Is it possible to be both lazy and obsessive? Is it possible to be lazy and ambitious? Parents, teachers and… Read more The Pursuance of Motes: Laziness and Obsession

Why do I (we?) need permission to do things our own way? Art research is a thorny, prickly, uncomfortable thing… Read more Research and Discovery

Maybe there’s some sort of transition going on in my brain/body/life? I’m a night owl. Or a sporadic insomniac. Have… Read more Napping During Pointless…

I feel I’m properly in now, which is surprising seeing as I haven’t got a door yet. The shelves have… Read more New Studio!

Conversations with certain people “bring me on”. By asking the right questions and not being afraid that they are difficult… Read more On the Nature of Weirdness…

In. After eight months of looking, looking, looking some more, finding, losing, getting, losing again, will they won’t they? Yesses,… Read more In.

The nature of this blog is that is as much (if not more) for the writer as the reader. I… Read more Mary Beard and The (female) Artist

I’m no athlete that’s for sure… I admire the women athletes who have begun talking about how their menstrual cycle… Read more Athletes and Artists

I registered my new project with the Arts Council and began to write the words in the letter boxes. (Handy… Read more The Importance of Titles

Trying to write an artist statement while at a crossroads in your thinking is difficult, as you want to sound… Read more Funding and Terror