What makes you most anxious? It has to be change, whether big or small it makes me anxious. If I get a long lead up to the change then I can find myself relax into the expectation, but if it happens quickly then I am looking at a meltdown or a shut down. Meltdowns are… Continue reading Changes; big and small
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Art
What activities do you lose yourself in? I could just write the one word - art - but I think it needs some explanation. My autism is not great, although I guess that, because it is mine, I don't notice how bad I am... Maybe if I ask R. "How big is the effect of… Continue reading Art
Movies and autism
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? Autism can be about familiarity, about not changing and having something that grounds you, like an old pair of slippers or that particular jumper that has a hole in it but you can't bring yourself to throw it out. Well, for me, movies… Continue reading Movies and autism
Black Cats and Lucky Socks
Are you superstitious? Once I was very. Once I wouldn't step on a crack or cross a black cat or walk under a ladder. Once I would have worn lucky socks and shirt and shoes. But it wasn't superstition. Can't remember why I had a dislike of black cats as a kid. I think it… Continue reading Black Cats and Lucky Socks
Bear, Wolf, Cat, Eagle
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Randomly, back in eighties the school I was at invited a group from the a certain faith in to talk to us and potentially recruit us. My year sat around the room and each of us introduced ourselves. I must have been fourteen, and was pretty… Continue reading Bear, Wolf, Cat, Eagle
Dear older me,
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Congratulations on making a hundred, because I had money on me going way before that. How is life and what is it like? Are we still in our beautiful house? Did you find that hundred pound you stashed in a book in 2008? I'm guessing not. The likelihood… Continue reading Dear older me,
Who would I be?
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I'm not really a celebrity follower... And I don't really follow sport, except curling in the winter Olympics. I like music but don't really have one musician I'm an avid fan of. Really I don't hold anyone in a place… Continue reading Who would I be?
And once again…
I'd like to say the builders are back and the roof is going on, but that would be a lie.
Symptom
I guess lately I have been feeling a little depressed. Really this is just a symptom of what has been going on in my life. Last year ended on a low. Mind you I have yet to find someone who loved 2016... Mine was tough and every now and then I get a little down.… Continue reading Symptom
Label
What's in a label? Am I an artist or a writer or an illustrator? What am I? Does it even matter? Should I be more confining in what I do so that I can become just one thing? I'm anglo indian, but I'm not. I'm a writer, but also an artist, and an illustrator. I… Continue reading Label
Kate Murray - Cleaver 