Brave. It is a word that has been used quite a few times now from readers of my book, to describe the writing of my personal narrative to draw upon work and life experiences whilst illustrating the thrust of my argument.  In truth, ‘brave’ isn’t a word I would describe myself as, neither do I…

Careless Words A rancid jolt hits thy tongue, It’s bitter taste left savouring, As thou curs’ed words attack the air, It’s purity plundered into weighty smog, Without a care to thy precious flowers, Wilting as thou toxic wrangles Smother it’s divine innocence. Oh, how thy flowers weep, As they hang their heads in sorrow, Shrinking…

I have been reading Darian Leader’s latest book, ‘Hands – what we do with them and why’. Psychoanalyst Leader reflects on the hand and how we have always kept them busy. He argues that our hands, through sensory touch and exploration, have helped evolve and shape the world around us. Looking at the history of…

My Masters has been on much calmer ground, having discovered Tony Fry. Hallelujah, a design theorist and philosopher, voicing similar issues and searching for solutions. He has brought clarity and vigour into my research. As a person who considered themselves fairly intelligent, I realise how little I know and how much more I need to know. More…

Alienation, Artist  Naikos N It has been a heavy few days, which have felt like weeks. I’ve been in the deep throes of Tony Fry’s Design as Politics and have a clearer understanding of the mechanics of what is essentially a defuturing Capitalist Democracy we live in, one dominated by consumer demands as “… the…

So I have not long come back from a meeting with my daughter’s teachers. She has not been happy and has had problems on-and-off with one girl in particular; a troubled girl who has been projecting her own unhappiness onto Cady. A recent spout in school had continued on iMessage as soon as the girls…