Creativity

John Lacey Photography Photo Book

November 29, 2011
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I haven’t actually mentioned this on the blog yet, but after many many years of thinking about it I actually created a photo book featuring my photographs.

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Bound By The Secrets We Trust

September 20, 2011

Some of my writings were included in a book. Here’s a video of me opening and holding said book for the first time!

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Constraints And The Opposite Of Not Knowing

September 14, 2011

There was a pain to be associated with not knowing, it was a social pain, a stigma and as a kid I felt it intensely.

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Bound By The Shame You Won’t Admit To

July 22, 2011
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The muse stopped showing up, and I stopped showing up and over time it just seemed easier. Easier to not show up. Easier to not write. Easier to watch TV. Easier to fill my days with minutiae and pretend writing was never something I was interested in.

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When The Student Is Ready…

June 18, 2011

I don’t want to gush too much but I’ve been going to art lessons for a few months now and I have to say it is one of the best things I’ve ever done. I want to try to unpack some of the benefits I’ve experienced from having a great art teacher.

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I Shall Be Telling This With A Sigh

May 5, 2011

People need people. Artists need an audience. Sometimes even the whispered possibility of an audience.

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How To Explain It To Your Parents

January 28, 2011

So how do you explain what you do to your family, to your parents? It was hard enough for my brother to explain he was in IT Support, so what hope do you have of conveying meaning when you’re doing something as seemingly esoteric as creating art?

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Art Was Always My Consolation

January 14, 2011

Art was always my consolation. In my loneliness I would take comfort in the poems I’d etch out. When peers would ignore me I’d receive interaction and stimulation instead from teachers happy with my work.

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