Until recently, I'd never given much thought to the idea that as we age, we start to become invisible, mainly because it didn't affect me. But more recently, I've started to notice it. I first became more aware of age related invisibility almost a year ago now, when I attended a series of virtual workshops hosted by Etsy. To be honest, I did think I might find them annoying, but I was hoping there would also be some useful information which I ... Read the Post...
Ideas for Enjoying Early Spring
It's still only February, but here in my little patch of Norfolk there are signs of spring everywhere. We've had a very mild, very wet winter. Often it doesn't start to feel like spring here until the end of March, and occasionally it will even be May before it is really springlike. I don't think I've ever known it to be this early. There are snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils all blooming at the same time! There's blossom everywhere and the ... Read the Post...
Thoughts on Perfectionism
If there's one thing that stands in the way of being creative more than anything else, it's perfectionism. That horrible feeling that we're going to get it wrong so often prevents us from even trying. We worry ourselves into paralysis, to afraid to make the first mark, the first cut, the first stitch. Even if we do manage to start, so does the horrible little voice in our heads: "You're going to mess it up," "You'll ruin it," "That looks ... Read the Post...
A Sense of Place or a Sense of Belonging?
The idea of a sense of place, and how it differs to a sense of belonging, is a theme I've written about before. It was about 3 years ago, when I was researching Dorothy Caldwell and her work as part of a foundation course in textiles, when I started to think about the idea of a sense of place and a sense of belonging. If you haven't come across her before, Dorothy Caldwell is an American born Canadian artist whose work explores a sense of ... Read the Post...
