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When Doubt is Gnawing On Your Creative Confidence (Wednesday, 3 February 2021)

The Silence of Stars is the most recent piece in the Desert Sonnet series, which has been front and centre in my studio practice for a few months now. This one came to life about a month ago, and may...
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Common Ground - Theodore, One Place, Many Journeys (Wednesday, 29 July 2020)

For an artist, hanging a body of work in an exhibition is one of life's highlights. Sharing your creations somehow closes the creative loop. I've always said art isn't complete until it has an audience, and I appreciate so much...
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Tough Stuff (Thursday, 28 May 2020)

I’ve been thinking a lot about Tough and Tender Beauty as I make these very deliberate and careful lines…(It’s feeling strange to take this from a journal idea that came into being on my lap up onto...
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Creativity (Monday, 25 May 2020)

Last week's progess on the Wise Women series was about experimenting – actively looking for fresh approaches. This week has begun with a fresh approach sneaking up on me while I thought I was doing something else. Today, during our Couch...
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Couch Art Explained (Monday, 24 February 2020)

Do you ever wish you had time to be creative, but LIFE keeps happening? I know. Me too. Here's the thing: LIFE will keep happening. And unless we make a choice - a conscious decision - to work a few...
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Stay wild. The wild place in your heart were the lilac grows cannot be trimmed and tidied it is wild and free do not fear the wildness. Lead. Hold the flame of your torch high light the way for yourself and others. Pain is the fuel that feeds the fire of alchemy. Burn it up. Once it is spent, you need the flame no longer. For when the pain burns out, the darkness leaves with it and all that remains is light. Spin around with me, laugh, and draw me into yourself. Let me come home to your heart where I belong. It is time.

Michelle (Thursday, 29 November 2018)

For a long time I wondered what these girls had to tell us... I've stopped wondering and started listening. Here's another poem in the series.

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