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Not a red rose or a satin heart.

I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.

Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

I am trying to be truthful.

Not a cute card or a kissogram.

I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,
possessive and faithful
as we are,
for as long as we are.

Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring,
if you like.
Lethal.
Its scent will cling to your fingers,
cling to your knife.

‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy

Image by Helen Frankenthaler

#unconventionallove #capitalism #soulconnection #relationships #chooselove

November has reached us again.
a time for reflection,
the seasons keep turning.
the journey has been light and playful despite stepping into the shadows.
we keep walking through the timeless meadow.
you are beautiful, glistening.
a developing bud cluster.

I see your uncurling tail,
your steady movement through the breeze.
laughing.
togetherness.
chemicals flooding our brains.

you are my toughness, my forever.
self-seeding,
forget me not.

———————

November poem by moi.
(poems are like creating paintings,
when brushes are not around).

& I truly appreciate the atmosphere of autumn.

Image by Helen Frankenthaler
Title: Mountains and the Sea
1952

#helenfrankenthaler #poems #sea #meadows #scorpio #autmn #paintings #abstractpainting #symbolism

New works for Together We Stand opening this Thursday 6-9pm @cornernewcross

A fundraiser exhibition consisting of local artists from South East London with 50 percent of all proceeds going to @doctorswithoutborders

Artists have been attending a weekly Studio Practice Class run by Artist and teacher @marthalamontart

Image 1
The Experience of Landscapes
Paper, oil paint, block ink, pen

Image 2
Ebb and flow.
Canvas, oil paint, watercolour, block ink, charcoal, oil pastel

Image 3
Bumps on the surface
Canvas, paper, oil paint, water colour

Photography @_mariameco 🤍
‘holding parts of myself in the sun-drenched september fields’

I have always been drawn to exploring the atmosphere of landscapes, both internal and external. Through the process of collaging, I repair, re-imagine and make sense of memory. I use my art practice to bring experiences to life from a nonverbal, visceral place.

Mirrors reflect back.

#community #collage #landscapes #process #creativity #curiosity #visualart

New works for Together We Stand opening this Thursday 6-9pm @cornernewcross

A fundraiser exhibition consisting of local artists from South East London with 50 percent of all proceeds going to @doctorswithoutborders

Artists have been attending a weekly Studio Practice Class run by Artist and teacher @marthalamontart

Image 1
The Experience of Landscapes
Paper, oil paint, block ink, pen

Image 2
Ebb and flow.
Canvas, oil paint, watercolour, block ink, charcoal, oil pastel

Image 3
Bumps on the surface
Canvas, paper, oil paint, water colour

Photography @_mariameco 🤍
‘holding parts of myself in the sun-drenched september fields’

I have always been drawn to exploring the atmosphere of landscapes, both internal and external. Through the process of collaging, I repair, re-imagine and make sense of memory. I use my art practice to bring experiences to life from a nonverbal, visceral place.

Mirrors reflect back.

#community #collage #landscapes #process #creativity #curiosity #visualart

New works for Together We Stand opening this Thursday 6-9pm @cornernewcross

A fundraiser exhibition consisting of local artists from South East London with 50 percent of all proceeds going to @doctorswithoutborders

Artists have been attending a weekly Studio Practice Class run by Artist and teacher @marthalamontart

Image 1
The Experience of Landscapes
Paper, oil paint, block ink, pen

Image 2
Ebb and flow.
Canvas, oil paint, watercolour, block ink, charcoal, oil pastel

Image 3
Bumps on the surface
Canvas, paper, oil paint, water colour

Photography @_mariameco 🤍
‘holding parts of myself in the sun-drenched september fields’

I have always been drawn to exploring the atmosphere of landscapes, both internal and external. Through the process of collaging, I repair, re-imagine and make sense of memory. I use my art practice to bring experiences to life from a nonverbal, visceral place.

Mirrors reflect back.

#community #collage #landscapes #process #creativity #curiosity #visualart

New works for Together We Stand opening this Thursday 6-9pm @cornernewcross

A fundraiser exhibition consisting of local artists from South East London with 50 percent of all proceeds going to @doctorswithoutborders

Artists have been attending a weekly Studio Practice Class run by Artist and teacher @marthalamontart

Image 1
The Experience of Landscapes
Paper, oil paint, block ink, pen

Image 2
Ebb and flow.
Canvas, oil paint, watercolour, block ink, charcoal, oil pastel

Image 3
Bumps on the surface
Canvas, paper, oil paint, water colour

Photography @_mariameco 🤍
‘holding parts of myself in the sun-drenched september fields’

I have always been drawn to exploring the atmosphere of landscapes, both internal and external. Through the process of collaging, I repair, re-imagine and make sense of memory. I use my art practice to bring experiences to life from a nonverbal, visceral place.

