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My therapist gifted me this during our session today- made from a small balloon filled with sand. A nice surprise, and I love the texture x -
Sketchbook 2025 -
bees humfrom toadflaxto foxgloveslowly the garden she tendsgrows wild at the edges © Xenia Tran Laurels #4 We are deeply honoured and delighted that the above tanka was published in Laurels #4 in August 2025. Warm-hearted thanks to Jackie Chou for selecting my poem and to the team at Laurels for putting this beautiful edition […]
Tanka: Bees Hum -
A lovely spot next to a gurgling creek. Happy Sunday.
Sunday Bench -
Pearlescent watercolour on Khadi cotton paper. It’s been a ridiculously long time since I created anything original, even something as silly as this abstract little piece. Little victories matter when you are fighting mental illness. It’s hard to explain how it roadblocks your desire to do anything. Hence, such little steps forward are important, at least to me.
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What’s your favorite recipe?
Basic, but I’ve never been particularly good at cooking: chocolate chip cookies. I’ve had to adapt the recipe slightly over the years since I was diagnosed with cealiec, but they usually turn out well.
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What are you curious about?
This is going to sound incredibly strange, but more and more I feel I was supposed to live a different life. Mental illness destroyed the person I should be, and I can never got those years back. 41 years of failure.
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I suppose this is the frustrating feeling I get a lot. I feel deep depression robbed me of a life. -
This artwork, however mediocre you might find it, has a special meaning to me. It was my last attempt at art before I made a serious suicide attempt. After I survived that, I promised myself I would finish it. A month on I finally have. -
Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.
I was walking behind two younger teenagers who were freaking out because one had lost the payment for their train ticket. It was only £5 so I gave it to them. It could have been a scam, but I don’t regret it.
Bloody Roses 