Blog – Page 4 – Julia Fry – Psychotherapist, Neurodivergence Coach, Writer, Poet, Artist.

Natural Awe

Gliding through shimmering mirrors

Passing reeds standing sentry.

Even slow speeds cause ripples,

But oh! What ripples!

Calm grace sliding by

Orange beak, white feathers

Flat against the back;

Are You a Cat Person or a Dog Person?

Puddy Tat, Pigment pen on paper, 15 x 15 cm

This life sings its own song

This life sings its own song,

If I let it.

Red velvet loosely covers my sins.

Loving is powerful,

Trapping and freeing.

Singing it sends me home.

I feel it rising,

Love is a Valid Form of Activism

Wooden Heart, Pigment pen on paper, 15 x 15 cm

A Calm Ending to Victorian Ideals

Puppets, Power and the Patriarchy

Not Punch and Judy: The Chronicle and Story of an Experiment in Emergent Practice, 2014, 9m 6s

Emotional Flashbacks Don’t Have to be Destabilising

Is pain part of creativity? It seems to be for me. Often, I begin creating a piece of art because I’m in psychological pain and it can transform that pain into healing. The drawing above began on the anniversary of my father’s suicide. Despair was what I was feeling and, somehow, I was able to tap into that feeling and watch it take shape on paper. By externalising it and writing in my journal about it, I could understand it more. I wrote a blog post about the beginning of this process.