About charlottejane2002
Author of 'P is for Prostitution', 'The Bloody Sacrifice' and co-editor of 'A Contemporary Western Book of the Dead' which are all published by Mandrake of Oxford. Italian publisher Roberto Migliussi has recently released 'The Sky is a Gateway, Not a Ceiling', a book of Charlotte's collected essays printed alongside images of his own art work.
Charlotte is also an artist who creates spiritually directed art works from road kill and found objects.
She has had her written work printed in anthologies and various magazines and on line publications and has given presentations at many events and institutions including Edinburgh University and Brooklyn's 'Museum of Morbid Anatomy'.
Her art work has been exhibited widely including at London's Chelsea Gallery and The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute and she has sculptures on permanent display at The Museum of Naive and Marginal Art, in Serbia.
Since deciding to transcribe my ideas and experiences on animism and my art, I have become strangely resistant to writing anything down on the subject. My creative process has stalled when it comes to working with 3 dimensional items, as … Continue reading →
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Tagged animism, art, artistic process, assemblage, bones, communication, compassion, Creative process, creativity, cut ups, empathy, fetish, history, humanity, magical art, memory, outsider art, philosophy, Surrealism, traditional magic, working with spirits, working with the dead
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I’ve alluded in various early blogs to my thoughts on animism being the acknowledgement of inherent memory and before I leap into description of my how artwork aligns with this, I thought I would follow a few threads of what … Continue reading →
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Tagged animism, animist art, art, connection, empathy, history, inherited memory, life, memory, Mental health, ptsd, recognition, trauma, what is animism, who writes history
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Last night I went to see the documentary Phantom Parrot, followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer, Steven Lake, and Muhammad Rabbani. Rabbani, who works for the human rights group Cage which campaigns for Muslims who have been held under … Continue reading →
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Tagged AIDS crisis, authority, control, customs, digital technology, documentary, film, global travel, identity, labelling, marginalised, Muhammad Rabbani, phantom parrot, police, politics, privacy laws, reviews, Schedule 7, social control, state surveillance, Steven lake, terrorism laws, vietnam war
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A Cornish witch friend once told me that the greatest desire of spirits is to gain form and be recognised, which is akin to the very human need to be seen and acknowledged. Online culture has seemingly created a greater … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andy warhol, animism, animist, art, creativity, death, death of mother, Fame, history, legacy, life, loss, meaning of life, memory, spirits, the voices of the dead, who am i
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Some time ago I was at a retreat where an American attendee and his partner were micro dosing acid, something I have come across with increasing frequency in many circles I mix within. It’s a situation which produces contradictory responses … Continue reading →
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Tagged acid, addiction, ADHD, alcoholism, anti-depressants, benzodiazapam, big pharma, cure, cure for addiction, drugs, hallucination, iboga, ketamine, LSD, Matthew perry, Mental health, micro dosing, mushrooms, psilocybin, psychedelics, recovery, trips
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I find it is all too easy as I get older to get so bogged down in mundane tasks I forget to practice the things which give me the greatest pleasure; dancing being one of these precious things. O I’ve … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1980's music, 1990's music, addiction, art, Brixton, culture, dance, dancing in recovery, Djembe, drugs, drumming, five rhythms, Gabrielle Roth, learning to dance, music, music and possession states, new-music, Pixies, possession, rave, rave culture, Smashing pumpkins, sounds, yoga
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In this random and often chaotic blog I’m pretty sure there is some sort of underlying theme; a thread connecting my many tangential routes and explorations. These threads are things I follow, Ariadne like, hoping to find patterns that create a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ariadne, Brussels, charity shops, Christmas, conflict colonialism, death, displacement, ethics, flea markets, junk shops, loss, memory, recycling, threads, thrift shops, thrifting, trauma
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For once I have had a valid excuse for lapsing in my blogging (and social media input in general) for the last month. Rather than my galivanting around and recovering from my post traumatic degree trauma, being lost in my … Continue reading →
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Tagged CELTA, changing life, communication, education, education past 50, global travellers, language, learning, new careeer, outsiders, over 55 and new direction, pushing through barriers, Refugees, teaching, teaching English as a foreign language, tefl, Travel
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Those who follow me on any form of social media will know that I don’t do postings specific to time or occasion and very rarely acknowledge Pagan or Christian festivals by sending specific greetings or messages. This is not making … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2024, a new year, friendship, future, future plans, journey, life, life over 50, mature student, resolutions, Travel, what I have learned
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There is a scene in Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land where Donald is inside his own head; a place filled with bursting open filing cabinets and mountains of paperwork in varying stages of cobwebbed chaos and neglect. It must be over … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, artist, Donald Duck, focus, freedom of thought, how I think, imagination, inside my mind, looking for a job, Mathmagic, media, mental overload, pandemic, reality tv, squid game, thoughts as play, university education
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