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October 4, 2026 — Week 1 Reflection
Week 1: Kindness, Empathy, Love & Support
It has been an amazing first class with Jonathan Kearney, our course leader, and a wonderful opportunity to meet the other 21 students joining the course from around the world.
Jonathan began by emphasising the importance of kindness and empathy—not only towards one another, but also towards ourselves. With 22 of us learning together, we will become sources of advice, encouragement, and inspiration for one another. Approaching this two-year journey with openness, kindness, and empathy may allow it to become a positive and supportive experience for everyone as we develop our artistic practices.
The course invites us to explore our work through the interconnected perspectives of psychology, philosophy, and artistic practice. I find this a particularly meaningful way to begin: not only by developing as artists, but also by learning how to listen, respond, and grow together.
October 5, 2026 — Week 2 Class
Introduction to the 22 of Us
October 2, 2026 — Interiors
A Glass of Water, Morning
Gouache is unforgiving in the best way — it dries matte and flat and refuses to be fussed over. This is just the sill by the sink, a glass I’d left there overnight, and the particular way early light lands before anyone else is awake. Fifteen minutes of painting, then coffee.
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Trained in psychology in the United States and shaped by a decade in luxury fashion, a serendipitous turn into interior design eventually led to founding an interior practice in Hong Kong. The path into art has been anything but traditional, yet it now continues through MA Fine Art studies at Central Saint Martins, where a deeply personal project is unfolding—most likely as a digital visual art installation exploring inner worlds and lived experience.
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