Happy New Year. I hope you had great hols. I had a great rest. Back to our book. Yesterday, I loved writing it more than I thought I would. I’d got used to Baileys, 8 hours of Netflix, and a daytime fire. 1. What I WantMy New Year’s Resolutions. This time next...
Sorry I'm late posting. xxx Wednesday, I make lunch for my friend and her 90-year-old mother, who, suddenly, for no reason, says: "It was really scary during the war.' 'We had to hide under the table.' 'We had to take our gas masks to school. There was a long air raid shelter...
1. What I Want. I want to write a book. Working title: 12-words & 8-stations. A how-to-create book. How to create easily using my techniques 12-words, and 8-stations. First we are gonna master 12-words. It gives you profound written material in 15...
1. What I Want. I want to write a book. Working title: 12-words & 8-stations. A how-to-create book. 2. Strategy. Each chapter, I’m gonna tell you something personal about me. So, you trust me. I’m gonna tell you something about my career,...
1. Know Thyself I always thought this was a mystical saying. There is some deep shit you have to work out about yourself. Age has taught me the simple meaning — the more you know about your likes and dislikes the easier your life will be.This is almost impossible to assess...
Monday. Mother-line. HOME Arches. I don’t know these 12 women, so I owe them fuck all. It is a workshop I am running. They have been on a ten-month, once a month, journey with each other. Before me, they have worked with 2 other artists. One visual. One musical. I open with tell me who you are —...
I am in a good place.I am in a good place.I am in a good place.I am in a good place.I am telling the truth.My truth is my fortune.Why would I lie?It is very un-English to talk about money. We negate the importance of it. Peace. Having enough money talks to peace.I am having a peaceful day today. The...
July. I should have insisted Darren do his montage; or leave the project. And insisted Victoria allow us to use her photograph; or leave the project. My acts of cowardice cause Darren and Victoria to believe they are special. These acts of cowardice widen into — they have no respect for me. Which...
During my projects, people who are struggling always gravitate towards me. I remember struggling. Feeling like I didn't fit in. Oddly, even how to make friends. Especially, how to keep friends. I know I don't look like this. I look confident.I am confident. I'm confident because of practising 4...
You should never shun your subconscious no matter how oblique it seems. Your subconscious is busy in the background alchemising your art. Feeding off your inspirations. Building your journey; your symbols; your craft; your tools. All you should do is listen. And act. On what is gracefully given. Not...
After the Art of Assembly last week, I meet Adam. We have a debrief. Neither of us can think properly — MY MUM IS WHITE has been so intense. I know he has changed. I have changed. ‘You look different.’ ‘You look different too.’ Chasing half-caste, mixed-race, is irrelevant now. We both...
So, I do my The Art of Assembly gig on Saturday. At Contact. 2pm. I am supposed to talk about excavating the Reno. But I’ve been feeling odd about this for a very long time. It’s when people, usually white people, usually organisations, usually institutions, describe the Reno as a 1970s haven...
The Bridge In Rhonda. In Spain. To see the bridge. Insane. Huge, huge bridge. Grand. Over a tiny river. Having a coffee outside my little Arabic café. In the square. The tiny square in front of the huge church. A baby Hunchback of Notre Dame Church. In Calle Del Espiritu Santo. My styish...
The last thing I will probably think about is money. I must learn to earn money now. Using my skills. I want to cut myself off from the slavery that has become every black artist’s birthright in the first quarter of the 21st century. I have been an artist for the first quarter of the 21st...
Entitlement We have to exorcise our lack of entitlement, I say to HOME CEO Karen. Or is it to our producer Clarissa? Sauna. Steam. Next door in Innside Melia. 7 individual suites with sofa. Breakfast included. Dinner at Gino D'Campo. £50 a head budget. Champagne. Because of earlier infractions:...
I've taught 12-words umpteen times so I know it works. 8-stations has always proved trickier. So tricky I've never given it a true shot. The 8' x 8' paper on HOME gallery's floor makes it easy. When I say what does a mixed-race sink look like what is the first object you think of? They write it...
I feel a diary post coming on. Monday 01.09.25 It's Elly's turn again. We've each had our first day, our individual day. Victoria, and Abi, cry when they come in and see themselves and their family projected huge on the wall. Adam is grateful. Darren looks sexy in his montage. I find watching mine...
Everything is about mind-set. Looking fully engaged, we are going to debate the shit out of MY MUM IS WHITE. Two moments from each participant's life. We don't have to debate the shit out of our mum's life. We're just fucking sensational. The legacy that causes this need to be worthy and hide our...
We are now full blown in residence at HOME. MY MUM IS WHITE: Exorcising Half-Caste Ghosts. https://homemcr.org/whats-on/linda-brogan-my-mum-is-white-exorcising-half-caste-ghosts-8n1s 18.08.25. My practise mind-map in the background.21.08.25. Elly's mind-map in foreground. A beautiful angle. Freud in...
I am achieving my dream. I am the master of my craft. My style. My technique. A thing that is uniquely mine. I am here. I am me. I have done it. 1. Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is a great play. How does each scene go from there to there? Why does it make so...