Collecting a Collection #1

01/03/202613/04/2026 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

I’m currently on a kind of sabbatical, officially a deferment, but the word brings me out in a rash of Gilbert and Sullivan for some reason, so I steer round it. This runs from January 1st to March 31st,* and none of the work I do in this period can be submitted for assessment because, having argued for a break, it would be unfair to allow me to use anything I produce in this time as coursework since no one else is getting those extra three months. This doesn’t mean stopping, though, and how easy would that be in any … Continue reading Collecting a Collection #1

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You’ll need sunglasses for this one

13/03/202505/05/2025 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Aka, the VE Day painting, early iteration. Because this will primarily appear as a moving image, I wanted lots of bright colours, hints of flags, and some wartime photos which are mostly my own family. The white areas will shortly … Continue reading You’ll need sunglasses for this one

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‘Talk to me about when we were perfect’

31/05/2022 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

This is the title of a forthcoming collection of poetry by Amanda Huggins, one of whose included poems forms the textual background of a painting made for Personal Practice. She loved the painting and asked if she could use it … Continue reading ‘Talk to me about when we were perfect’

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Option 4, Ex 4.0.2, liminality, unknowing

27/01/202227/07/2022 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

27th January. On the morning before completing exercise 4.0, I encountered two real world liminals or transitions. The first at the vet’s where I was making a routine appointment for my cat’s boosters, and the second a little later along … Continue reading Option 4, Ex 4.0.2, liminality, unknowing

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Response to the poem Single Shot by Tom Sheehan

12/08/202120/11/2021 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

According to Wikipedia, Ekphrasis is the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical exercise, while the Poetry Foundation describes it as, ‘a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the … Continue reading Response to the poem Single Shot by Tom Sheehan

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Crazy Diamond

23/12/201823/12/2018 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Crazy Diamond. I’m not a good reader of poetry, I do far better if I hear it read, but this one – From Crazy Diamond to Borrowed Light by Oonah Joslin – made me think because of her comment about how it came about. She tells me it was something her mentor said when she was struggling to believe in herself as a poet; he told her that diamonds don’t shine on their own, they borrow light from those who do. Turning the Pink Floyd reference on its head, the imagery that came from this, finding your own light instead of reflecting that … Continue reading Crazy Diamond

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