Medusa

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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

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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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