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Drawing
Today I tried something new. Instead of tracing my face to help ground me and my thoughts, I decided to only focus on my ear. I followed the curves, creases, and folds of my ear with one hand, while my other hand mimicked the movements onto the wall. This had a weird effect on the rest of my studio session that night. I was more focussed on what I could hear, like my attention had switched from blurred/distorted vision and seeing faces, to hearing the grind of pencil on paper
lsimonsart
Nov 11, 2025


Drawing
In recent weeks I have been feeling trapped, even in my studio which I go to to feel more free and safe in myself. My mind has been blurred and confused. I have been going on more bike rides to help combat these feelings and in doing so I have been able to reminisce on the times when I was at my most open and carefree self. On my bike rides I have been returning to the old graffiti walls where a number of people would meet up in the dead of night just to paint, hangout, liste
lsimonsart
Nov 8, 2025


Drawing
After feeling more settled with my first layer of my current BOW, I felt it was time to move on. There's no need to linger on something for too long otherwise things can get complecated. I made my first split of the pages to gain back a little bit of control, but decided to experiment by handing some control to someone else. After splitting all the pages in half, I wanted to remove my own bias of rehanging them on the wall as I transition into the next layer. I shuffled all t
lsimonsart
Nov 7, 2025
John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing'
Since its publication in 1972, John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' has remained influential because it doesn't simply analyse images—it unsettles how weunderstand the act of looking itself. Berger begins with the idea that "seeing comes before words," a line that seems simple but has far-reaching consequences. We encounter the world visually long before we describe it, which means that by the time language arrives, our seeing has already been shaped by experience, ideology, and
lsimonsart
Nov 5, 2025
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Oct 30, 2025
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