Balancing my Masters, my health condition, volunteering and learning to drive has proven to be more difficult than I originally thought. So for now I’m going to stop volunteering, which is sad as it’s my main source of socialisation (I will have to find other ways of doing so) and focus on driving and my masters.

Inspiration hasn’t been coming easy as I’ve been stressed and anxious, but I have been looking to different forms and types of art as much as possible, using the internet as my inspiration. I’ve also gotten in touch with an old friend Sophie Ferrier who creates ecological artworks out of invasive plant species and runs a CIC (hay regenerative soils) that helps to turn food waste into soil. https://www.sophie-l-ferrier.co.uk/hay-regenerative-soils-cic

Next week I’m spending five days down in London where I plan on visiting galleries and attending workshops at the university.

I think this month would have been a ‘creative block’ had I not been doing this masters degree. I think it’s also really opened my eyes to the ways in which having to take time out of the industry has effected my confidence and productivity. I do also sometimes fear that lack of nutrition and hydration is effecting my ability to create. But I’m going to continue and hope that if I just keep going it’ll all come together.

Rachael