Special 'nearly windows', prepared by the afternoon sunlight.

#Studio #shadows #windows #stone #brick #Sunday

Behind the windscreen as the sun dipped. A moment to reflect before driving home. Participants offered generous thoughts on creativity and wellbeing behind the cell door. These conversations contain a tangle of emotions. I appreciate the trust people afford me.

#PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor

Privileged to contribute to this. A vital creative legacy from 2024 'Sprung Minds' festival. 13 creative practitioners working with men living at HMP Leicester. Curated by brilliant @AlistairFruish + Louise Dowell.

Thanks for inviting me 💛
#prison #creativity
#PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor

Journey to my loves

#tree #tree #tree #tree

Crackly sky fractures.
Inky rivulets.
Looking up
Under the trees, my favourite place to be.
Hearing the last of the stray leaves fall. The birds call. The breeze.

#NoticeNatureFeelJoy #trees #life #breathe #nature #balm #ForestBathing #woods

The incessant stare before play. Sunday morning dog on the bed.
#Woody #WildWoodyJohnson #RescueDog

Holding tight to thoughts and feelings I experienced at totally brilliant 'No Comment' Koestler Arts exhibition. Art was affecting and outstanding, curation insightful and impactful. A whirl of tenacity, skill, trauma, exploration, intrigue, mischief, healing, hope, constraint and repair 🧵

Immersed in wood.
Sunday morning studio time.
This little chair is my perch for planning.
A £2 carboot sale purchase, the seller had salvedged it from a skip. Now settled into a place of care and creativity.

#PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor #working #SundayMorning #studio

A bag on my kitchen table.
The morning after.
Pinkly symbolic.

Yesterday, #CaptiveArts gathering was convivial, creative, infused with care and compassion. Sharing thoughts on art and creativity as moments of healing, strength, self, hope in a prison system in crisis /1

#BehindTheClosedCellDoor

A moment of reflection and gratitude for #Museums2024 Thoughtful presentations that needle and resonate, shaping a sector, albeit slowly and under pressure. People dismantling barriers to embed anti racist values and action, inclusivity, compassion, coproduction and activism to influence change /1

Beautiful crackles fracturing the softness of the cloud.
A gentle meandering walk. Settling the dusk into evening. Admiring the very ends of the branches and reflecting on a busy week.

#walking #thinking #feeling #reflecting #dusk #cloud #fractures #NoticeNatureFeelJoy

Hello BlueSky. My first post is yellow. Hand sliced words and phrases have emerged as a core element in my PhD. Making sense and exploring as I go #BehindTheClosedCellDoor #PhDJourney