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spillustrate
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
End of an era
Funny old week. I handed in my final Assignment for my degree in Visual Communications this week. It should have been a great moment of...
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spillustrate
- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
Working on Zine 4
Quite apart from real life problems, I’ve been working on Zine 4 and it has brought up lots of pesky emotions which just get in the way!...
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spillustrate
- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
Other people's responses are out of one's hands
A weird thing happened in my Yoga class last night. My teacher came up to me and in front of a few other people said, really intensely,...
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spillustrate
- Apr 23, 2022
- 3 min
Making decisions....hijacked by a migraine
I’m going to attend a small comic book fair in July and need stuff for the table. I will have my zines, business cards and my tea towels...
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spillustrate
- Mar 26, 2022
- 2 min
Pride
I’ve been thinking about pride a lot this week. Of course pride can be a good thing but I think I notice about myself that pride is a big...
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spillustrate
- Feb 19, 2022
- 2 min
Being an artist and complex-PTSD
I had a blog post half prepared and then I met up with an artist friend and I thought I would write about that. We always cover a wide...
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spillustrate
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
Spillustrate Team
Since I set up my website a while ago, my work has been evolving as I continue with my coursework and I’ve been having a major rethink...
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spillustrate
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
I'm back, plus Fear
That was a tough week. I’m so self conscious, making an audio tape presentation to hand in for my coursework was a killer. Not to mention...
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spillustrate
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
Holding post
Just a very quick note....I am really struggling to get my already late Assignment ready to be handed in, trying not to be stressed (deep...
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spillustrate
- Jan 13, 2022
- 3 min
Giving and Receiving
[Before I get onto the main post, my migraines follow a familiar pattern, the week after I have recurrent minor episodes of nausea and...
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spillustrate
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Family and Reality
A really ironic thing happened yesterday, my father, from whom I have been estranged for the past 30 years, sent me an email with his...
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spillustrate
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Updates and procrastinations
page of visual diary from a few years ago I’ve had a quiet week, my Moderna booster was on Tuesday and like so many people I had 48 hours...
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spillustrate
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Feedback versus Criticism
I have always struggled with feedback / criticism. I have said before on my blog that in an ideal world I would prefer to play a piece...
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spillustrate
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Mixed Feedback, some good, some not so good
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, I sent a draft version of my zine (The Big Bang) out to various people to get some feedback on...
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spillustrate
- Sep 16, 2021
- 1 min
Working hard
Potential cover for Zine 2, new title, the Big Bang I’m going full tilt with Zine 2 now. It’s taking shape and I might be able to post a...
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spillustrate
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Working on Zine 2, feelings resurface but a snuggly sweater can help
I had a clear narrative for this zine….and then I started work on it. I have a weird working process of going backwards. (I guess that is...
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spillustrate
- Sep 3, 2021
- 1 min
Apologies and narrative threads
Firstly both the Office Junior and Octopus complained last week about the way they have been represented. The Office Junior sees herself...
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spillustrate
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Complex trauma or C-PTSD
I’ve been reading some interesting stuff in the last couple of weeks. I’m interested in blogs that talk about dealing with mood swings...
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spillustrate
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Role of pride and moving the goal posts
I’ve been feeling very driven this last 2 years. I decided at the end of the last level of my course that my overall ambition was to...
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spillustrate
- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min
Anger / energy, reports and feedback
I’m full of anger at the moment. There are a couple of triggers which can set it off (criticism of my recent vegetarianism, the...
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