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I have a new collection out - the sum of poems and embroidery hoops you’ll have seen here over the past several months.

Archetypes responds to the classic stereotypes, combining two mediums, and some left-field perspective.

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[Image description: “tragic and terrifying, like all the best villains” in white on a mottled dark red background with thin, bright red striped overplayed.]

Part of the Zine Suite, Colour & Space.

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Hold space.

Keep the boundaries;

Guard and protect.

Story telling is truth telling

#i wrote this #freeform poetry #meta

[Image description: “space violation, ice floods my veins’ in white on a flecked dark blue background, with ice crystal clusters in pale blue.]

Part of the Zine Suite, Colour & Space.

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Writing comes in context,

Surroundings internalise.

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[Image description: “tangle me up in fine chains, anchor me to the earth, don’t let me float away” with looping chains in pale gold on a black background.]

Part of the Zine Suite: inverted Reality.

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I’m in a lovely awkward position

I don’t fit,

Not in the classic boxes,

Or in the nouvelle vogue ones.

I beam little spotlight out

To illuminate my boxlessness

And attract the fellows I have to find,

Both.

#i wrote this #freeform poetry

[Image description: “there’s something strange about the shadows of white, white, torchlight” in yellow over white splotches on a black background.]

Part of the Zine Suite: Colour and Space.

#i made this #freeform poetry #illustration #zine suites #colour and space

Old-established

Old-traditions

The way things are done

#i wrote this #freeform poetry

[Image description: “with a sucking pop the joint pulls free, a sickly pain lingers in the after” a skeleton hand in white on a dappled red background.]

Part of the Zine Suite, The Body and the Wild.

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Stories

some people are keepers

some gifters or takers

others hoard

yet more dispel.

#i wrote this #freeform poetry #meta #prompted

[Image description: “a fine sliver of moon, hanging low in the sky, an eye almost closed, a slow blink” a crescent moon facing up, pale grey on a black background.]

Part of the “inverted Reality” Zine Suite.

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The stories that slip up underneath our skins

Burrow delicately into our ears.

The thoughts that strike

Days-months-weeks later.

These are the most important.

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[Image description: “agape” in pale blue surrounded by white clouds.]

#i made this #embroidery #agape #love words #loveforms series

The Individual and the Collective

We, the human species, are a collection of individuals. Without the individuals there is no collective and without the collective humanity would not have survived. So it should follow that we acknowledge and respect the individual and the collective both in equal measure. We don’t.

So often we conflate one for the other, mistaking individual variation and cumulative perspective. Generalisations hold true for the collective, but when applied to individuals conflicting uniqueness highlights the inaccuracies. Understanding the context and motivation of any individuals decision is both important and compelling, less so for the collective.

Being able to hold a respect for both the individual and their larger collective context allows fair and accurate judgement, understanding and solution making. Failing to do so sees us quickly sway to misinformation and discrimination.

#i wrote this #nonfiction #human behaviour

[Image description: “Ludus” in green surrounded by pale yellow and blue balls.]

#i made this #embroidery #ludus #love words #loveforms series

An incredibly accurate and incredibly valuable perspective on the dynamics of social media within the wider cultural landscape.

Credit to Sean Tucker.

#sean tucker #social media

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