Marion’s Artings & Inklings, Collector's Club
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On being all over the place (opens the original)
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This week I’ve been deep in the strange task of turning thirty-odd years into twenty slides. (More about why another time). It’s made me look back at moments I don’t usually think about - and one kept coming up.At art school, I wanted to do it all. Painting, printmaking, photography…whatever was on hand (back in the early 90s) art school didn’t want us mixing discliplines.Stay in your lane!But I always struggled with what that lane might be. Everyone else seemed to know their lane, and I didn’t
Letting it stay undone (opens the original)
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Oops. Writing on the go! (opens the original)
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My usual Saturday morning post arrives early because I’m on my way to London. I’m going to the Bitesize Film festival tonight at Riverside Studios! Something Pointless opens the event. What an honour!I just wanted to add a little bit to my last post - to thank you all for reading, if you managed to stay til the end, but I signed off too quickly and I apologise.Anyway, I’m at my destination very soon and need to put my shoes on!Happy Friday x
Notes from An East London weekend (opens the original)
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A head full of colours and memories of things that make a heart sing. Sun-scorched kilims, faded glory, geometry that holds stories. The scorpion, the earring, a foxhole, the key. There’s marriage, rebirth, with unspoken words between mothers and daughters. knowledge is passed down. Identical on both sides, quality signals. The crow’s song, in washed-out pistachio, Lyra’s white and faded plum, indigo bamboo silk, woven and worn. Colourful candles in magenta, berry, jade and black. There are now
Chasing the Light (opens the original)
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How’s your week been? I hope that you’ve been able to cool down during the 5th heatwave of the year. It’s incredible, how it feels like we’re in Greece when not-so-distant Augusts have historically been a wash out! I am unsure how I feel about this. Did you get a chance to see the eclipse the other day? Part of me didn’t want to join everyone up on the hill; I just felt like staying quietly in on my own - but then the idea of seeing everyone out staring at the sky with their special glasses on w
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