While I Was Drawing
Emily Charlotte Powell, David Roberts, Sally Jupe, Eleanor Anstruther, Daffodil Angel, Floella Fairy Frog, Ju BlencoweA place where imagination wanders and where we follow the pencil line wherever it leads, in celebration of creativity, in reverence for nature, and in search of wonder.
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In the midst of the mist
Foxglove in the mist - ©Emily Charlotte Powell
A leaden fog fills my head and stings my eyes, blurring my vision and dulling my mind. It is the weather, perhaps. Or the season.
This season of heavy air and humidity and pollen. This seaso...
The children within us
Georgie and the Dragon - ©Emily Charlotte Powell
We walk through the threshold between childhood and adulthood and the doors of magic and enchantment swing shut behind us. We must learn to survive in the ‘real world’, a world that teaches...
Cooling the hooves
I am sitting in the summerhouse with my feet in the washing up bowl. I have filled it with cold water and for good measure, added two ice blocks dug out from the back of the freezer.
My feet, ankles and lower legs have been so uncomfortab...
I do not know what this is.
Every good Substack publication should include in the About page, and for extra points, in a pinned “start here post”, a clear explanation of what the publication is about, what readers get from reading it, why they should subscribe, who th...
Polymorph
Forty eight years and nine months ago, a single cell carried the infinitesimal probability of me into existence. A blueprint unlike any before or since — the vessel for this peculiar consciousness.
At the same time imperceptibly and all of...
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Capricious and contradictory, mercurial and messy. Artist. Accountant.
Writer of the Substack Sparks From Culture; zealous fan of my family, my Shih Tzu, all things Substack, NYC (lifelong resident); forty year career in finance, now a writer.
✧Artist & Detailist✧Writer✧Hobby Astrologer & Tarot lover ✧ Passionate about, Art✧Books✧Cats✧Humanity✧Nature✧Science✧Story✧ Memoir✧ All blended, but with Truth & Honesty ✧ Respect & Kindness
A PERFECT EXPLANATION (Salt Books) A MEMOIR IN 65 POSTCARDS & THE RECOVERY DIARIES (Troubador) IN JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS (Troubador) FALLOUT (Empress Editions) - rep'd by Jenny Savill ANA
Living on an island down under
Frog. Writer and wand bearer, with a fondness for tea, storytelling, and snug corners. I was stitched into being with care and a little mischief, and now spend my days writing tales of wonder, and watching the weather with great seriousness.
Coming out of hiding, writing…….. “In order to grow... you must betray their expectations.” —Hayao Miyazaki
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