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day to day reflections

  • distorted shadows in bright sunshine reflected on a wall with green and english writing in red paint. The words read, don't step on the wall. Step onto and over the wall - When silence and sidestepping are no longer an option? When not speaking what you think actually makes you complicit in harm, even atrocity and as such, a shadow of your… Continue Reading
  • an image of a woman adorned with vegetables, a silhouette in a void of and a picture of a person making food, woven with images that show a little of what The Pantry Project was all about. Pantry Thinking - I've been thinking about a project I co-founded, now archived: The Pantry Project. Since the ruling landed on the 16th April, the feelings and the fear of what life is… Continue Reading
  • an image of a woman, Sarah dressed in black with a massive globular sand like scupture on her head. She's peeking out and smiling at the camera. It looks like a big wig. Norrising - I found this very cheeky photo of me in the midst of my friend Abbie Norris's MA show at the RA a few years ago. I don't know how she… Continue Reading
  • a beautiful section of Izzati Shahrin's artwork made for independence day celebrations. This pic shows the father of independence,Tunku Abdul Rahman and is part of a wonderful work by SyncingSpace.org artist Izzati Shahrin. Tunku tastic - I'm in love with SyncingSpace.org and even though we've only just started, this beautiful image and the person portrayed, Tunku Abdul Rahman is just an example of the learning and… Continue Reading
  • Gyoza set within a light cooking batter brown translucent with spring onions in the centre. Battered - Yesterday i had gyoza  buried in their cooking batter. It was a bit of an effort to divide the spoils and chopsticks didn't make it easier but more desperate with… Continue Reading
  • An extract from a Salvador Dali painting a woman skips in a long white dress in a burn orange landscape with some rocks and a strange building in the background. Slow skipping - I'm in a call, right now, writing this and listening to a group of amazing individuals working as coaches, therapists, facilitators, architects and artists who have been meeting together for… Continue Reading
  • Myriads of wool weaves in Tadek Beutlich's artwork Seeds (detail), esparto grass, sisal and wool, c 1980s. Estate of Tadek Beutlich archive held by Emma Mason Gallery Weave - I first encountered Tadek Beutlich's work at Watermans Arts Centre in Hounslow nearly 20 years ago and have since then been an avid fan. So when my friend Steph Fuller… Continue Reading
  • A picture of Nazli with the cast from Expendable in a post show talk. They sit in the set, listening to Nazli in contemplation. Enquiry - A Muskian call for an enquiry has unsettled the masses in this first week but for me, has taken me back to one of my most resonant memories at the… Continue Reading
  • 2 boots attached to two legs blue hubcaps and a walking stick with a smattering of show on the pavements. Slip Sliding - There's childish delight and eerie hush, seeing snow fall outside the window. This first wonderment is swiftly followed by thoughts of horrendous slip sliding injury scenarios. It reminds me that… Continue Reading
  • Shadowy figures walk at dusk hands in pockets, some stationary, apricot light fills the frame. Powerlessness - In 2023, Sync Associate, Alia Alzougbi and I and our colleagues in the Arabi region were busy shaping our Sync Arabi programme, working on the logistics as part of this… Continue Reading