My goal is ambitious: a+b+c = empower a. lived experience of mental illness + b. love of creativity + c. professional qualification = Empower: Offer other creatives the same quality of therapy I have received, to understand, express & transform themselves. The only route to being an approved art therapist in this country is via an intense/costly postgrad degree. I believe this is what my path should be: listening & healing through creative expression, I just need a little extra help en route.
Welcome to the humble beginnings of my new journey. If you don't already know me I'm a multi-passionate creative living in Derbyshire, fueled by natural curiosity, meaning seeking and a passion for exploring mental health through creativity. Oh and a good cup of Yorkshire Tea. My mission is to inspire & empower other gentle dreamers through courage, curiosity and collaboration. To do this I have an ambition to take a side step from the design career I embarked on in 2003 and study an Art Therapy MA in 2021, a long process that will require a lot of funds (that I don't currently have due to redundancy this year). I currently use Instagram to share my photography and words which I also would love to turn into fine art prints to get lost in: little whispers of encouragement in your home. This new path will be imperfect & squiggly but it’ll be real. Me.
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A WORK IN PROGRESS Six years ago I wrote down these words... Have the COURAGE to be yourself and the CURIOSITY to explore who that is And so, I’m learning to embrace my uniqueness, heading off the beaten path. You’re welcome too; the more the merrier. I’ll walk alongside you. I’m embarking on a venture that encompasses my experience and expertise as a creative designer with one of self awareness, meaning and empathy. To lend you my ear and advice. A place where kindness in design is not a dirty word. I call it DESIGNKIND. I’ve been in the darkness and needed ‘my people’ during those stumbling steps back into the light, which means you, dear creative one, don’t have to do it alone. Welcome to the humble beginnings of this journey. I'm historically not very good at asking for help. I've felt I should quietly soldier on rather than burden anyone with my queries or worries as far back as my primary school reports but I realise now sometimes in order to help others you need to ask first. So here I am quietly asking for help so that I can build a venture rooted in purpose. I know it’ll be imperfect & squiggly, another historical hurdle for me to overcome (oh hi perfectionism) but it’ll be real. Me. This is not the alpha way, this is the human way.
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