For the love of collage

The pandemic has forced us to spend most of our time staring at screens – with meetings and social interactions mostly being done via zoom – leaving us mentally drained and exhausted.

red strobe lights with different symbols (? $ arrow skull # swirl %) representing anger against a black background

It’s only a joke!!

This past week, public figures have been fighting back at the media for constantly making a mockery of them. The media and popular culture mocking is hardly anything new but thanks to social media, celebrities are calling out offensive jokes, rather than silently allowing it.

In the foreground a large book is open, in the background someone is holding a mug and the book is placed on their legs. they have a white, fluffy blanket over their legs and the book is placed on top. They are holding one of the pages, as if about to turn the page.

The joy of learning

Leaving the constraints of the education system is when you learn that learning is not linear. It wasn’t until I left school that I actually started to enjoy learning, because I was suddenly afforded more choice in what I could learn and how I learned.

Compilation of vintage polaroids, the ones on the top row, bottom row and sides are cut off to give the illusion of endless polaroids. Most are white framed but there are a few with bright red, a couple of blue, purple, orange and yellow. Some have scribbles on them, depicting a certain memory. The images are a mixture of nature, views, cities, homes, groups of people.

Reminiscing on 00s teenage angst

Don’t know about anyone else, but the last year has been bringing out the angsty teenager in me. On the phone to a friend the other night, we discussed how the pandemic has left us in a constant state of feeling overwhelmed by our emotions – much like when we were teenagers.

On a brick wall with wooden shelves on either side is a lighted neon sign that says "you are (music note then new line) What you listen to". There are only a few books on the shelves, some with the covers facing, others on their sides stacked on top of each other.

Relating to lyrics: Florence + The Machine

Music has the power to influence and evoke emotions. There are artists who seem to manage to delve into your darkest inner thoughts. In 2009 Florence & The Machine, later changing to Florence + The Machine broke onto the airwaves. Here was an artist who felt as intensely as I do.

Natural Christmas Tree with fairy lights wrapped round it and an assortment of baubles. In the background on the left is the edge of a silver frame with part of a yellow and red screen print. On the right is a shelf with a globe, books and a felt fox with a christmas hat.

A very, merry, Christmas?

Christmas is going to look very different for everyone this year; with Christmas parties over Zoom, empty markets whilst everyone shops online and many of us not being able to see loved ones. And, yet I haven’t felt this full of festive joy in years. Like so many others, festivities have offered a welcome distraction from the ongoing bleak news of the world.

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Finding comfort in these hard times part 2

With little else to keep me occupied, I’m using whats on the box to keep track of the days of the week. Tuesday and Saturday evenings actually have plans! Granted, these ‘plans’ are sat on the sofa with the telly on but it’s about the closest thing to scheduled activity I’m going to get in the lead up to Christmas.

Women lies on grey sofa with a satisfied smile, eyes closed, her head on a tassled cushion, she has wrapped herself in a grey blanket

Finding comfort in these hard times

In a week where the UK was put under more restrictions and Breonna Taylor didn’t get the justice she deserved, I have really needed an escape from the shit show that is 2020. We all need some light relief and American comedies give me just that.