Tag Archives: narrative

Suicide

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Pete

Now Pete likes his baths. Every third evening he gets into (difficult as he was paralysed) his big white bath, fills it to his chin and pickles. During this time there is no before or after, yesterday or tomorrow; just … Continue reading →

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Project 14: a different direction: impairment and reductionism

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Pete

Wounded: The Legacy of War (Adams, 2013) is a 300 page book that offers portraits British soldiers who have been injured that I wanted to explore because I think it’s pertinent to my work. Adams takes the viewer through the … Continue reading →

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Narrative, anti-narrative

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Pete

At the meeting earlier this week the thing that stuck me is how we all try and make our own sense out of what we see often through generating a narrative around the subject matter. Who? Why? what? when? What … Continue reading →

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Dad: the next chapter

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Pete

The email to the family just now following dad’s discharge from hospital yesterday… Hi all Firstly a big well done to Steve again for last night. Dad told me he called you out at 12.15 because the heating was off … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – so many choices

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Pete

I awoke to a really crisp winter light today: proper winter light. It takes me an age to get up and dressed but the sun was so bright it was still early by the time I was up and so … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – looking at things in the cold light of day

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Pete

Apparently the physical ailments I am suffering from just now are due to stress and so with this in mind I had a long chat with dad and arranged to see Steve, my brother, today to discuss how to make … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – a visual narrative

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Pete

Karen made a quiche today….

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A photo a day – Alex’s life in a bowl

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Pete

We all have places where we keep particular things and even though Alex has allocated drawers in the front room he seems to have commandeered this glass bowl for the same use and left the drawers empty.

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A photo a night – all Hallows Eve

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Pete

“On All Hallows’ Eve, Christians traditionally believed that the veil between the material world and the afterlife thinned.”

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A photo a day – St Crispin’s day

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Pete

Any of you who know Henry V by Shakespeare will remember the rather wonderful St Crispin’s Day Speech. I know it from the 1944 Laurence Olivier film of the same name. Well today is St Crispin’s day and so I … Continue reading →

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