Medusa

Photo Source: La Piccioletta Barca

I began the day
no – the day began
me 
o p e n i n g – closing – o p e n i n g – closing – o p e n i n g – clo –

give me those lemons – the  l  e  m  o  n  a  d  e
looks fresher in Greek –      λ ε μ ο ν ά δ α
that said, I’m not sure if it tasted fresher when
my mum got stung in Athens that day

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it reminds me of the  p  o  k  e button
on bad old facebook – you know, that kind of stuff:
you ask                               w  h  y  m  e
the answer is           it’snotaboutyou

so you go see someone
and they – sometimes – say:
massaging with butter is all you need to heal the scars
at least that’s what J  e  n  n  y the good old nurse had said

sometimes it’s that e  a  s  y 
sometimes it’s not
sometimes you get poked by the  M  e  d usa
sometimes you don’t

no way to know, but
yes – the day will begin 
you 
o p e n i n g – closing – o p e n i n g – closing – o p e n i n g – clo –

Originally published in La Piccioletta Barca.

Creative Conscience – 10 Years – 10 Stories – 10 Lives: Giulia Gandini

Giulia Gandini is a London-based writer/director originally from Italy. An alumna of King’s College London and MET Film School, she has worked on numerous critically acclaimed projects since the beginning of her career – including her award-winning documentary ‘Home Stream’. It was this groundbreaking documentary that brought Giulia and Creative Conscience together in 2019 and which led her to win a Creative Conscience Silver Award in 2020.

Giulia reflects on how making this documentary and being supported by Creative Conscience was a life-changing experience: “I had always dreamt about making a documentary and this project was very different from all the other ones I’d done in the past. I was also supported from the very beginning by Chrissy and Creative Conscience, which made a huge difference.”

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Creative Conscience – 10 Years – 10 Stories – 10 Lives: Megan Williams

Photo Credit: Creative Conscience

Graduating from university and contemplating your next steps can feel like walking through thick fog – especially in the midst of a global pandemic. The unknown can be full of fear – but it can also be full of hope. It can be “the worst of times and the best of times” – and it definitely was, for Megan Williams.

Megan had just graduated from Leeds Arts University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Advertising when she crossed paths with us, back in 2020. Reflecting on how she and her fellow classmates felt at that time, she says, “Before I got involved with Creative Conscience, it was quite a depressing moment and quite despairing – especially coming out of university on just a random day, it did kind of just put us all down…”

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Something of You

Illustration by Yifan Hu

A poem originally published in Any Segment Magazine.

Today 

There’s no sun

But there are still the tales

Of the sky

Tonight 

There’s no moon

But there’s still the light 

Of her eyes

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Beautiful Mind

Illustration by: Helen Panayi

A poem originally written for and published in Any Segment Magazine

Come closer, child

There’s nothing to be scared of

She whispered, smiling 

She was still like a tree

A tree, having a beautiful dream

I took a step towards her 

And held her hand

I was not afraid

I felt free, as I looked at her hair 

Dancing like a wildflower in the summer air

Welcome, child, she whispered

All we need is here

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Silence

Image by unknown

A flash fiction story originally written for and published by The Story Seed.

What he liked most about this small town was the silence that enveloped everything. In winter, even the cars hibernated – all you could hear was the sound your footsteps made on the untouched snow. Late-night winter silence was particularly soothing.

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