Category Archives: Thoughts

Learning when to say ‘No’


Learning when to say ‘No’.

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Does it ever get any easier?


A fledgling artist (well, more fledgling than I am) was texting me the other night about how he feels artistically blocked. We then have a text chat about creativity and I give him some tips but he still refuses to … Continue reading

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#actor or #artist


In the weeks since performing and creating Unbroken Line Line, there has been a shift in my perception of my place in this… industry. In October I agreed to be part of the re-tour of a play I had done … Continue reading

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It’s Not Fair!


(Press play on this first:) For the past 3 and a half months I have been pounding the concrete floor of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, along with around 300 other people. According to Nic Serota we had about 1.5 million … Continue reading

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[Unbroken Line] Looking back at the start


I wanted to look at my genealogy as it was always interesting to me. I had discovered my Mum’s parentage all the way back to 1801 (when records started to get sketchy) but I’ve never found much about my Dad’s … Continue reading

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Unbroken Lines


Well, I thought I would start blogging about my progress and process of how UNBROKEN LINE has come about. It came to me April 2011 when Kath Burlinson and I were working on it in Suffolk over a few days. … Continue reading

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Thank You Louise Bourgeois


I received an email from a friend last week which had a a footer a quote from the artist Louise Bourgeois which went “An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing.” Rather than being obvious, it … Continue reading

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Thanks Jo Caird


Hello all I was having one of those weeks where I’ve started re-evaluating my year so far and The Resolutions. Not just ‘Stop Playing Bejeweled Blitz’ but ‘Spend more time with Actual Friends, look after myself more’ and all that. … Continue reading

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[acting] where am I going?


I’m on my way to an audition for a commercial. Nothing life changing, financially, just something that’ll make life a tiny but easier and it’ll be good for the showreel. Financially it’ll be like making a month’s salary in a … Continue reading

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The Unbroken Line. Wira – The Warrior


Skylarking Poems & Notes The Warrior: I have been living with the Warrior for a few weeks now, being with me everywhere I go, seeing London through his eyes, watching Life though his eyes. I thought I’d better write down … Continue reading

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