It has been said that all books are in some way autobiographical; the author can’t help but put something of themselves into what they are writing. There may be some truth in this but for me, writing has always been … Continue reading
In our last blog post we discussed using archives and museums to come to a more tangible understanding of your subject. With art in particular, it is popularly said that to capture the true essence of something you must draw … Continue reading
On one of the first warm days of the year we made the one and a half hour journey into London to visit the Victoria and Albert museum in the name of research. These days the word research mostly conjures … Continue reading
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Attempting to be creative in a day when we are pressurised to get onto the property ladder, take on a mortgage and struggle to pay back student debts along with the regular bills, is difficult and often demoralising. It’s easy … Continue reading
“The waves awoke her in the limpid hours and churned her butter thoughts to soft peaks.” Abra Hunt from The Waves, the Waves. For as long as Abra and I have had this project in mind I have had its … Continue reading
Over the last couple of months I have been existing in an hermetically sealed hive of creative frenzy; just unfortunately not one iota of all that finger scribbling genius has been directed at our novella. In fact the story has positively … Continue reading
I want to tell you about why Merle and I decided to create this novella in the first place: Last Friday I witnessed a very literal representation of what both of us had for so long struggled to put into … Continue reading
While I was studying illustration at university it seemed imperative to find a Style…yep, with a big ol’ capital S. Those who had one felt they had reached the Holy Grail and were to be envied, while those who didn’t … Continue reading
Well it’s been a couple of weeks since our last post on Magic Realism, which is a little longer then usual but a broken laptop wire induced a total computer purge for the last seven days. It’s not a pleasant … Continue reading
A style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner. As with all things, the dictionary succeeds in being concise and matter of fact when asked for the definition of Magic Realism. On this instance I was relieved to find just two neat lines on the subject when … Continue reading
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