View of the Valley, before… I love you and all your brave determination, Mama, xx This is part of ARTIFACT MOTHERHOOD – a project shared with other female artists who are documenting our journeys as mothers and creating memories for our children through our photographs and words. Our seasons are short snippets in the midst of real…
Girlies, here’s the thing about me, which I know you already know. I hate being busy. Ugh, that feeling of having to tick things off a list, the running on a hamster wheel trying to keep up with ourselves, or others, and the idea that our productivity is somehow linked to our worth as humans….
When you told us a few years you wanted to go to a school that would give you a good chance of going to university (after being adamant for a while that you wouldn’t want to go) we told you all we ever expected was for you to give your best to the opportunities life…
Taking Opportunities | Artifact Motherhood, May 2022
My biggest sweetheart……
May 2022 | New Delhi | India
April is Autism Awareness Month. I’m aware that autism can make the outside seem muted, yet there is a luminous glow ignited from within. I’m aware that autism can be very strikingly black and white sometimes, yet other times all the colours shine. I’m aware that there are many layers to autism, but their depth…
We really aren’t used to winters, we tropical girls. We’re used to the sun on our faces, sprinkles of freckles on our shoulders and feeling the earth beneath our bare feet. And at most maybe adding a bobble hat if we go to the mountains, or a hoodie against the chill. On December trips for…
A feeling of “Here we go again”… continued life in limbo… This is part of ARTIFACT MOTHERHOOD – a project shared with other female artists who are documenting our journeys as mothers and creating memories for our children through our photographs and words. Our seasons are short snippets in the midst of real life where we pause…
Here we are again girls, back in Delhi. We’ve been here since August and so much feels the same, but so much feels different. The first month was spent sitting at these same windows, the ones we watched the second wave rampage across the city through. We were held indoors again, but this time not…
Floating, drifting, at sea. Untethered, but together. Facing each wave as it comes. Gasping, then breathing through. Metaphors in photos of a life, in limbo. This is part of ARTIFACT MOTHERHOOD – a project shared with other female artists who are documenting our journeys as mothers and creating memories for our children through our photographs and words….
Through the windows. Girls, I seem to have inadvertently created a little series of images with a common thread. A series of you both, and occasionally me, gazing out of the windows of our Delhi apartment. Pauses in our days, wondering what’s going on and how things are on the other side. It’s May 2021,…
Learning new light. How it filters through differently on different days. Different intensities. Different shades. Different patters to observe and respond to. Metaphors for life This is part of ARTIFACT MOTHERHOOD – a project shared with other female artists who are documenting our journeys as mothers and creating memories for our children through our photographs…
Artifact motherhood is a collaboration of artists/mothers from around the world. Sharing stories of the joys and struggles of our journey. Our hopes and dreams for our children. With little nuggets of wisdom here and there. These are more than photographs with dates written on the back. These are the artifact we are leaving behind for children and the generations to come.
Sometimes my sweetie, it’s on the blurry days, where we feel we have to work hard to see out through the fog, that we find our strength, and I see you, and your sister, brave enough to share your vulnerabilities, and yet walking through those days with increasing strength. This is part of…
I’m so proud to be a member of Artifact motherhood. It’s a beautiful collaboration of artists/mothers from around the world. Sharing stories of the joys and struggles of our journey. Our hopes and dreams for our children. With little nuggets of wisdom here and there. These are more than photographs with dates written on the…
I’m hugely honoured to be joining Artifact Motherhood; a collaboration of artists from around the world who have come together to share our stories of the joys and struggles of our journey. Through our writings and visual records, we want to create memories that are more than photographs with dates written on the back. Started by Diana Hagues and Hollie Stokes, these posts are the artifacts we are leaving behind for our children and for generations to come. Please check out the next artist in our blog circle, and continue through all the artists until you get back to me
Jessie Nelson - I always love the way you incorporate light and shadow into your photographs. The way you describe your daughter… I am also proud of her! I hope she achieves every dream she sets forth for herself.
Jo - Yes we are so aligned in our teen worlds, albeit continents apart. These are beautiful heartfelt words and photographs Kirsty, and you are so right… achievements DO come in all shapes and sizes. She will certainly be shining her own version in every way. Best of luck to your biggest sweetheart, we see and hear you x
Hollie Stokes - I found myself nodding in agreement, achievements do come in all shapes and sizes! I hope you are celebrating HER and all those hills she has climbed. Beautiful storytelling written and visual.
Anouk Godbout - Kirsty you brought me tears. It’s such a nice tribute to your daughter and her support team (you all). But it’s also so universal and shared by so many parents with kids with any difficulties in life and school (I am part of it and I work with so many parents who also are). Thank you so much for sharing.
Leila Balin - Go girl! I love how determined she is and how clear, that whatever she chooses, you are all by her side cheering her on. Just wonderful.