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A score for getting to know a place
Very soon I will be starting up my open artist walks again. For a while I have been thinking about how I get to know a place in order to...
thedeepeningsproje
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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Ephemerals
The morning was warm and the low sun transformed the heavy shower of dew on the grass into a luminous bright veil twinkling silver on the...
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Nov 2, 20222 min read
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Why are we doing this anyway?
I have been visiting Mersea since I was small and it has always held so much comfort, wisdom and magic for me. The place is under my...
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Nov 2, 20223 min read
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What a difference a week makes
The grass had been soaking in the bath since monday. I had a busy morning attending to it. I sat in the early sun and plaited and...
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Aug 26, 20221 min read
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Aug 26, 20220 min read
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The pill box whispered in my ear...
In the hollow dark The tide thumps twice a day The beat of my heart And the breath moving Through the cracks That have opened in the...
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Aug 26, 20221 min read
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A Mid July Day
It is so bright The shadows Play like lace on the insides Of my eyelids when I close them The crickets are still singing And the play...
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Aug 26, 20221 min read
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Returning//Reconnaissance
This week is ending with the sun but it started a little cloudy. The school holidays have kicked off in earnest, and as we parked up in...
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Jul 29, 20222 min read
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Initial Artist Impressions
The warmest day on record so far was spent drawing these up. There is still more detail to be added but they give an idea of our...
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Jul 19, 20221 min read
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"If you can't find the right folk tale, make a new one"
This was a very fitting comment gifted to us by a wonderful human and dedicated volunteer at Mersea Museum. A spritely nonegenarian named...
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Jul 15, 20226 min read
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Let's go down to the Deepenings...
Back in February Bethan and I went down to Cudmore Grove to feel the magic of it as we were pitching for this project... We walked,...
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Jul 12, 20221 min read
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