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Value

So this is ME ! A drawing event as part of The Big Draw http://www.thebigdraw.org/the-big-draw in Brecon on Saturday October 22nd yielded 167 images responding to the exclamation This is ME ! an event  organised with support from Brecon Area Dementia Friendly … Continue reading

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Views of the world

I imagine that we all think that what we are trying to say, explain, describe to those we meet is crystal clear. I make assumptions as I formulate the words and fail to realise that I have left out the … Continue reading

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A link worth following

I read a letter to New Scientist about memory, identity and Alzeimhers that started me wondering. Then, as a result of a  conversation with a friend she offered me this https://aeon.co/essays/if-your-memory-fails-are-you-still-the-same-person Food for thought

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Memory and identity

So walking along the lane to collect eggs from our neighbour I started to think about memory and identity. Friends and associates have talked about the loss of a person to their dementia ( and sometimes other illnesses) and left … Continue reading

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The eye and the brain

I had a conversation yesterday, albeit in a social context, but it left me wondering. I had always seen drawing as an act of looking that, at its very best exists in a perilous, fleeting moment. A moment in which … Continue reading

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Reflecting on a bowl of fruit used to stimulate drawing

strawberries seem so special but modern ( young) taste and texture sensation seem to mediate whether or not they re chosen fruit it was bananas yesterday! a bit like chocolate biscuits I don’t like Jaffa cakes but Gil ( my partner) … Continue reading

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Thank you for drawing us

 

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Fresh bread

What colour is the smell of fresh bread? Where does the smell take us? and then the taste A literal image, a symbolic image of memory and feelings and the the feelings start a story. Colour and fresh bread bread … Continue reading

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