At least four or five times a week I get in the car with my dog, Buster and drive to somewhere nice for a long walk. In January someone drove into my car while it was parked outside my house and then drove off without leaving a note. This sort of thing really upsets me, […]
Category archives: Creativity
When things get tough
As I have written before I took up playing the flute again as an adult. I merrily made my way through grade four and five and then came to a stop. My teacher does the ABRSM music grades and to do grade six I had to do music theory. This was so hard. I don’t […]
Featured artist – Thurrock Art Trail 2017
I am delighted to have been selected as one of three artists who will be delivering community workshops in the Thurrock area, which will culminate in an exhibition at the Thameside Theatre as part of the Thurrock Art Trail 2017. I am going to be working with a diverse range of community groups across Thurrock […]
BHAGs!
As part of my three week down time in December I spent a lot of time reflecting on the past year and where I wanted this year to go. I identified my key word: luminous; and core feelings: creative, well, devoted to the divine and peaceful. I figured out my intentions for the year, some of […]
#oneword365 2017 Luminous
Happy new year! Last year I chose the word ‘contentment’ as my focus for the year, and although I think it was a good word for me I didn’t do any analysis on it beyond thinking of it at the start of the year. So, the process was rather a redundant one. This year it is different. […]
Orsett Show 2016
Orsett show, at the Orsett show ground, September 2016 This is part of the Beautiful Thurrock series
Making conducting accessible for all
Most of the work that I do in the arts is on the management side of things, very rarely am I actually in the room when the work is being made. This May was different, I spent a week with Royal Academy of Music Open Academy students and the incredibly talented James Rose. I […]
St Mary’s poetry event
Poetry event at St Mary’s church, Little Thurrock. Local residents came together in September to perform their poetry. This is part of the Beautiful Thurrock project
South Essex Arts Festival
I’m really excited to be taking part in my first ever exhibition – on this Saturday. It’s rather appropriate that it’s on my 5th wedding anniversary, I doubt I would ever had the confidence to explore my photography further, let alone enter it into an exhibition, without the never ending love, encouragement and support from […]
Photography practice
My photography practice, which I do most days, is an act of mindfulness and gratitude. I look for the beautiful, unusual and notable in my daily life. Most days I’m at home and I go out for walks with my dog in the local area. I am not in fantastic photographic locations, just a rather […]