When dictating my handwritten notes onto a Word doc, I notice the text is peppered with this statement 'good boy Woody'.

Progress from last years biting the lap top cable phase to sitting hopefully beside me and absorbing the 'good boys' as I work
#PhDJourney #RescueDog #balance

Moments spent watching reflections dance before hopping on a train. Tiny fluid fragments of tree flow together on the waters surface. Not quite recognisable, still familiar.
Leaf. Bark. Greenish. Brownish. A tantalising dance.

Literally water under the bridge.
#PhDJourney

Blossom bobbing above me. Branches like dripped and drizzled ink on a pale blue grey paper.
How fortunate I am to be able to work inside and outside and inside and outside and 'inside and outside'!

#CherryBlossom #reading #outside #PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor

Hey #Criminology

Kate Herrity + Jason Warr are hoping to raise the amount of £3200 in order to send a copy of the book Sensory Penalities to every library in the 122 #prisons of England and Wales.

Please donate what you can and share this call: gofund.me/53f9782a

Something about layers and reflections needling my attention.
In the carriage
Encapsulated
Thinking about thinking
Reflecting on how the inside and outside merge on the surface of the window
#PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor #autoethnography #train #research #Midlands4Cities

Our BBC Radio 4 Appeal to raise money for our arts mentoring scheme is live & we really need your support to reach our target!

The appeal is live until Sunday 14 April, so please listen in, share with your networks and donate if you can
🔗bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4 #R4Appeal

When the book cover and notes combine to create scholarly camouflage.
Grappling with philosophical concepts. Leaning into the discomfort of not yet knowing. ❤️ learning

#PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor #Reading #learning #theory

Bags full of words. Sliced to reconfigure and articulate feelings and behaviours around creative making. It takes about two hours to fill a bag! A mindful act towards prototyping research with people living in prison #BehindTheClosedCellDoor #PhDJourney #Midlands4Cities

Capturing colour on my way to study. Graphic red glasses offering a lens on the morning sky. #YvesKleinBlue smudge rocketing across brickwork
Mundane cover made extraordinary by 'blue'
Some days, the details shout
#noticing #PhDJourney #walking #thinking #Midlands4Cities

Heartening to hear the impacts of the Inspiring Futures programne #AnnePeaker2024 National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance These creative projects are vital for wellbeing for people living in prison

Accidental collage. Unintentionally composed. Hurriedly slicing circles to prototype an idea. Thinking through creative methods. Foraging for materials, applying a D.I.Y aesthetic. Imperfect exploration
#PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor
#Creativity #Wellness #Midlands4Cities

The lush patina of rain streaked partical board, streaked with glorious green mould. A gift on my first day back at my #PhD . Beautiful white painted boards, layered with a textural palette of green, street art coproduced with rain 🌧 1/
#PhD Journey #BehindTheClosedCellDoor

The textures I touched yesterday.
The textures that touched me yesterday.

Peeling buttercup yellow paint (un)layered like lichen on metal
Fluro green tree bark marks
Scratchy yellow scrub that tickles finger tips (and soft grey clouds that I could reach to touch with my eyes)

Ace 'copy machine zines' book, a treat to me for enduring physio. I made a zine in 1976 called 'tortoise', a limited edition run of 7. It was shared with a free gift (one of my scented rubbers or a novelty soap) wrapped in layers of newspaper like 'pass the parcel' #book #zine

55 children have died since 2019 with their housing recorded as a contributing factor.

42 were babies.

There aren't words for this 💔
#MakeThemCount

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