Category Archives: creative work

We need better stories about trauma and mental health.

Posted on Mar 16, 2019 by The Magpie at Midnight

Last weekend I weekend I went to the Royal Court Theatre to see the play Cypress Avenue, a play by David Ireland that was originally written in 2012. I was troubled by it on the night, and I have been … Continue reading →

Posted in creative work, mental health, Theatre | Tagged Cypress Avenue, mental health, royal court theatre, stories about mental health, storytelling, Telling Stories, Theatre, trauma | Leave a comment

Thinking about next year

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

I have been a bit quiet of late. I’ve been really tired and had to concentrate my energies of doing just a few things rather than the usual broader scope of stuff I get involved in. However I’ve not been … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft, creative work, infertility | Tagged creativity, ivf, Next year, writing | Leave a comment

DIY Sould repair and ‘Womb Art’ – does anyone really want to see that?

Posted on Aug 26, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

I think I have been putting off posting this for quite some time because I’m really not sure who would want to see this kind of thing. I had been working on a little series of pieces called DIY soul … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Craft, creative work, infertility | Tagged Art, artist, infertility, infertility art, living with infertility, paper art, papercutting, uterus, uterus art, womb art | 4 Comments

Blogging – taking some down time

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

Things aren’t often noisy over here on Magpie, but they’ve been a bit quieter than usual. I’ve been having a bit of an emotional slump, which I think are related to the hormone injections I’ve been having as part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Craft, creative work, infertility, wellbeing | Tagged Art, Craft, creativity, down time, experiments with colour, Inspiration, new materials, paper cutting, wellbeing | 11 Comments

More stuff on Lionel Shriver

Posted on Jul 7, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

I wrote a blog a few weeks ago about Lionel Shriver and her objection to the new diversity policy of Random House. Quite a few other more well read people than me also wrote about it, and came to similar … Continue reading →

Posted in creative work | Tagged diversity, Lionel Shriver, novelists, writers, writing | 1 Comment

Weekend work in progress

Posted on Jun 24, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

I’ve been working on an animation for my documentary that involves some figures playing poker. Here’s a quick peek at one of the work in progress images. I planned for the hands to be more of a mint green but … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Craft, creative work, documentary film making | Tagged animated documentary, animation, Art, art project, artist, paper art, paper cut, paper cut art | Leave a comment

Lionel Shriver and her flawed imagination

Posted on Jun 15, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

A friend of mine once called me a fag hag. She meant it as a complement, but later decided to upgrade me to a ‘diversity whore’, which was also, I think, meant as a complement. I am a fan of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, creative work | Tagged books, diversity, imagination, lack of imagination, Lionel Shriver, novelists, penguin, writers, writing | Leave a comment