5th January 2024 periods of limbo note to self: stop being so consumed by the future that the moment becomes defined by what is precedes!!!
12th December 2023 Siri Hustvedt's essays and collage as an allegory A creative essay using Siri Hustvedt's collection of lectures and reflections, and a collage.
27th November 2023 on last times, leaving, and time sometimes revealing itself Leaving somewhere makes time, for a moment, a physical space.
2nd November 2023 the desperation of writing Once you start writing your life, putting moments to paper and immortalising them in the process, poetic significance becomes manic desperation, habitual and then addictive.
11th October 2023 women's intimate awareness of time Women's relationship to a month, a week, and time, is different to a man's. Monthly patterns create routine, and time taunts as it passes.
31st August 2023 wild blackberries and the mindfulness of playing a part in your own food Searching and tiptoeing for the ripe ones and gently putting them in my container, I understood the countless poems about food, baking, harvest, and seasons.
26th August 2023 my charity shop dilemma: when slow fashion starts to speed up What originally started as a way to save money...has recently become a bit of a retail addiction.
15th May 2023 Burley Park, Woodhouse Moor, and Sharing Moments With Strangers How can we have divisive opinions of people who want to sit in the evening sun just like us?
15th April 2023 Taking it all in – how visiting a French museum taught me to slow down. Inspired by Tates #SlowArtDay.Translating all of the written information in a museum and art exhibition was meditative, and encouraged me to fully take in the pieces. It made me realise something similar about experiences
11th December 2022 What is Purpose? Where we find meaning: Does purpose have to be unattainably bigger than us?
6th November 2022 snow days and inner children Thinking about snow and how it pauses the world to bring out our inner children, and the deeply human lust for making the most of time.