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spillustrate
- Apr 29
- 2 min
A celebration but also goodbye
So as I finish my zine on my Dad, I thought I would include some pictures of me and my Dad when I was little. Here he is cuddling me in...
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spillustrate
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Rewiring faulty circuits
I recently was sent an email from Sarah Woodhouse https://sarahwoodhouse.com who is a trauma specialist and psychologist. She was...
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spillustrate
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Working on Zine 5
I’m back at work at Zine 5 now. It is slow progress, slowly whittling away at the pages, putting things together and then fiddling around...
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spillustrate
- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
Visit from someone who triggers me
I have written before about a member of my husband’s family who triggers me regarding abuse as a child. (Here) Well would you believe...
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spillustrate
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
Signed up for a course!
I posted a few weeks ago about what I might do in the future and then an email dropped into my account with a newsletter from LDComics....
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spillustrate
- May 13, 2022
- 2 min
Still with the health stuff
A weird, full on week, overall. In the last 10 days I have seen 5 different medics for 3 different issues! Having not seen any doctors...
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spillustrate
- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min
Landmark moment
I’m really winding things up this end, so nearly at the finishing posts for my course… I’ve just sent the final copies of Zines 1, 2 and...
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spillustrate
- Mar 18, 2022
- 2 min
Loneliness
A follow up to last week is that I had to put a ban on myself getting fixated on an issue which I had no control over, no say in and...
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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 4, 2022
- 2 min
Preparing for my birthday
It has been a hard week this week. Since being much more aware of my feelings and emotions I have to deal with stuff rather than block it...
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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
- 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
- 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 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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spillustrate
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Coincidence or weird synchronicity
So here I am doing my Friday post! My last piece of coursework was to construct a timeline of how you got to your creative position. The...
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