Archive - The Creative Life

On Acts of Resistance

A new book, an excerpt and a party...

Jun 20, 2024 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

February 2023

Three years ago I had the great pleasure of spending two weeks on residency with Art House Jersey, researching the artist Claude Cahun for ‘Acts of…

Feb 3, 2023 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

December 2022

With my Substack having been a little quiet lately as I’ve been focussing on my book - I’m sharing a few things I’ve written over the past few years…

Dec 3, 2022

July 2022

On 40 Degrees (some notes to self)

A few fragments on what we can do to tackle the Climate and Ecological Emergency.

Jul 19, 2022 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

October 2021

On the way the light hits

Oct 12, 2021 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

August 2021

On Edinburgh Fringe

Written for the lovely Mobius, who gave me my first full time job - you can see the blog on their website here.

Aug 4, 2021 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

June 2021

On Colston's Statue Falling

This month an exhibition has opened at M Shed Museum in Bristol: The Colston Statue: What Next? It calls to mind an image from last summer, which…

Jun 25, 2021 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

April 2021

I have been walking around with my head down.

Apr 9, 2021 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

January 2021

On Theatre de la Huchette

“The light of memory, or rather the light that memory lends to things, is the palest light of all.

Jan 30, 2021 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

December 2020

On making Christmas wishes come true...

As an author with a book to promote, it falls to me to remind you that my first book, Twenty Theatres to See Before You Die, is a really wonderful…

Dec 10, 2020 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

‘At seven in the evening a yellow car pulled up by the house… the driver wore jeans and a dusty black shirt with white buttons.

Dec 9, 2020 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

November 2020

World is crazier and more of it than we think, / Incorrigibly plural.

Nov 20, 2020 •

Amber Massie-Blomfield

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