January - March 2026: End of the Repton Oak sit-spot project & navigating hell
Minimal Elegant Steps, Mixed Media Art, SylvotherapyGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and ArtistMary Oliver, trees, sylvotherapy, artistry, artist, sylvotherapist, forest therapist, poetry, suicidal ideation, unpaid carer, dementia, severe depression, the samaritans, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, choosing myself, green building, community-led, deep retrofit, high-rise social housing, gardening, peace garden, Forest Farm Peace Garden Hainault, dreams, Etsy seller, Etsy shop, Gem in the Mud, Repton Oak sit-spot project, oak tree, youtuber
May and June 2023: My first solo overnight camp
Solo Wild CampingGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistforaging, wild edibles, salad from the garden, kombucha, homemade organic food, homemade organic drink, The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham, poetry, art, music, naturist, organic gardening, vinyasa yoga, kundalini yoga, solo wild camping, solo camping in the forest, Tent Meals, twig-burning stove, cream rose, mixed media art, mixed media artist, audio visual art, rose cuttings, digital art, digital artist, composer, healing from CPTSD, healing from OCD, Incest Survivor's Roar, happenstance, chance encounters, car boot sale, guitarist, Falcon guitar, Keumer automatic beach tent, mosquito protection, poppies art, Harriet Thorpe, Tish Tindall, inclusive arts, the life of an artist, Paris art, black cat art
November and December 2022: Consistently pushing through a sense of being undeserving
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistsolo wild camping, bursitis, yin yoga, yoga, yoga teacher, poet, poetry, poems from 2020, covid19 poetry, leaving an allotment, how to feel deserving of happiness, self-compassion, patience, feeling undeserving, incestsurvivorsroar, incestsurvivor, incestabusesurvivors, adult incest survivors, healing art, child sex slavery, happenstance, inspirational, inspiration, inspirational people, Heinz Stucke, Christine McVie, Songbird
May 2022: Preparing for my first car boot sale at Forest Farm, Barkingside
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistcar boot sale, forest, tiny living, poetry, the poetry project, sound poems, poet, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, hormone health, womens health, menopause, Jean Shinoda Bolan, plants, organic gardener, organic gardening, grief, angels, intercropping, slugs and snails, stimulus and response
December 2021: Music influencing poetry influencing life influencing film influencing my body influencing art
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistartisticjourney, artistic process, influences, music, life, body, pain, art, poetry, film
January 2021: Lemon flowers in winter
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistthepoetryproject, yearlongproject, poetry, socialmedia, socialdistancing, poet, writing, spontaneouspoems, audiodescription, dreams, villageinthecity, lockdown, reimagineleadership, personaltruth, frustration, lemontree, hope, doublebass, doublebassist, veganecovillage, norway, norwegian
December 2020: Resilience
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistpoem, poetry, norabateson, warmdata, ocean, soil, forest, cello, busking, busker, livemusic, covid19, lockdown, selfemployed, artist, courage, doublebass, doublebasist, yoga, yogateacher, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, stanislavszukalski
Sharing my poetry (January 27th 2011)