Stories

January 5, 2019 - Growing Up With Social Media

January 4, 2019 - Army of Ink Upside Down Clown

She’s no damsel in distress – in her upside down clown dress.

Nothing seemed to fit.  Having tried on so many ways of being herself, she finally reached the exhausting conclusion that maybe all the things she was trying on were just way too big for her.  And maybe she’d just have to tailor make her own little world where she could be her entirely unique, odd and small, good self.

Clunk & Jam Book.

December 5, 2018 - Courage to Make Music

Found Deanna and the music she creates through Instagram (@dkouris11).   Her music and rapping has the verbal energy of Eminem, and an empowering message of survival and personal transformation.   Thanks D x

December 1, 2018 - Young Insight

This is Impossible – So Let’s Get Started.

Below is an excerpt from a student’s exploration of the book, ‘Clunk & Jam’,  for an English assignment.  Thank you RB for choosing Clunk & Jam to review and the personal insights you’ve written about and kindly (bravely) shared …

‘The Super Hero series stems from Browne always having had a strong social conscience and being very sensitive – particularly to the suffering of others, or bad things happening.  There was a part of her that wanted to save the world (the child/teenage) – knowing full well she couldn’t (the adult self).  “I was one of those kids who felt really responsible for people around me and what was happening.  And then I had experiences where no-one showed up for me, so I lost faith in the notion of real life Super Heroes.” 

November 26, 2018 - Wisdoms of Rose Holding Hands

Rose took her life into her own hands .

Rose does things her own peculiar way, never relinquishing personal plans of the most unconventional type.  She confidently makes unadvised decisions which often place her outside of all things mainstream.  Rose fully embraces this difference, the unique directions she plots, and the independence her own decision making affords her.  She works within a space-like time frame, creating objects galore that keep her safe and sound in mind – and well outside the orbit of others.  Long Live Rose.

Footnote:  ‘Taking her life into her own hands’ may be about not only about being self reliant but also keeping all the good things safe and close.  Protecting those things from the tendency many of us have of self sabotaging and diminishing our own worth.   Protecting all parts of ourselves from the horrible habit of comparison maybe?   And within that small, precious space, setting our own limits.  Being less our own enemy and dimmer of our potential.

(Clunk & Jam  and Wisdoms of Rose books, 2019.  Reposted from 2013).

November 17, 2018 - Bending Spoons

Song line from track ‘The Great Beyond’ by Michael Stipe (REM).  The song was written to reflect the work and philosophy of  film maker Andy Kaufman which is …. 

“To keep creating you have to push forward, go beyond, attempt the impossible, in life as in art.”