Author Archives: The Musings of Spu

Hello 2022 – it must be time for the 64 Million Artists’ Daily Challenge (again!) Alt text: a piece of corrugated cardboard roughly cut into a square.  There are 4 images drawn in black felt tip pen connected by directional arrows – a DAB Radio, a vinyl album, a turntable and two gig tickets. LastContinue reading “The January Challenge 2022”

“I still can’t believe that something as great as this came out of such a bad situation.  In March 2020, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, by February 2021 I’d had COVID-19 twice, but by December 2021, I was exhibiting a piece of art that I’d created in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.  It’s theContinue reading “Adventures with ‘Grayson’s Art Club’”

A few of us in our ‘Writing for Wellbeing’ class turned 50 this year, so we each decided to write how we felt about it.  As I’ve only got a couple of months left before I officially become ‘over 50’, I thought I’d blog about it, alongside a photo of myself dressed up in myContinue reading “The Hawaii 5.0.’s”

“My consultant who helps me to manage my disability said that at first, it would be hard whenever I had a new pain, but in time, I’d get to understand again whether the source was my disability or whether it needed investigating for cancer recurrence.  I guess I’m not far enough into my years ofContinue reading “#Scanxiety”

Alt Text: A small painting of mine in inks and watercolours of the part of an arm just above the elbow. There is a ‘Picc Line’ inserted into the skin and a large plaster (partly transparent so tiny amounts of bleeding can be seen) is holding the cannula in place. Various tubes trail from theContinue reading “Night At The ICU”

It’s been just over year since my Breast Cancer surgery, and I’m in a period of reflection. I’ve often joked that I have more than 9 lives. Then I had an idea. Why don’t I attempt to tell my story using 9 photos? Photo 1: Whilst this isn’t the greatest of shots, it gives aContinue reading “9 Photos, 9 Lives.”

Alt Text: I’m a white woman with blond hair tied up in bunches, & blue eyes, but with no make-up, sitting in the back garden as it’s turning dusk.  I’m wearing a black sleeveless dress & I’m sitting underneath a large blue umbrella.  I’m smiling whilst taking a selfie head-shot.  I’ve positioned the camera soContinue reading “Cancer Bends Your Mind”

Alt text: A self-portrait in brightly coloured acrylics, in a cartoon-style.  My face is pink, and I’ve got ruby-red lips, forming into a pout.  I have white hair.  I’m wearing sunglasses with yellow, star-shaped frames, & a blue and green woolly hat with the word ‘Super’ in red across it.  I’m wearing a purple, pinkContinue reading “Self-Esteem”

Alt text: A coloured photo selfie of me – a white woman with blond hair, wearing black-rimmed glasses, a Perspex protective visor with a white, plastic headband, a face mask designed in the colours & shapes of the ‘Day of the Dead,’ a long, pink scarf and a black puffa jacket with white-coloured hearts onContinue reading “The All-Clear”