I am sorry but I intutively knew somehow that this pattern would inevitably occur where I would be on top of posting for a couple of weeks then there'd be some kind of gap representing my failing times. You know, just when you lose the reigns on a happy and healthy routine you managed to get into...
I am trying to learn more to let go and accept especially during those troughs, that being said I am not about to entirely surrender to my bad habits and negative/unproductive phases if I can help it. So at the beginning of the year I started to divide and organise the weeks, I realise of course you cannot contrive life and in particular creativity and more specifically writing to a daily or weekly planner. However, these past two weeks I have had no strucutre and have just found that I've been in total chaos and constantly clutching at straws.
I have definitely learned that if I at least have a brief outline or structure to my day and week that I accomplish so much more and then when things occur that distract or pull me from this flow; this usually leaps forth from my social, home or work life. It then feels like welcome spotaneity and helps to further tailor that 'balance' that I really desire.
I shall now delve into the actual important content of this post and a large part of the reasoning I have really taken to planning, especially this year...
Firstly the WW1 poetry collection that I have been commissioned for through the Urban Arts Centre, they have recently posted the key details on their blog, djschoolstoke.blogspot.co.uk.
We are very excited, there is so much scope for this collection. I am currently and primarily intrigued to focus on the significant amount of international aid and involvement during the war. Females of the era also various poets and artists.
Poet Lucy London has contacted us recently as the topic at hand is dear to her heart and she is keen to work with us. She runs two thoroughly fantastic blogs about significant, inspirational and artistic/creative females of WW1; Female Poets of The First World War & Inspirational Women of World War One.
There will be a jump off event at the Urban Arts Centre on the 27th of February open to the public which will feature Johnathon Dale of the Western Front Association giving a talk about the war and Midlands, a film about life in the trenches and a discussion afterwards about conflict and resolution. I am really hoping to secure Heimat for said event. I very highly reccomend this series, it's a brilliant, eye-opening and very different point of view on the First World War from the one that is usually mediated in the western world. I will keep you updated in the coming weeks about the comission as it progresses.
Hopefully the commission coupled with determination/planning will ensure at least more constant/ongoing posts on here <3
I will leave you with both a brand new cover, I have recently fallen utterly head over heels for Beach House all over again...
Used To Be
And lastly here is a snippet of a newly formed piece for my collection...
Purpose
...A black hole blanket
Poet Lucy London has contacted us recently as the topic at hand is dear to her heart and she is keen to work with us. She runs two thoroughly fantastic blogs about significant, inspirational and artistic/creative females of WW1; Female Poets of The First World War & Inspirational Women of World War One.
There will be a jump off event at the Urban Arts Centre on the 27th of February open to the public which will feature Johnathon Dale of the Western Front Association giving a talk about the war and Midlands, a film about life in the trenches and a discussion afterwards about conflict and resolution. I am really hoping to secure Heimat for said event. I very highly reccomend this series, it's a brilliant, eye-opening and very different point of view on the First World War from the one that is usually mediated in the western world. I will keep you updated in the coming weeks about the comission as it progresses.
Hopefully the commission coupled with determination/planning will ensure at least more constant/ongoing posts on here <3
I will leave you with both a brand new cover, I have recently fallen utterly head over heels for Beach House all over again...
Used To Be
And lastly here is a snippet of a newly formed piece for my collection...
Purpose
...A black hole blanket
or evanescence
seems apt
when
we desperately hound
street lamp, phone screen
the city stars...
<3
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