This is part of a self help leaflet or book that I have been thinking about writing for a long time to share the coping strategies I found through my son’s 4 year odyssey through Leukaemia, Anxiety and PTSD. We are in close contact with the charity Children with Cancer UK who are doing incredibleContinue reading “Coping Strategies”
Author Archives: Sarah Cannell - Artist and Curator
Working Around The Edges and Finding Myself 2019
Looking back at my previous blog posts my writing seems to flow and my thoughts seem organised. They are generally positive in the hardest of situations and my visual creative output alongside makes me feel fulfilled despite the challenges of daily life. 2019 has been a very different and very strange story and I reallyContinue reading “Working Around The Edges and Finding Myself 2019”
Winter and My Creative Manifesto
My 9 year old son Henry finishes treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia March 9th 2019. We still have a winter to get through but I am thinking gently about the change at end of treatment. Lots of people have told me that I will probably find it very difficult but I am not sure whatContinue reading “Winter and My Creative Manifesto”
Eileen Cooper, first female Keeper of RA
2018 has started for me with an inspiring exhibition at Diss Corn Hall in Norfolk. Last year I went to a Print in Action day with my family which was being run by a printmaking friend, Annette Rolston, at her workshops in Diss, Designermakers21. It was fantastic with a mixed exhibition of master printmakers inContinue reading “Eileen Cooper, first female Keeper of RA”
The Greater The Distance, The Clearer The View
I have been told by many people that my recent experience of having a very sick child will change me. That you come out of the other side of the ‘journey’ as a changed person in many ways. We are half way through Hen’s treatment so it is difficult to see what this change mightContinue reading “The Greater The Distance, The Clearer The View”