Category: PhD Reflections
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What are we doing in the space?
I want to preface this post with an anecdote: 9 months ago. I’m sat in an upstairs room of a grade-II listed property. It had been converted into an NHS clinic for secondary care psychological therapy. In front of me, my therapist. Behind him to my right, a large window that bled condensation onto the…
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Conscious disassociation / Objects of desire.
Sometimes, I need to sit at the top of the low I can see from my bedroom window. Being up high clears my busy head. I’m in a complete state of information overload and I have to take a strategic and intentional approach to securing and reformulating my ideas. I’ve catalogued my reading, I’ve been…
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Short circuiting.
I’m writing this tucked in the corner of a little real ale brewery-come-bar. Having rearranged some of the furniture for optimal comfort with minimal discretion, the staff look perplexed that I’ve chosen to home myself here. One damp walk through the autumnal haze, a pint of ruby and a portion of chips later, I feel…