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Learning to ride the waves
This cartoon was about how the last few years of life has felt. A constant tsunami of events, job loss, no money, Covid lockdowns,...

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Sep 11, 20241 min read
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Grieving for what's lost
This year I've been given the space and time to explore the way I work creatively and reflect upon the experiences that have helped to...

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Aug 30, 20242 min read
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Afraid to take up too much room...
I've realised that my default response to noisy people and certain situations, is to retreat. To move away. Become invisible and small. I...

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Aug 27, 20241 min read
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Life is always a battle
I seem to be doing quite well at the minute, and typically I'm feeling that I'm just lucky to be having a reprieve from the mental...

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Mar 19, 20241 min read
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The playhouse of your mind
I love this quote, as my mind does feel like a battlefield at the minute, and I can't seem to alight on something that will quieten it....

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Feb 20, 20241 min read
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When the juggling never stops
I sometimes find it exhausting having my brain, it's great for creativity, but its constant need for input, and the endless thoughts and...

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Feb 7, 20241 min read
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Biking thoughts
I'm a lifelong cyclist. I enjoy being on two wheels, not just as a form of transport, but also becuse of its meditative qualities. When...

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Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Are bubbles good or bad?
Last week I had my counselling session, where we talked about personal bubbles, and at the weekend I re-read Elif Sharaf's How To Stay...

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Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Wise words....
I've been asked to create some artwork for a friend around the theme of the AA serenity prayer, to celebrate her nephew's full year of...

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Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Swimming against the toxic tide
I long ago came to the conclusion that I don't find the online world a happy place to be, particularly in terms of the news and social...

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Jan 29, 20241 min read
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Grey soup
For the last few weeks I've felt as though I'm experiencing life through a sort of grey soup that I can't seem to quite shake off. I'm...

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Jan 26, 20241 min read
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Looking outwards
I've noticed since I've been working as an artist, and since I went into Lockdown along with the rest of the world four years ago, that I...

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Jan 25, 20241 min read
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When my brain isn't my friend....
This moring my brain has been killing my mental wellbeing with deaths by a thousand cuts and catastrophising. My son is on the cusp of...

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Jan 12, 20241 min read
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We all have promise...
I like this time of year, the sky can feel like a grey army blanket sucking all the life and colour from the world, but in my garden, the...

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Jan 11, 20241 min read
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