First & Last Dance – voice only

Music : Wayne Smith – ‘Under Me Sleng Teng’ Words: Suzy Rowland   A young girl, seduced the the riddims of the Jamaican dance hall – we’ve all been there, right?! Enjoy 🙂 You can watch the video here…...
Nighth of Sine, by Leopold Sedhar Senghor

Nighth of Sine, by Leopold Sedhar Senghor

Woman, put on my forehead your balsam hands, your hands softer than fur. Up there, the tall palm trees swinging in the night breeze rustle hardly. Not even the nurse’s song. Let the rhythmic silence rock us. Let’s listen to its song, let’s listen to the beating of our...
World Mental Health Day – a whisper or a shout…

World Mental Health Day – a whisper or a shout…

I woke up this morning and a bomb exploded in my head causing pink and white confetti to rain down. A confetti of ideas feels wonderful, dizzying, like there is too much to do and not enough life in which to do it. I have been dubbed  a ‘butterfly’ as I...

Message to Mars – flash fiction by Suzy Rowland

The sky turned blue as the MARSO, an official order from Mars Command, flashed across the sky: ‘Urgent request for water, supplies are running low.. Blink! Blink! Blink! MARSOs logged directly into the mainframe, so the operating team didn’t need to do anything but...

Doing it wrong/doing it right [CAREER]

Have you ever been in a job that’s wrong for you, but you tell yourself it’s right? When we don’t listen to our instincts, the universe finds a way of EJECTING us, sometimes brutally, from a situation, so we can get back on track, back in alignment...

Swan Dreams in America

I love this campaign – everything about it makes my heart soar. Dance, emancipation, empowerment, gracefulness, photography, and the soundtrack by Pherrall Williams. I love dance, as a human expression. Of particular resonance is the way that she is helping to...