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Creativity for me is as much about the love of experimentation and new learning as it is about the end result. I’ve been immersing myself in the iterative process of gelli plate printing as a distraction from scan results. https://thecancergap.com/2019/09/16/isnt-it-all-a-distraction-until-we-die/ follow me at: www.thecancergap.com . . . . . . . . . #thecancergap #triplenegativebreastcancer #tnbc #breastcancer #mtnbc #secondarycancer #metastaticbreastcancer #realconversations #livingwithbreastcancer #enjoytheride #enjoythemoment #creativecancerthrivers #gelliplate #gelliprint #gelliprinting #gelliarts #gelliplateprinting #artjam #artjamstudio #gellipress

The natural world is a tonic if we pause, open our mind and eyes to it. A few days ago, our son spotted this as we were rushing down the road. ‘Stop Mummy, turnaround, look!’ ‘It’s a feather quill writing the clouds today’, ‘so it is’ I say. I stop. I breathe, I drink it in. I love that he spotted this and we enjoyed it together. Life really is the little moments not the big ones. Www.thecancergap.com . . . . . . . . #thecancergap #triplenegativebreastcancer #everydaymoments #myeverydaymoments #joyofnature #freemoments #ournaturalworld #tnbc #breastcancer #mtnbc #secondarycancer #metastaticbreastcancer #realconversations #livingwithbreastcancer

Spent some time today observing and empathising with these swans. Looking graceful and in control is bloody hard work. Sometimes I feel like this and other days I feel like an upside down swan, my legs pedalling visibly just to keep my insides calm. . . . . . . . . . #theungracefulswan #thegracefulswan #thecancergap #triplenegativebreastcancer #tnbc #breastcancer #mtnbc #secondarycancer #metastaticbreastcancer #realconversations #livingwithbreastcancer

Fortunately I looked left so I didn’t get run over by this bus today. But I could have done. Or so everyone keeps telling me. Think I’m having an angry at cancer/survival rate cliches day. . . . . . . . . . #thecancergap #cancercliches #youcouldgetrunoverbyabustomorrow #triplenegativebreastcancer #tnbc #breastcancer #mtnbc #secondarycancer #metastaticbreastcancer #realconversations #livingwithbreastcancer

Cancer thrivers often have a facade to protect them. We often look well, very well. We are not always bald and grey skinned. Re-think you perception of what people with cancer look like. And remember sometimes behind a beautiful facade is a hollowed out body or soul or troubled mind that needs some kindness, love and normality. Every now and again have a real conversation with the real person. . . . . . . . . #thecancergap #cancerthriver #breastcancerthriver #positivefacade #rethinkbreastcancer #triplenegativebreastcancer #tnbc #breastcancer #mtnbc #secondarycancer #metastaticbreastcancer #realconversations #livingwithbreastcancer

Amazing to come back from hols to these gifts of nature. Love putting food I’ve grown (with the help of various waterers) into me. Even more so that these plants were gifted to us as tiny plants. Have also discovered that over 612k of people have used the #cherrytomatoes (who knew?) . . . . . . . . #thecancergap #triplenegativebreastcancer #tnbc #breastcancer #mtnbc #secondarycancer #metastaticbreastcancer #realconversations #livingwithbreastcancer #natureornurture #gardening #homegrown #cherrytomatoes

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