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Luxury and/or Necessity…?
Luxury, and/or Necessity? In the early hours of this morning I listened to this… https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/the-glass-age-feat-chris-cleverley-051124-w-dan-whitehouse/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3ApYIqJ4v4fbjYeoAkZXWLKMDnJWopnka199Qt8vE7u67hC3GKuNciVAg_aem_I4fr_LaM12SoL31pLObqCQ&h=AT1_s8esn_FarpKaSBAajM184LJGvu8bW7vxDR1FNUPQr9770ogjNmB4FqH8CIFymMtYMZmkgcGc3dsx7w-uT-2fFPzIsuGfwU_aSS_aN2uYp3yACfepsi1XWplBCIVyApCFXwI&__tn__=-UK-R It is a regular show on Brum Radio by my friend Dan Whitehouse, and in this episode he interviews another songwriting friend, Chris Cleverley. I’m […]
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Compulsions and trust…
At the moment I have a couple of strands of work that are putting me in a quandary as to what to do with them, because I don’t really know what they are yet, what they are for. And yet […]
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Organising the process…
This morning, after writing about performing, I find myself back at the start, with my lyrics writing notebook. I’ve written a couple of things this morning. One is a bit rubbish, but the idea will probably resurface in a better […]
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Performance and scrutiny…
For this post I just want to concentrate on music and performance. As a band we have had a couple of experiences recently that have been really great, that have made us feel very positive about our musical efforts and […]
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edit… edit… edit…
I had too many things in my diary. They are all things I wanted to do, but they piled up all in one place and overwhelmed me. So I have deleted them. Or rearranged them, or cancelled them completely. In […]
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Brown paper and string…
I know I’m a bit of a purist. I am a multi-disciplinary artist, but I am not a mixed media artist. I like my drawings to be pencil OR ink, not both together. If I use watercolour with my drawings, […]
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Dear Fellow a-n Members…
I’ve just written this to a-n… if you feel the same way please join in and let’s see if we can get them to change it! Good morning all! I know I’ve brought up this issue before, and all […]
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A foot in both camps…
As well as being a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) I have recently also become a member of ExtraOrdinary People (EOP) at Eastside Projects. I am hoping that by belonging to both I will be […]
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Writing, recording, documentation and performance…
(But most of all: collaboration) I’ve had a week when I intended to concentrate on songwriting. I had in my head a sort of Immersion Week, as championed often by Dan Whitehouse. I started the week well, with a […]
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Materials and Emotional Responses…
Following my last post, I am back in the studio making. I’m using waste paper, mostly the brown paper of the type used to fill the void in parcels. I’ve got people saving it for me. When I have […]
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Care and Damage…
https://elenathomas.co.uk/2017/06/26/once-more-with-feeling/ I make no apologies for referring to an old post from 2017. To save time if you can’t be bothered to read it, I talk about my very personal and emotional connection to my work, how I anthropomorphise objects, […]
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Same view from a different perspective…
I find Facebook memories a useful tool in reminding me what I’ve been up to in previous years. It is useful to see what I was making one year/ three years/ six years ago. Yesterday a post popped up from […]