It recently occurred to me that I should write about being a mother, or at the very least about becoming a mother. Because it is something learned, something you work at each day. We are given the title of ‘parent’ as soon as a child is born and that takes a while to sink in. […]
Day one: Mobile phone, flooding the room with light. Off. Off. On. Dim. Off. On. A modern morse code, of sorts. Closed eyes, danced across my eyelids. Fell asleep holding onto the idea that this is what modern conversation looks like. 5:30AM start. Lift. Train. Plane. Plethora of people. But less and less contact. De-humanisation. Online check […]
Maybe it’s all the talk of the new year (how is it that time of year already?!) or maybe it’s just been at the back of my mind for a while, but I thought I’d write a follow-up post to ‘Being An Art Student’. My past-self wrote that post two and a half years ago. It’s […]
ambient pressure. optimise time. productivity. counter. “small change can make a big difference”. marketing tagline. but noteworthy. small steps toward achieving goals. community. craftsman. aesthetics. career. communal library. up and down the high street. slip into a darkened doorway. past a café. pause to look at the local notices. up stairs. join the small queue. […]
