Well, I missed my personal deadline to Friday afternoon to write this again, I am so full of thoughts that it completely slipped my mind.

I read a small section of Hélène Cixous’ Stigmata this week about her experience in Algeria and the not-so-small matter of her French citizenship, having it taken away from her in 1940. Nationality and Citizenship provides a lot of comfort for some. Whilst being born in London spent much of my childhood on the Isle of Man, so I would consider myself Manx above all. Having a fiercely proud Scottish Dad, I have always felt a strong connection to my Celtic routes, more so than the fact of being born in England. I will never say I am English because I am and feel British.

I can only imagine what that must feel like to have that citizenship taken away from you, however the idea that you cannot return to the country that you come from is something that I can empathise with. With Covid-19 I cannot see my family on the island, their restrictions are so fierce that the only way I could go is if a family member were gravely ill. So, I am thankful that I cannot go, as my family are all healthy. It’s a tentative link but it’s where my thoughts went.

Any way! Heritage has been a large part of this week, so it’s been a lot to think about. I am spending a lot of time being subjective, I need to work towards being more objective in these matters.

Linda Nochlin has been another great read, Why has there been no great women artists? Well, it’s hard to ignore the misogyny and systemic gender bias in history. I think I’ll have more to say on this after Thursday this week.

Adío!

Franki

P.S. I posted this without mentioning Nimco and I finally revealed our project the Respirator Sphere.