Art Yourself Alive

17/04/2024

12/04/2024

LET'S TALK ABOUT EPIC DAYS ......

Today I have...
1. Completed a lived experience expert consultancy job with UCL for their research into adolescents and mental health. Lovely project, can't wait to see the outcome.

2. Had a fabulous tea & chat with the lovely Jude Turner about getting the right business coaching for my type of sparkly brain. What a gorgeous afternoon sitting outside in the sun.

3. Received a very exciting email informing me that the artwork, writing and soundscape I submitted for a magazine on Autistic Aesthetics has accepted my work for publication. What a beautiful report they wrote about the threads of autism / adhd / synaesthesia in my creative perspective. Can't wait to see the final issue when it's out online. I felt so seen and truly moved by what they said. ###

4. Gorgeous evening with Abi Flynn and Bradley Wescott writing a song of hope with a group of magical humans, sharing their dreams for new lives going forward. Alchemy has begun. Can't wait to hear the final song all done properly from these two musical wizards.

5. A dreamy long walk home along the seafront, breathing in the warm air and the clear night sky, counting all my blessings and being in the spaciousness of gratitude moments. ###

There may have been months of hibernating and sowing seeds, but there will always be green shoots if you water your dreams and tend to the quiet whispers within you ###

11/03/2024

Involved in some really cool research with UCL as a Lived Experience Expert, looking at asking how children & young people can contribute to mental health research using creative methods.
First session today. Really interesting.
Hoping my 16 years of teaching teenagers will be helpful to their academic thinking!

11/03/2024

Yep
And painting
And singing Blues in the loo ###

20/02/2024

And normalise being this for yourself too when you write lovingly to yourself in your daily journal about all the mess you are, or paint the chaos on a big canvas and have a little giggle with your inner child ###x

12/02/2024

Just because the Universe needs to know you're serious ###
Follow if you like, I may even go on camera and talk about art shizzle ###x


Link in comments x

05/02/2024

'We are suffering from an absence of truth, and that creates madness' Caroline Myss

Painting from a long time ago 'Sei Hi Ki Fire' by moi
A raw and rageful severing.

23/01/2024

Come along and support this awesome event this Saturday at Jubilee Library. on at 3.30pm. I totally love being a music volunteer for them and can't wait to sing with them.
I think I need them more than they need me. #########xx

05/01/2024

I'm loving doing Beth Kempton's Winter Writing Retreat, developing my muscles for the book I plan to finish this year.
Here's a poem that responds to the prompt:
Appreciating: Measuring a lifetime.

In steps
and breaths
and moments of despair
in blinks
of an eye
and swooshes
of long hair
In ways
that grip
and ways
that release
In moments
of solace
and fractions
of peace
In laughter
and joy
and the energy
of friends
In purposeful
action
and time
that bends
In whispers
and promise
in a loved ones
ears
In secrets
and glances
and droplets
of tears
In gestures
and dancing
the rhythm
and strife
In glorious
gratitude
I measure
this life.

Words by Bibi Aya 2024
Image 'Face Gently into the Winds of Time' by Bibi Aya from the 'No Longer on Fire' Sourcedoodle collection.

Happy hibernation, integration & embracing the dark, ready for the real new year in March ######

04/01/2024

'Face Gently into the Winds of Time'

Dear body, I Love You,

You have embraced the past, present & future truths with a beautiful curiosity
Collapsing a linear narrative of regret and rage
And thus you found a stillpoint
Amidst the chaos of change
I am here, I am present, I am peace, I am flow
I am able to weather the storms of my existence with ease
I Love You

From the 'No Longer on Fire' Collection by moi x

15/12/2023

Just getting a bit of love on Twitter and LinkedIn ###

Honoured to have contributed to this landmark evidencing of the value of creativity for wellbeing.

12/12/2023

'Portal Disrupt'
Mixed Media on Canvas
By Bibi Aya

12/12 portal

What will you shift?