Mind Waves were lucky enough to receive a selection of free tickets to the Banksy Cut and Run exhibit at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow which is running until August 28th. The exhibition displays a collection of Banksy stencils ranging from 1998 to 2023 and are accompanied by captions and stories detailing Banksy’s career […]
Archive | August, 2023
I SING LIKE WHITMAN – A poem from Derek
This week on the blog we’re sharing another poem from our poetry and life writing workshop a few weeks ago. Derek wrote this poem in response to the prompt, ‘write a love letter to yourself’. He was inspired by Leaves of Grass, a long poem by Walt Whitman that we focused on in a previous […]
Warts and All: A poem from Sarah-Louise
This week, we’re sharing a poem written by Sarah-Louise Kelly. Sarah-Louise is a writer who co-facilitated a poetry workshop with us a few weeks ago as part of our workshop series in collaboration with Healthy Minds. Sarah-Louise led a discussion about boundaries, life-writing and vulnerability, and also came up with a creative prompt for our […]