There’s something about the way my three year old daughter paints that reflects so much of what I’d love to be, or reminds me so much of what I’ve forgotten. Her paintings arrive back from Pre School in piles – usually accompanied by paint in her hair and over her clothes, and often with signs… Read More Paint//20Jul2017
[My third child recently turned one (wow!), and I also recently rediscovered this piece I had written very close to her arrival: A musing on what the arrival of this new little life will really mean, in all it’s glory and all it’s struggle…] “I Was Not Sleepwalking Anymore…”//19Feb2016 “The new life of my third child,… Read More “I Was Not Sleepwalking Anymore…”//19Feb2016
I bought my recording equipment with me to Nanny and Grandad’s this time. Oh and I also brought the three children – four, two, and 12 weeks. The optimistic part of me envisaged three little, dark-haired children suddenly losing their joy of the fight – the fight of anyone, anything, at anytime – and playing… Read More Recording Equipment//02Aug2016
This song is for all mothers who know the feeling of having utterly reached the edge of themselves. Written when I was heavily pregnant with my third child; when I was struggling with the challenging behaviour of a feisty three year old and 18m old. The physical and mental exhaustion left me feeling pretty crushed… Read More The Edge of Myself//20Mar2017
I am in pursuit. But my goal has changed. Three children in, I am learning that the pursuit of perfection is myth – as useful as worrying about finding a unicorn when you’re in a zoo. The artist-mother that I am getting used to being is learning to accept different aims. To embrace and to… Read More In Pursuit of Awkward Clunky//27Feb2016
I have recently become aware of a feeling within me that has been difficult to name or put my finger on. Unconscious of it’s growth, I have come to a point where I can no longer ignore it. Brewing within me uncomfortably, like yeast expanding in a small space, it sits in the background. Present… Read More Living in the Tension: Creativity and Motherhood//04Feb2016
