Perseverance in art is essential. There is also an art to perseverance. I think about Shakespeare and the history of the Globe theatre today as I collage a postcard, which becomes a portal into a time of plague, chaos and playwriting.

Navigating through life is a journey of discovery. Where will you go next? A book made from a map is a placemaking activity. It shows you where you are now, where you’ve been or where you want to go next. A pocket map book has even more options, you can add paper ephemera to mark your journey, tickets are a great addition.

Not perfect, but finished. It’s what I tell my course students and what I have to remember to do myself. Make mistakes, there are no mistakes. What we have instead are perfect imperfections, the messy human side of us revealed.

Going big and red or working small and achievable? These are questions many women are faced with when they want to create. Creating in small and achievable ways builds your creativity muscles and keeps you moving forward until your goals to go big are realised.

Creating a new peaceful world through a community Imagine Peace event becomes a small activation which can contribute to empowering ordinary people to take action. It lifts us up, gives us hope and helps dispel the miasma of overwhelm and hopelessness we can sometimes feel in the face of world catastrophe.