Holly Worton Blog
What glasses do you have on?
Speaking about ACES (adverse childhood experiences) became easier to understand when Jess explained this metaphor to me. What glasses do you have on? What about if you put on these lenses? As a society,...
A conversation with Maria
In class, myself and Maria J Monteiro were put into a break out room. We were asked to answer a question. Below I have tried to capture the brief yet rich conversation we had....
What matters to you?
What matters to you, for me, is a question of humanity. In this video with Jason Leitch, the national clinical director of the Scottish government, he speaks about improving the lives of those in...
A verbal debrief of the day
Here are a list of resources that I am relating to in this verbal unloading. South Africa https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-prisons-now-focus-on-rehabilitation-2016297 New Zeland https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/08/forms-of-structural-violence-waikeria-highlights-injustice-of-new-zealands-prisons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Corrections_(New_Zealand) https://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_with_offenders/prison_sentences/being_in_prison
Ross Kemp has made me angry
Ross Kemp this week has boiled my blood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Kemp The above link is reference to who Ross Kemp is. Below is a photograph of him. This documentary opened up conversations with my dad. We...
Stacey Dooley has made me angry
This week, in class we watched and discussed the BBC documentary, Stacey Dooley in the USA, girls behind bars. This documentary was shown on the BBC. It is an “insight” into an American female...
Crime is human beings
Today I watched ‘El Chacal De Nahueltoro’. This is a black and white film set in Chilie based on the prison system. A man commits a murder of a family and then is sent...
Daily practice- walking in and out of containment
As an artist, I have always found it difficult to sustain an embodied daily practice. I think this is because I found it difficult to unpick the why of it all. However for this...
Mazlow- Hierarchy of Needs
Mazlow’s Hierarchy of needs is a psychology theory based on what a human needs. Needs at the top of this pyramid cannot be achieved without the basic needs seen at the bottom of the...