Mirrors reflect back.

#community #collage #landscapes #process #creativity #curiosity #visualart

New works for Together We Stand opening this Thursday 6-9pm @cornernewcross

A fundraiser exhibition consisting of local artists from South East London with 50 percent of all proceeds going to @doctorswithoutborders

Artists have been attending a weekly Studio Practice Class run by Artist and teacher @marthalamontart

Image 1
The Experience of Landscapes
Paper, oil paint, block ink, pen

Image 2
Ebb and flow.
Canvas, oil paint, watercolour, block ink, charcoal, oil pastel

Image 3
Bumps on the surface
Canvas, paper, oil paint, water colour

Photography @_mariameco 🤍
‘holding parts of myself in the sun-drenched september fields’

I have always been drawn to exploring the atmosphere of landscapes, both internal and external. Through the process of collaging, I repair, re-imagine and make sense of memory. I use my art practice to bring experiences to life from a nonverbal, visceral place.

Mirrors reflect back.

#community #collage #landscapes #process #creativity #curiosity #visualart

New works for Together We Stand opening this Thursday 6-9pm @cornernewcross

A fundraiser exhibition consisting of local artists from South East London with 50 percent of all proceeds going to @doctorswithoutborders

Artists have been attending a weekly Studio Practice Class run by Artist and teacher @marthalamontart

Image 1
The Experience of Landscapes
Paper, oil paint, block ink, pen

Image 2
Ebb and flow.
Canvas, oil paint, watercolour, block ink, charcoal, oil pastel

Image 3
Bumps on the surface
Canvas, paper, oil paint, water colour

Photography @_mariameco 🤍
‘holding parts of myself in the sun-drenched september fields’

I have always been drawn to exploring the atmosphere of landscapes, both internal and external. Through the process of collaging, I repair, re-imagine and make sense of memory. I use my art practice to bring experiences to life from a nonverbal, visceral place.

Mirrors reflect back.

#community #collage #landscapes #process #creativity #curiosity #visualart

I will be featuring some new work at ‘Together We Stand’ a fundraiser exhibition comprising of a selection of artworks by local Artists in the South East London community.

Participating artists are part of a weekly Studio Practice Class run by the legendary Artist and Teacher @marthalamontart

50% of sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières @doctorswithoutborders

Join us @cornernewcross to celebrate creativity, community and support a vital cause.

Private view Thursday 18th September 6:00pm-9:00pm

The painting featured in the above poster is by the very talented @pomlettsomelettes

#community #doctorswithoutborders #artists #creativity #endgenocidenow #collage #sculpture #painting #drawing #cornernewcross #southeastlondon #newcross

‘Purple Lake’
Oil paint on acrylic paper.
2025

Studio practice Fridays.

it always begins with a feeling.
scorching.
sizzling.
fiery.
precious love, precious rage.

#poem #painting #visualartist #memories #loss #internallandscapes #viaualart #visuallanguage #beyondwords #purplelake #abstration #studioart #londonpainting

‘Optimal Zone’
Oil Paint, Printing ink, Watercolour.
2025

inside the window of tolerance.
wild and free we roam.
the last mile is upon us.
collage, flow, unconscious mind.
calm. balance & control.

Side note ‘optimal zone’

the ‘Window of Tolerance’ is a concept developed by Daniel J. Siegel to describe the optimal zone of arousal or stimulation within which individuals can best function and thrive in everyday life.
It represents the range of emotional intensity that an individual can comfortably experience and process.

#collage #art #thewindowoftolerance #collageart #unconscious #creativeflow #creativity #ebbsandflows #arttherapy #connection #loveethics #visuallanguage #visualart

‘Small Things Like These’
Card, Oil Paint, Printing ink.
2025

a subdued colour palette.
coarse & grainy.
playful.
and love, behind all.

