What I do – Job Description
Story-telling
Giant-felling
Making the familiar
Strange
Making the stranger
A Friend
Being told I’m wrong
A lot
Giving as good as I get Continue reading What I do – Job Description
Tag: imagination
Lysistrata – A break from canvassing and …. a reason to inspire us to do it.
The geek in me loves that it’s performed in ancient greek with English subtitles. Most of us won’t understand the words but through the music in the language, you can hear the women calling us from across the centuries and cheering us on. For me, she’s telling us both that there is no time like the present and that all times are like the present – until the women change them. Continue reading Lysistrata – A break from canvassing and …. a reason to inspire us to do it.
On Miscarriages & Memory Mugging on Facebook
This morning I’ve been prepping to make the most of my Women of the World Festival this week. I’m aiming to take myself as far out of my comfort zone as I can and address some holes in my knowledge. Feeling sated with all things female, (and gently steaming amongst the drying laundry – joys of multi-tasking at home*) I flipped over to Facebook and … Continue reading On Miscarriages & Memory Mugging on Facebook
An Artist in Parliament?*
The second session I called at #DandD12 yesterday (see prev post for details) I called this session because Tristram Hunt has resigned as an MP to take up the Directorship of the V&A. He is a noted art historian and has made a number TV programmes and led academic programmes. He has said that V&A should reinstate charges. So he himself is not necessarily the … Continue reading An Artist in Parliament?*
The power of the imagination –an artist stands for election
Yesterday my clever friend Ros Philips (from Sphinx Theatre) reminded me that what we are doing with #WE is changing the narrative… that phrase has buzzed around my head all night. It’s the best bit about my day job: changing the narrative; making the familiar strange, so that we can look at it in a different way and decide whether a new perspective is interesting, … Continue reading The power of the imagination –an artist stands for election
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