This is beautiful and really captures how I feel at the turn of this year. And I agree wholeheartedly that art cannot be made from inside a bubble. I have two teenagers and am constantly caught between my need and desire to be with them and to look after them as they pivot away from me, and my need to create my own space, and I mean proper space. But I wouldn’t trade in my life for anything, however challenging it often feels.
Thank you Lily. It feels impossible sometimes, and I guess I try and kid myself that it will get easier as my daughter gets older, but it probably won’t!
This is beautiful and really captures how I feel at the turn of this year. And I agree wholeheartedly that art cannot be made from inside a bubble. I have two teenagers and am constantly caught between my need and desire to be with them and to look after them as they pivot away from me, and my need to create my own space, and I mean proper space. But I wouldn’t trade in my life for anything, however challenging it often feels.
Thank you Lily. It feels impossible sometimes, and I guess I try and kid myself that it will get easier as my daughter gets older, but it probably won’t!
It will get easier. It just changes. The physical demands when they are young are particularly challenging