#collage #paperartist #visuallanguage #memories #joy #connection #solitude #coastlines #visualartwork #londinium #suffolk #poetyandart #abstraction #oilpainting #paperart #paintingwithscissors

‘Vast expanses of flatness’
Card, Ink, Oil paint, Paper, Pen.
2025

Stay present to it whenever you can.

#collage #landscapes #internal #external
#paper #card #art

‘Centrally. In full colour’.
Paper, card, house paint, oil paint, ink, pen, watercolour.
2025

Side note ‘the good old days’

woke at 4:18.
checked the clock.
comforted to see the first light creeping in.
I have traveled back here again.
another day.
stomach feeling softer, inner child more settled.
feeling less fearful.
who needs the old strictures.
reminders very helpful & grounding.
grateful.
sentiment of appreciation absolutely reciprocated.
How was your night?
How is your day?
porridge & coffee.
music my company.
‘one in a million,
listen it drives you wild’ …
memories of a younger self, my fist visit to a record shop in chalk farm.
leather bomer jacket,
short hair.
walked up the staircase.
return of the crooklyn dodgers 95 remix. vinyl.
numbers exchanged …
memories fade away with a smile.
back to tidying.
mrs. thomasina tittlemouse.
waiting for 20:36 to arrive.
fresh picked flowers rest in water.

#collage #poems #abstract #art #expression #collage #peterock #vinyl #memories #fragments #shapes #fadeaway #grateful #paper #card

Tonight is our first SE circles monthly gathering! Thank you @_mariameco for hosting this event, collaborating with us on ideas and your support in making this happen!

The idea behind circles is to bring local people together in a relaxed setting, share ideas, make ‘circles’ and share creative expressions.

Music on the night from @nts_radio and we are hoping that local sound man and DJ @dougcheese with be a regular at our future gatherings!

Programme starts from 7:00pm with a heart warmer from Sarah Kadri/ Theatre Maker & Producer following a short film in the living room by @_mariameco then onto a self-led art trail with art works to view made by @__grace.thompson__ @negrophonic @misagottart and then some reading in the kitchen from writers @jasonashields_ @jasonjshelley Katherine Hughes and Visual Artist @oddxjobs

The night will close with our good friend @hello_masumisaito sharing some movement art in the garden..

Excited for this!

@marthalamontart and @wolfvirgin see you at the next one!

Strength in community!

“We can begin the process of making community wherever we are. We can begin by sharing a smile, a warm greeting, a bit of conversation; by doing a kind deed or by acknowledging kindness offered to us. Doing this we engage in love practice [...] we lay foundation for the building of community with strangers. The love we make in community stays with us wherever we go. With this knowledge as our guide, we make any place we go, a place where we return to love.”
– Bell hooks, All About Love – New Visions

#community #artforms #creativity #bringbackthehouseparty #connect #analogworld #croftonbooks #poetry #collage #vinyl #music #photography #theatre #film #bigmajic

You belong among the wildflowers.
Drifts of multi-coloured petals,
gold fading to salmon or orange-pink.
A coastal Campion, low-growing and mat-forming with white flowers and deeply-cut petals. We made friends along time ago.

They say it’s spring and when I was young I lived in a world of dreams.
This place inside of me, feelings of warmth,
a hazy hue.
Let your mind wander.
You belong somewhere you feel free.
I find solace in the outdoors. Discovering tranquility in nature.

We stepped outside to see April’s full Pink Moon, the Paschal Moon that marks the first full moon of spring.
Images and moments that leave deep impressions.
Sitting with discomfort.
When we are together I feel playful, protective and nurturing.

Activate all the senses,
sometimes a piece of music finds you..
Mother’s Love by The Vernon Spring.
The slow pace and muted quality of the piano, transports and is captivating.
A calming effect ripples, when the pentatonic scale falls into a lovely sequence of descending chords..

#wildflowers #spring #dreams #freedom #naturephotography #springflowers #suffolk #childhood #mothers #love #connection #creativity #pinkmoon #perennialwallflower #primrose #collage #photography #memories #suffolkpink

You belong among the wildflowers.
Drifts of multi-coloured petals,
gold fading to salmon or orange-pink.
A coastal Campion, low-growing and mat-forming with white flowers and deeply-cut petals. We made friends along time ago.

They say it’s spring and when I was young I lived in a world of dreams.
This place inside of me, feelings of warmth,
a hazy hue.
Let your mind wander.
You belong somewhere you feel free.
I find solace in the outdoors. Discovering tranquility in nature.

