This is for creatives out there struggling with cuts and AI and all the things you’re up against. In a world of 24-hour-news it can feel like art doesn’t matter but a friend who’s a nurse once told me she patched people up in hospital to get them back to a world that was made more bearable by art ❤️

Two smiling men walk through Lambeth in matching red scarves.

A flyer for the workshop. A photo of a tree in the woods with some words on white paper on the floor by the tree - held there with pebbles. Text says: Place, word, image. A creative workshop inspired by nature Join local artist Laura Villares House & writer Miranda Keeling for a mindful morning exploring sense of place through grounding practices in word & image-making. No prior experience required; all materials provided. WEDNESDAY 22ND APRIL, 10AM - 12.30 PM AT HOLLOW PONDS Email laurahouse310886@gmail.com to book. Free (donations welcome)

🌱 I’m delighted to be running this creative workshop in partnership with brilliant artist Laura Villares House.
This workshop is free (donations are gratefully accepted). DM me to join the list and I’ll send you the meeting place (London, E17). Or email the address on the flyer. Limited spaces 🍃

A flyer for the workshop. A photo of a tree in the woods with some words on white paper on the floor by the tree - held there with pebbles. Text says: Place, word, image. A creative workshop inspired by nature Join local artist Laura Villares House & writer Miranda Keeling for a mindful morning exploring sense of place through grounding practices in word & image-making. No prior experience required; all materials provided. WEDNESDAY 22ND APRIL, 10AM - 12.30 PM AT HOLLOW PONDS Email laurahouse310886@gmail.com to book. Free (donations welcome)

🌱 I’m delighted to be running this creative workshop in partnership with brilliant artist Laura Villares House.
This workshop is free (donations are gratefully accepted). DM me to join the list and I’ll send you the meeting place (London, E17). Or email the address on the flyer. Limited spaces 🍃

Thank you. And you’re very welcome. X

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Two strangers reading their phones on a train carriage close to simultaneously burst out laughing, sigh, and return to being silent.

Artwork by Kim Elson. A collage of me holding a notebook and observing people and buildings. My observations are on the clothes of the people, like newsprint. There is lots of blue sky.

I earn a little from my books but not my podcast or from sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm, which is worth a lot to me. Surviving as a creative is increasingly hard. Only if you can, support me here: patreon.com/MirandaKeeling ✍️ 🙏 ❤️

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Fascinating. I did not know that. And hi guys 👋🏻

Thank you.🙏

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:)

This is for creatives out there struggling with cuts and AI and all the things you’re up against. In a world of 24-hour-news it can feel like art doesn’t matter but a friend who’s a nurse once told me she patched people up in hospital to get them back to a world that was made more bearable by art ❤️

This Paul Connell: @paulconnell.bsky.social ?

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So true.

A very dinky wavy painting 🌊

Cherry blossom

The blossom! It just keeps being ridiculously beautiful 😍

Cherry blossom

Morning :)

Wow.

I think I’m just going to write how I write and ignore it all…

I write in my notebook. A woman on the train writes in hers. If she is trying to communicate with me here she has skills I don't have.

A photo of the book in hardcover against a Persian-style carpet with the words 'Giveaway!' and some party emojis. The cover is a very light peach colour and has illustrations by Adam Beer of: a café in orange, a seagull and a girl with a kite in blue, a green pigeon, pink cow parsley and plastic bags and a yellow origami boat and leaves. The title is The place I’m in ‘WHAT I SEE WHEN I STOP TO NOTICE’ in black letters. It has this quote at the bottom ‘This Book is lovely’ by Philip Pullman.

A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter ‘Popping In’. The colour of the pages is white. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and a black-and-white illustration on the left-hand page by Adam Beer, of a little girl balancing a broom on her hand.

A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter ‘AT THE SEASIDE’. The colour of the pages is peach. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and black-and-white illustrations by Adam Beer, of a brick wall with graffiti (saying I live here), a front door, a key in a lock, some keys and a cat sitting on a mat.

A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter ‘COMING HOME’. The colour of the left-hand pages is white, and the colour of the right-hand page is peach, and the book is against a Persian-style carpet. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and a black-and-white illustration on the left-hand page by Adam Beer, of a few seashells and on the right of a tattoo star.

Giveaway! 🥳🤩🎉 I’ve got a very special offer!! Two signed copies of my latest book, and I’ll write a message inside to you, or someone of your choice!

To enter: repost this post, reply with what you like about April, and tag one other person you’d like to get a copy. 😀📚

@quartobooksuk.bsky.social

Nice. I once had four cats too.

My friend at school had fourteen cats. Looking back on it, that sounds like a lot, but when I was 11-years-old I thought it was perfect.

Yay!

Artwork by Kim Elson. A collage of me holding a notebook and observing people and buildings. My observations are on the clothes of the people, like newsprint. There is lots of blue sky.

I earn a little from my books but not my podcast or from sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm, which is worth a lot to me. Surviving as a creative is increasingly hard. Only if you can, support me here: patreon.com/MirandaKeeling ✍️ 🙏 ❤️

Ha!

A woman wearing a huge yellow scarf seems to float-walk through Finsbury Park Station behind a man in a shiny suit with taps on his shoes.