Jan 25, 2021
My last 2 posts felt cathartic but also they rather echoed of resentment. Clarity takes time to reach especially when we continually try to resist it. I don’t have many words at this point for the new work on this page but I do acknowledge that it is slowly...
Dec 28, 2020
How does academia value new knowledge obtained through creative practice? As discussed in my previous post about myown PhD experience, I felt that it was seen as secondary to the primary, measurable element – the written thesis. What followed was a...
Dec 7, 2020
I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I was awarded my PhD in creative practice in 2018. Since then, I feel as if I’ve been on something of a journey and I’d like to share some thoughts, primarily as a cautionary note directed at any artist contemplating beginning the...
Jul 22, 2020
So much has changed yet much has remained centre-stage. The new body of work is increasing, albeit still slowly. I’m absorbed in the process itself. By that I mean, this iterative method I use is revealing minute aspects I’d overlooked before, to the point where every...
Apr 2, 2020
Reading back over my last post, I’m saddened by how angry and negative it sounds to me now. But transitions are messy and I’m still within that process. Because of the implications of the Covid-19 virus, in late February I decided to cancel my solo...
Aug 19, 2019
This work is failing….in one sense. I’ve finally turned a familiar process used over many years, into a commodity. It has little going for it aesthetically yet I kept pushing it towards what felt like a solution…of sorts. Maybe ‘conclusion’ is a more accurate...
