We’ve all been a bit busy lately, but this week there was a little bit of progress. First up, the deputy art editor at my old employer, Computer Arts magazine, has agreed to create a mood graphic for this very blog site. Antony and I chatted it over and decided to ask Luke for something [...]
Because I’m going to be the editor for the Memories book, I thought I should start by writing up one of the ‘memories’ that will go in it. I decided upon a story about one day that I remember with my father, who died of a brain tumour last November. The idea was to test out our [...]
The Canadian poet Patrick Woodcock has added his support to the Memories project. Earlier this year his seventh book of poetry – Always Die Before Your Mother – was published worldwide, dedicated to his mother Susan Woodcock who died of cancer in 2007. You’ll be able to read Woodcock’s poem Swimming with Pink Dolphins and [...]
Memories will look at the thoughts and experiences of individuals who have survived cancer, as well as those of people who have lost loved ones. There will be ten stories inside, each looking at one person’s recollection of a particular day in the struggle against cancer. For each of these ‘memories’ a dozen leading artists, [...]