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wyldeoakeartistry
Sep 10, 20249 min read
Depletion
.... a title or a state of mind? " a reduction in something, or the act of reducing it:" (Collins, s.d.) Alternative definitions also...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Aug 11, 202411 min read
Reduction
" the simplification of a subject or problem to a particular form in presentation or analysis " (Oxford Languages, s.d.) A word that...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Jul 23, 20248 min read
Disrupting realism....
Disruption How do I do this? How far do I go? What do I want to say? To reveal or to conceal? To disrupt or to emphasize? Self or...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Jul 15, 202412 min read
Other
Before I focus on the subject of this blog I want firstly to record the changes that it is my intention to make between the first and...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Jul 7, 20246 min read
Agency
"....agent is a being with the capacity to act, and ‘agency’ denotes the exercise or manifestation of this capacity." (Schlosser, 2019). ...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Jul 2, 20245 min read
Becomings
The blank page is no more. It is becoming. It is intra-action. Self. Do I need to write more words? do these words describe the process...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Jun 30, 20245 min read
The blank page
The blank page' ... otherwise known as 'Procrastination'! I find myself a question, and being unexpectedly philosophical - what does the...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Jan 24, 20248 min read
Sometimes life throws surprises.... fungal style!
Happy New Year to one and all - albeit a little belatedly! Diary date - 21st January 2024: fungal book week 6 ...... and how on earth...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Dec 11, 20236 min read
We start again ..... a new book has begun...
Finally, the harvested oyster mushrooms (pleurotus ostreatus) were removed from the back of the fridge where they had been sitting for...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Dec 7, 202311 min read
What does sustainability and ecologically friendly mean to WOA?
This is a blog that has been playing on my mind a little of late particularly due to the rise in sustainability as an important aspect...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Dec 5, 202313 min read
Delayed update to the 'book' ....
Okies so this blog should have been written about a month ago ... and the month before that .... oops! The reason for the delays is...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Sep 25, 20237 min read
Pushing boundaries and taking risks ....
This blog post is in response to the same title posed by an artist, Laura Pollak, in a social media group. At the time of reading I was...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Sep 7, 20233 min read
Book update ..... day 18 ....
Idealistically I should have written this update around day 14 but time seems to have run away with me recently but also the call of...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Aug 27, 202313 min read
Contextualising the book .....
This journal entry is leaning towards a more academic/critical analysis style as this is something I have become used to due to my time...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Aug 24, 20235 min read
"Because we can....."
The most common answer given to a social media question of why do people pick mushrooms to identify them and one that I have find smacks...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Aug 21, 20235 min read
News catch up....
Not exactly the catchy title Wix suggests but a descriptive one nonetheless as this post purely catches up with what I've been up to .......
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wyldeoakeartistry
Aug 20, 20234 min read
Growing a book - from a book!
OK so now I have your interest - what on earth am I on about? ..... quite simply growing a fungal book from a fungal book albeit one...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Aug 8, 20233 min read
Walking with mushrooms
Wow when did this happen? I finished my MA in Fine Art after 2 years of part time on-line study with an amazing and supportive cohort of...
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wyldeoakeartistry
May 5, 20232 min read
5 May 2023 - news update:
I am trying desperately to get into the habit of writing more often so two posts in 5 weeks is at least a big improvement! However,...
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wyldeoakeartistry
Apr 1, 20235 min read
1st April 2023
Wow where did the last 6 months go? ........ I guess the answer is in developing new work through consolidating theoretical and visual...
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