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'The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality' - Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression I've been looking at depression and anxiety as part of my latest project. This quote has always stuck with me. When I'm depressed it's not a sadness about a particular thing, it's a lack of enjoyment for anything. A heaviness that sits on top of you and never ceases, never lets you have a good time in any activity you're doing. Linocut and acrylic paint.

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a piece I'm working on revolving around the mouth.

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Be nice to me - I gave blood

I learnt about What The Birthday a few months ago. I remember being told about this idea of giving back to the world on your birthday. I really liked this idea and the more I heard the more inspired I got to do exactly that. Ideas such as planting a tree by a well so people could wait in the shade to collect water, going to visit homeless shelters or old age homes or going and donating blood were all suggested and the last one stuck out to me.

I have always been absolutely terrified of needles! I cry, I go pale and have felt wobbly and light headed on more than one occasion. But something about going to give blood as a thank you to the world for giving me 24 wonderful years seemed to make it all a little less scary. So I went off to the national blood transfusion centre where I was greeted by 2 very friendly nurses. I read a pamphlet, I answered a few questions on a form, I had my finger pricked (not sore at all thanks to an automated machine they now have) and then had a pint of blood drawn. Afterwards I was given a cup of tea and cup cake and strolled out happy!

I feel so grateful that I was introduced to this wonderful idea of giving back and I hope that my story can inspire someone to do the same just as I was inspired!

- Kimberley Douie

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That's my sister yo! 😁👍🏻

guess what I got today! 🙊🙊🙊

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Working on my American Sign Language for a project. What do you think?

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Experimenting with linoprinting using the image I drew of my face earlier. Such fun! at first the image was not coming out clearly, so I went online and found some really useful tips on how to get a clearer image from your linocut, without the massive press and equipment. Turns out a good rub on the back of the paper with a spoon will do it!

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Working on something different. 👁

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Drawings of myself, drawn at different times from different angles with different expressions, mashed up to create these weird beasts. They’re kind of terrifying!

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getting some painting done!

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A few sketches for ideas on a project about the five senses.

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My Peckham Market Series prints all in one post. They look pretty good together, no?

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These are a series of Screen Prints made for a project based on Lawrence of Arabia. There is one print missing of which i absent mindedly sold the Artists Proof as well as the only other original! Ah well. You live and learn.

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These we my first screen prints, circa 2011. I was really pleased with them. They were for an interesting project in which we were given a poem, which consisted of a list of household objects. One interpretation I had of this poem was that it was written from the perspective of a nearby voyeur, recording everything that existed in a nearby house. Here we see The Voyeur.

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Morning - my first attempt at rotoscoping circa 2013. Believe it or not, this took ages! I’d like to try something with more texture, and frankly, something a little more interesting. But here is a start.