December 2, 2008 at 12:41 am (Personal)
Tags: OCD, Pregnancy
I have spent the entire day at home drinking tea and talking about pregnancy. About six months ago even the thought of doing this terrified me. I was in denial of my pregnancy and avoided the subject as best I could. Today however this would have been impossible. My friend G is 4 days over due and as she is so small (in height)she looks as though she may topple over!My other friend N is expecting twins and although not due until mid March is already as big as G. My belly felt very inadequate in comparison!! The pictures we took of our meeting were brilliant though and it also set a lot of my anxieties about birth being a mum again to rest.Phew!
Another thing I have been thinking about reasantly is people’s habits or ‘OCD’s’.For example
I could go on. Am I really odd or is this a common occurrence in our overly obsessive,paranoid world?? What do you obsess over?
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November 30, 2008 at 11:57 pm (Personal)
Tags: baby, list
So I finally found out the sex of my baby……dun dun daaaaaaaaaaa …………it’s a girl.A house full of women.God help the teenage years I say.Anyway all is well with the baby and I have decided on a home birth.eeeeek!
Sorry for the lack of ‘blogage’ but i’m sooo busy at the moment.I am trying my best to keep to the list even though I am a little behind, I’m powering through regardless!Here’s the next ten:
21. Hang upside down for five minutes.
22. Hang found objects from tree branches.
23. Make a puppet.
24. Create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. Read a book in one day.
26. Illustrate your grocery list.
27. Read a story out loud to a friend.
28. Write a letter to someone you admire.
29. Study the face of someone you do not like.
30. Make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
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November 18, 2008 at 12:38 am (Personal)
Tags: Drawing, list, Michael Nobbs
I love this time of year…….the smell of winter, when you begin to see your hot breath in the air and the time when I can begin to wear my extensive hat collection again (I think I may have some sort of hat fetish), without getting an itchy head. I had a lovely surprise in the post today my first copy of The Beany from Micheal Nobbs. Its brill, well worth the £6 (even though I got mine free!! ). Its really brought back my love for drawing something that I have totally lost sight of in the last couple of years. I’d forgotten how you can get lost in the drawing……..forget everything that’s going on around you and immerse your self in that object. Drawing is the reason after all why I started studying art. As a child my mum would give me some pens and a roll of paper and I would spend hours on end drawing whatever was in front of me, something that I see being repeated with my own daughter.A quote that Michael brought to my attention
“when you draw you will not feel lonely”
From Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
This couldn’t be more true. At a time of my life which is particularly lonely I shall make drawing my companion :)
I am also continuing with the list (Its so much fun!!) my next 10 are ;
11. Make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. Make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. Draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. Trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. Record an overheard conversation.
16. Trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. Go to a paint store. Collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. Draw your favorite tree.
19. Take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. Write a haiku.
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November 14, 2008 at 2:24 pm (Personal)
Tags: list
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November 13, 2008 at 9:03 pm (Personal)
Tags: bike, car, future, list, pen
So today I wrote a letter to myself in the future…….and drew my bike…….. (see above) well ok I dont have a bike and dont think I’ve even been on one since i was 12…..so I drew my car!!I also bought a pen, a lovely new shiny one to draw with.
3 down 7 to go….
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November 13, 2008 at 9:24 am (Personal)
Tags: brain, Degree, Keri Smith, list
Considering I’m in the final year of my degree you would think I have enough on my plate to keep me occupied, which I do……..but…..Its all things I HAVE to do. I love it when I do things just because I want to. For no other reason other than to keep my brain entertained. I think my brain has been lacking entertainment of late and has been bogged down by to much heavy thinking rather than any fun ‘doing’ of any kind.
Anyway yesterday a fellow tweeter brought to my attention a blog written by Keri Smith a brilliant author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. Whilst browsing through her profile I came across this page….. ………….
I got VERY excited by this (which takes a lot it seems these days) and decided to set myself a challenge. I am going to try and complete the list by the time the baby is born (due Jan 21st). It looks fun, interesting and above all a mental escape.
I have 10 weeks to do it, that’s 10 a week………doesn’t sound too impossible……….does it??
The first 10 things on the list……….
1. Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. Write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday.
4. Draw your dinner.
5. Find a piece of poetry you respond to. Rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. Glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. Expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) Write about what moves you about it.
8. Find a photo of a person you do not know. Write a brief bio about them.
9. Spend a day drawing only red things.
10. Draw your bike
Wish me luck!!
xx
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November 9, 2008 at 1:11 am (Personal)
Tags: Illness, Obama, Politics, SATC
Have spent the last 6 days held up in my flat like a hostage of the flu……..i hate being ill.Actually no, what I hate is being ill and SINGLE.I like to think I’m pretty independent, I can put up shelves, change a light bulb etc but Jesus when i get ill I turn into a blubbering wreck! What i miss most though is being looked after, being held when your shivering.I’ve taken to hugging my laptop….not totally the sensation I was looking for.For proof of how poorly sick I have really been LOOK at the god awful picture below (um why am i even putting that on???)
Also followed the election.Now for those who know me would know that I am not really politically minded (well until I’ve had a few shandy’s and i think i could out debate Maggie Thatcher), but I felt it only proper to follow the US election as the impending result maybe one that I never thought i would see in my lifetime. Which I guess as you already know did in fact happen.GO OBAMA!!!!Am actually very chuffed, a friend of mine who is in New York at the moment (he claims on business but I’m not so sure) says he’s going to bring me back a ‘GO OBAMA’ t-shirt! Am excited!!! Woo i hope it fits over this ginormous belly that I’m happily growing.For now I will leave, as I have promised myself a night of SATC. Yey!……….Over and out xx
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November 4, 2008 at 12:18 am (Personal)
Tags: Pregnancy, Visual Diary
For a very long time now i have wanted to ( and kept meaning to) keep a blog.So tonight is the night!!I plan for this little space on the interweb to work as follows ;
- To keep me from going insane, although many of my friends would say this has already happened!I feel that it helps every body to get a few things of their chest once in a while.Even the mundane everyday things like how much of a bargain i got whilst out shopping today or how i almost killed the traffic warden in an single yellow line type feud.But you see what i mean??
- To help with my degree.I’m currently in my 3rd and final year (fine art) trying desperately to graduate……..i say trying as I also have a baby due in January (but more on this later).We have been asked to keep a ‘visual Diary’ to go along side our work for one module and so well i thought this could sorta pass as one.You think??
Since i fell pregnant and have fallen off the social ’circuit’ the interweb has become my one source of comfort.There is always somebody there to talk to.I have built up some really good relationships though it and to be honest would now be completely at a loss without it!
For my first post i shall leave it there.I’m sure nobody will read it anyway…………and it will remain lost and unread in the realms of blogdom for ever more……………………nos da xxx
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