my thoughts from the experience in the lead up to the exhibition. It's something that is very difficult to explain so it's all a bit esoteric, so we'll see how this goes... These 4 weeks of writing come from bits I've re-discovered

This is the final in the series of 4 videos that I've put together about part of my own experience of creativity and ill-health. This one is offers some explanation of why I've been working on developing The Moments of Rest Project workshops and what they are about. Next year I hope to be able to offer these workshops in a variety of places and invite people to experience some time of creative rest and relaxation. #artandfaith #artandhealth #themomentsofrestproject

Part 3 of my gradual story of creativity and ill health in video.... #artandhealth #artandspirituality #health

Again, the quality isn't amazing, but it is me experimenting with how to do things and how to tell my story... This is how my interest in paper craft began. #artandfaith #artandhealth #meditation #creativity #collage #paper

It's been a little while since I last posted despite my desire to be a bit more regular. However I have been working on a few different sorts of things, including a series about my own experience of art and ill-health. Rather than just write something up, I thought I'd make them into short videos because images are always much more interesting! They quality could be better - but this is what I'm able to do myself, at home, with my knowledge (lack there of?) of computer type s