by Emma-Jane Barlow | Sep 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sometimes we need to go back to the beginning. To understand why we started to do something, so we can appreciate the journey. I have been creatively blocked for a while and most of the art I have created has felt forced. I decided to take a short break from writing...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com A few months ago, I was pondering the idea of posting my poetry online. For me, poetry has always been a solitary activity. I would scribble rhymes and metaphors onto paper, close my notebook and I would never read it again,...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Dec 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
For the last decade, I have been suffering with crippling anxiety. As I made the transition from my teens to my twenties, my anxiety continued to grow and I started to feel like I was no longer in control of my thoughts, emotions, actions or behaviour. This year, it...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
For a long time I used this blog as a platform to write about my life. It was a place of freedom. It was a space where I could write down the uncensored and vulnerable musings of my experiences, to share a little piece of my world with others. Then, last year, I had...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow is my 26th Birthday. For the last six years I have been posting on this blog, the day before my birthday, reflecting on the year that has passed. In the 365 days that have flown by since my last post, a lot in my life has changed. In my post ’25’,...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | May 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Two months ago, I decided to start doing a craft. I’ve always wanted to cross-stitching, so I bought myself a sewing box, a selection of threads and material, I was ready to get started. For someone who hasn’t done cross-stitching before, I found it a...
