Giving the voices a name

I was extremely honoured to have my drawings mentioned in this Susannah Breslin piece on self negotiation and naming one’s inner critics:

“There’s Hypochron, whose superpower is overreacting to everything and also catastrophizing. Let’s not forget Lay-Ze-Bonez, which is quick to pronounce any lag in productivity a testament to one’s laziness. And, finally, we’ve got I’m Thirsty. I’m Thirsty is a head-only it-thing that lives at the bottom of a glass that is barely filled with water. It’s always thirsty. Despite the water. I hope you enjoyed meeting my new friends! It’s actually been sort of interesting and effective to think of the voices in this way. It makes them easier to be rational in relationship to. Let’s face it, these guys suck. As Ury writes: ‘Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding.’ “

The Dinner Party, Susannah Breslin

INTERMITTENTLY REGULAR #365 SKETCH PROJECT UPDATE 141-144 & 147-150 (Myrtle)

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141/365 #Currentlyreading dog-eared 1970’s copy of The Man In The High Castle. Pencil and Uni-ball. 10 mins Notebook: Myrtle
HamsterCage
142/365 Another go at the hamster cage. Bit more structurally sound this time. Pencil and uni-ball. 15mins Notebook: Myrtle
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143/365 Farm house on a bright spring day. Don’t even need a coat. Straight to uni-ball. 10 mins Notebook: Myrtle
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144/365 Looking across to the tops of the buildings at the University of Bristol. Drawn over several days. Pencil and Uniball Micro. Notebook: Myrtle
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l148/365 Flowers of unknown species. I dunno they’re blue and on a bush, any ideas? Drawn whilst waiting for morning lift. Uniball micro. 5 mins. Notebook: Myrtle
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149/365 Some dude. Looks a bit sad but I think he might be playing Pokemon Go. Vball. 10 mins. Notebook: Myrtle.
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150/365 Posh Windows on Clifton. 20 mins. Uniball Micro. Notebook: Myrtle

“…like “Rite of Spring” in Disney’s Fantasia … our internal devils may destroy and renew us through the technological overload we’ve invoked.”

“Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be the stuff out there, but the stuff inside your head. It’s going to be commercial and nasty at the same time.”

J.G.Ballard (April 1982)