‘Emerging’ Available Now!

Candice Black is a Welsh artist & writer. Her memoir is a testament to the power of creativity to carry a person through the brutal experiences of mental ill health, trauma, abuse, and addiction. Discovering that her will to survive might just bring the relationships with the people she needed the most to an end, Candice pieces the puzzle of her life together. As she tells her story, creativity becomes the lifeline offering a future.

Hello and welcome to June’s post from ArtStudioCB!

My memoir ‘Emerging: An Artistic Practice Saved My Life‘ is available now at Amazon. 

It describes how creativity helped me to survive and heal. 

Writing this memoir has been an incredible experience. I’ve attended a creative writing group since 2021, and I’m quite sure that I would not have been able to write it without that experience and support. 

It’s a book that I’ve attempted to write before, and when I finally managed to write it, I wrote the majority of it in the space of four weeks. I was able to suddenly write the book I wanted to write for years, because I realised it was a life story, and not a documentary. The book I’ve written is my truth and my reality as I understand it. I wanted to intrigue the reader as much as I wanted to find intrigue in writing it. 

The feed back I’ve had has been positive, which is a great start. If you decide to purchase the memoir, I’d like to hear from you! Please, consider leaving a review, or posting your thoughts and feelings on the memoir to social media with the hashtag #EmergingCandiceBlack. Thank you!

#Creative30Days

Due to a technical problem, I’ve had to change the provider of my newsletter service. I’m providing a free #Creative30Days handout for everyone who signs up to the newsletter, which will be received by email. 

The handout has 30 suggestions for daily creativity and can be worked through consecutively or in your own time. The creative activities are beginner friendly. 

Creative Video Courses and Artworks For Sale

I’m in the process of creating a creative video course which I’m aiming to have ready by July. See Creative Workshops for more information.

I’m also in the process of making the Vagary art project available for sale. Again, aiming for July to have all the work available online to purchase. 

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I will be posting again on 1st July, check back for more from ArtStudioCB! Thank you for reading.