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Trystan Williams

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I’m Sorry I’ve Pretty Much Ranout of Everything 2012, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne Art Fair Paul Yore

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Sustainable Art Show

So I took part in my first art exhibition since my final show during second year. I was contacted by a peer on my course and asked if I’d like to participate in their upcoming show. The key themes were sustainability and environment. I decided to use a mix of photography and poetry for my piece. Using Polaroid’s I had taken on a recent trip to Kew Gardens as the imagery. I thought about about the current climate and how if everyone made small changes to their daily lives the world would be in a better state. Compassion often takes a backseat in people’s minds. We’re consuming at a rate that the planet cannot keep up with. Soon there’ll be nothing left. I wanted this piece to carry that message. I’m pleased with the overall aesthetic of this work, although I wish the poem was printed instead of handwritten. I’m excited to get back to university and develop my practice in the studio.

#art #art exhibition #sustainable art

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You Made Me

You made me a victim

You made me weak

Even now I am frail.

In the face of mistreatment

I always give second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Seventh

Chances.

I am a welcome mat

For those who do not love me

There is this desperate unquenchable thirst to be loved

That is hardwired into me

You put it there when you left.

I do not miss you

If I knew you better

I’d miss you even less

Everyone who took your place after

Only added to the wires.

My short circuiting was inevitable

How can you be raised

By someone’s absence.

You Made Me - Leila May Jackson 2019

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Phoenix

I am not a Phoenix

Phoenixes are glorious

They are victorious

I am bitter

I am cruel

I did not endure bravely

I simply survived

Not out of optimism

Or wishful thinking

My motivation was purely

Spite

I exist to defy

Everyone who caused me harm

Every person who diminished me

I pushed myself beyond breaking

To do things they said I couldn’t

I survived so that one day

I will out live them

So I can know peace

When they are dead.

Phoenix by Leila May Jackson 2019 

#poem #poetry #trauma poetry

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Kathryn Maple - Alone In The Desert 2017

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Liz Bailey - No Ball Games 2017

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Andy Barker - Nowhere To Go 2017

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Gary Lawrence - Kos Town Paradise Hotel Front

Terrace 2016

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Mark Osborne - Untitled Pink 2017

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Jo Bruton - Tassle Talk 2016

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Frances Aviva Blane - Mother 2016

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Francis Alys - Liverpool Biennale

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Bruise Study

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XMAS Survival Project - Leila Jackson 2018

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Bruise Study

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Crit Show