Tag: Cancer

• Art is Not About Pretty Things

  

  Artist Sara Lucas challenges us to see the transience in beauty. Three years on from her breast cancer diagnosis she reflects on the moment her priorities changed. A few fashion magazines and marker pens later she felt alive. After all, we’re all going to die anyway, pretty or not!

  Death and the Maiden

  31/01/2019

  Guest Post

  Art, Cancer, Creativity, Deadmaidens, Death, Death and the Maiden, Experiences, Expression, Graffiti, Illustration, Memento Mori, Sex

• #NowGoCheckYourBits

  

  Sara Cutting was told she had cancer. Triple negative breast cancer to be precise. Sitting in the barber’s chair, she instructed a shocked hairdresser to shave her head. This was the beginning of the Daily Different Headgear Challenge, Sara never could have imagined how far it would go. Her journey is an inspiration, learn how Sara…

  Death and the Maiden

  04/09/2016

  Guest Post

  Beauty, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Cancer, Change Empowerment, Charity, Chemotherapy, Control, Deadmaidens, Fundraising, Hair, Inspiration, Macmillan, Now Go Check Your Bits, Radiotherapy, Self Care, Surgery, Treatment, Women

• The Wise Owl: Part I

  

  Lewis Barfoot takes us to the darkest and most desperate days of grief. Sharing with us how her recent loss has affected both her life and her song. Her music and musical practice became driftwood for her sinking sailor. The most resilient flotation device you could imagine.

  Death and the Maiden

  11/07/2016

  Guest Post

  Artist, Bond, Cancer, Connection, Creation, Creativity, Deadmaidens, Death, Experiences, Folk Music, Grief, Inspiration, Lewis Barfoot, Loss, Love, Mother, Mourning, Music, Singer, Songwriter, Terminal Illness