Unashamedly solipsistic
Figure 1 ‘I intend to try and work harmoniously with all of my evolving selves’. I wrote these words in August 2018, my last blogpost. At that time, I had little idea, to be honest, of what this well meant intention would entail and how this in turn,...
An Existential post-PhD angst
I wonder if undertaking a practice based PhD, for some older artists at least, can create unforeseen challenges once the long and immersive path has reached its destination. Despite having a creative practice spanning more than 40 years, now that I have...
Thesis Summary: Exploring the Embodied Experience of Ageing through Creative Practice
[…] what really matters is neither the sociology nor the biology of ageing – but the narrative of the self. The stories we tell ourselves of how to be our age as we age. How are we to live our lives? Segal, 2013, p xiv Segal’s words hold resonance for us...
On writing
Cixous, when commenting on her process of writing; that quiet space for reflection, expresses it beautifully; “as if I were writing on the inside of myself” (Cixous, 1997, p. 105). This resonates with how writing feels for me, now, the artist trying to illuminate my...
word & image group & forgetting
I'm losing touch with who I am, as an artist, I know I am, I can feel it slipping into fuzzy memory. I realised this when I began to write about making the research artwork 'departing selves'. I'd forgotten what it feels like to be affected by the material of making...
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RESEARCH REFLECTIONS alison333-researchreflections.blogspot.co.uk Reflections on a research journey where i document my responses and even perhaps reach out to like minded people, who like me, are curious about what they do and why.