I did poetry, for the first time in a while. And it's nice because I don't actually despise it.

The beach

You wake

I wake

In the husk of what was once there

A year gone by

We clung to each other desperately

Back then

Loneliness throws people together

And we collided particles

This love is now stale

I don’t have time

And you don’t have time

malnourished and grey

You snip at my crust

My outer shell

I look upon you

Like a bawlingly helpless infant

Nothing I can really do

The truth is I’m selfish

I climb among friends like hard stones

To get to the water

The divinity, the goal

And to be amongst the stones you must be hard

To survive the long stretch

To make it

To the sea

Britpop Childhood: A Playlist

   So naturally the appearance of such shows like "My Mad Fat Diary", "The Office" and "I'm Alan Partridge" have really re-introduced a lot of music from my childhood, gems such as "Beautiful Ones" by Suede and "Brimful of Asha"have lit up my spotify and made a lot of my walks into uni way happier and bouncier.

Rae on her way to the Oasis concert at Knebworth, sporting the round sunglasses that Liam and previously, John Lennon, made well-known.

   Coincidentally, I made this playlist for my best friend of 17 years back in December for her 21st birthday, it's a little snapshot of the cultural influences that well- influenced us during the 1990s. Look out for ZZAP!, Alan Partridge's beautiful face and a character from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, along with various musicians including Manic Street Preachers and such 90s landmark events like Oasis ripping the piss out of Blur at the 1996 Brit Awards.

Britpop Childhood: THE PLAYLIST.

And well, this fascination I have at the mo with the 1990s can't help but seep into my art work. Suede's Beautiful Ones lyrics on a sewn piece.