We stepped outside to see April’s full Pink Moon, the Paschal Moon that marks the first full moon of spring.
Images and moments that leave deep impressions.
Sitting with discomfort.
When we are together I feel playful, protective and nurturing.

Activate all the senses,
sometimes a piece of music finds you..
Mother’s Love by The Vernon Spring.
The slow pace and muted quality of the piano, transports and is captivating.
A calming effect ripples, when the pentatonic scale falls into a lovely sequence of descending chords..

#wildflowers #spring #dreams #freedom #naturephotography #springflowers #suffolk #childhood #mothers #love #connection #creativity #pinkmoon #perennialwallflower #primrose #collage #photography #memories #suffolkpink

You belong among the wildflowers.
Drifts of multi-coloured petals,
gold fading to salmon or orange-pink.
A coastal Campion, low-growing and mat-forming with white flowers and deeply-cut petals. We made friends along time ago.

They say it’s spring and when I was young I lived in a world of dreams.
This place inside of me, feelings of warmth,
a hazy hue.
Let your mind wander.
You belong somewhere you feel free.
I find solace in the outdoors. Discovering tranquility in nature.

We stepped outside to see April’s full Pink Moon, the Paschal Moon that marks the first full moon of spring.
Images and moments that leave deep impressions.
Sitting with discomfort.
When we are together I feel playful, protective and nurturing.

Activate all the senses,
sometimes a piece of music finds you..
Mother’s Love by The Vernon Spring.
The slow pace and muted quality of the piano, transports and is captivating.
A calming effect ripples, when the pentatonic scale falls into a lovely sequence of descending chords..

#wildflowers #spring #dreams #freedom #naturephotography #springflowers #suffolk #childhood #mothers #love #connection #creativity #pinkmoon #perennialwallflower #primrose #collage #photography #memories #suffolkpink

You belong among the wildflowers.
Drifts of multi-coloured petals,
gold fading to salmon or orange-pink.
A coastal Campion, low-growing and mat-forming with white flowers and deeply-cut petals. We made friends along time ago.

They say it’s spring and when I was young I lived in a world of dreams.
This place inside of me, feelings of warmth,
a hazy hue.
Let your mind wander.
You belong somewhere you feel free.
I find solace in the outdoors. Discovering tranquility in nature.

We stepped outside to see April’s full Pink Moon, the Paschal Moon that marks the first full moon of spring.
Images and moments that leave deep impressions.
Sitting with discomfort.
When we are together I feel playful, protective and nurturing.

Activate all the senses,
sometimes a piece of music finds you..
Mother’s Love by The Vernon Spring.
The slow pace and muted quality of the piano, transports and is captivating.
A calming effect ripples, when the pentatonic scale falls into a lovely sequence of descending chords..

#wildflowers #spring #dreams #freedom #naturephotography #springflowers #suffolk #childhood #mothers #love #connection #creativity #pinkmoon #perennialwallflower #primrose #collage #photography #memories #suffolkpink

“I wanted to be a jazz musician, but I couldn’t play anything. So I became an artist, and my paintings became my music.”

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Join us on Saturday 25th January for a two hour immersive workshop where children and youth will be guided to create bold art works inspired by the musical influences of Basquiat and his unique artistic style. Basquiat was no doubt one of the foremost figures of the Neo-Expressionist movement.

Excited for this one!
Saturday 25th January
10:00am-12noon
Venue @moonlaneink
Limited spaces available
Link in bio

#basquiat #jazz #art #painting #neoexpressionism #newwave #hiphop #jazz #kidsworkshop #kidsart #lewisham #london #southeastlondon #collage #madonna #music #inspiration #community #ericbandrakim #arteducation

“I wanted to be a jazz musician, but I couldn’t play anything. So I became an artist, and my paintings became my music.”

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Join us on Saturday 25th January for a two hour immersive workshop where children and youth will be guided to create bold art works inspired by the musical influences of Basquiat and his unique artistic style. Basquiat was no doubt one of the foremost figures of the Neo-Expressionist movement.

Excited for this one!
Saturday 25th January
10:00am-12noon
Venue @moonlaneink
Limited spaces available
Link in bio

#basquiat #jazz #art #painting #neoexpressionism #newwave #hiphop #jazz #kidsworkshop #kidsart #lewisham #london #southeastlondon #collage #madonna #music #inspiration #community #ericbandrakim #arteducation