Tag: creativity
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A Minor Threat
While sitting with a woman I know this week, I complimented her on her nails which were perfectly shaped and pillar box red. She thanked me and looked at my nails in turn, before averting her eyes and complimenting my runners instead. My hands are dry with paint in the cracks around the nails: I…
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Research…Something Otherworldly?
‘Yesterday I got another rejection from an Open Call, and this time it stung. I have had so many rejections this year I’ve lost count. Working, working, and then submitting to Open Call’s and getting the notification, the ‘unfortunately’ response. But how else to show the work, other than the merry-go-round of Instagram? Family life is demanding, and I must admit I’m tired. I need to feel excitement outside of this process of submitting and posting. …
NIKKI FOSTER 