I watched Twin Peaks and other David Lynch films as a young teen. I think Lynch created visuals that seared themselves inside my mind, often uncomfortably, full of colour symbolism, surrealness, rawness. Incredible filmmaker.

Lost myself in this incredible book by @rachelartsmith.bsky.social 'the moment is repeated. and again. her folded. present. is spread out. a tablecloth.' The erasures and layering of voice create the subjective, decorative experience I am fascinated by in my current research.

One of the uplifting parts of my job are the conversations I have with writers who come to the Hive Library in Worcester. November's guest was the poet Sabeen Chaudhry who was generous with her insights into her craft. 📝📖

I run a Reading Series event at the Hive Library, Worcester where I invite a writer to chat about their practice, followed by a reading of their latest work. My next guest is Sabeen Chaudhry 27th Nov. And it's free, just book through the library. 📖

Pamela Colman Smith was a brilliant illustrator and a passionate, ambitious woman, underpaid and sidelined in her lifetime. She strived so hard for success and her frustration is palpable a century later. In a 1901 letter to Alfred Bigelow Paine, she wrote, “Pigs! The publishers are all pigs!?!”