Into the Light on Arts & Disability Radio

Wooden box version of Into the Light by Corina Duyn

A BIG Thank You to all those funders who have been so kind to pledge funds to help publish my book! 

The excitement continues! Pádraig Naughton (Arts and Disability Ireland) has invited me to be on his Arts & Disability Radio program on Near 90.5FM. It is also live streamed and will be available to listen back to on Mixcloud. Listen live on Tuesday 24-June at 3.30pm.  I'll post the podcast on my facebook page and here on my blog. 
 




I am VERY close to finishing the writing and designing of the book pages. It has been a very exciting journey indeed!  The next focus is to actually have my book printed, with your help.

As you might know, the book consists of a series of loose A5 sheets gathered in a wooden box. Even though it is a limited edition Artist Book (500 copies in total), I am keeping the price affordable, as I really would like people to be part of this experience. 

If you are interested in my project and would like to support me (thank you!), you can do so by ordering a book in advance of publication through fund it. Click Here to see my project on Fundit.ie

The wooden box version is €30, one of the twelve linen covered cases is €120. Or you can donate any amount you can afford, have your name published in my book, opt for previous books or become the proud owner of one of my one-off sculptures or tapestries. 

Whatever you decide, the money will only be deducted from your account if I have been successful to reaching my target within the allotted 35 days ( 26 to go). Then the ‘reward’ you pledged for will be delivered to you, or will be ready for collection. 

If I don’t reach the target, I will not receive any of the funds that have been pledged…

You can view images and further details of the offers here.

My deepest gratitude for joining me on my journey into the light.

Crowd funding and being on the radio

What       a      Week!

Outside RTE, photo by Sarah Meehan

The last few weeks have been very busy indeed. Brendan - my media man- has been working hard to set up a facebook page, get the crowd funding proposal ready for my book project "Into the Light".  I helped where I could. We created a video about the project. We also made some changes to my website to make the art and photography galleries viewable on tablets and mobile phones ... and I was on the radio...

The Fund It crowd-funding page was launched yesterday,  to help me publish my Into the Light book.

The idea is that people who like my project can pledge money toward the printing of my book pages and the making of the boxes. There are various rewards in return:

• Copies of my previous books,
• A signed and numbered pre-publication copy of Into the Light in the wooden box,
• One of the twelve special editions boxes, a linen covered case, made by Muckross Bookbindery,
• Have YOUR name printed in my book, as acknowledgment of your support,
• And there are a variety of original artworks and tapestries on offer.

The choice is yours. If it is €15 (books) or anywhere from €145 to €495 for one of my artworks, or for my latest sculpture Wisdom (€1500) Or add your own amount. I am grateful to all the support !


This is how it works:

• Go to my :Fund:it page 
• Click on the large :FUND:IT button, which bring to a page to 'sign in' with your email address.
• Choose one of the 'rewards' on offer, or scroll down the define your own amount (for this there is no reward in return).
• It will then ask for your payment details.
• The money will only be deducted IF I HAVE REACHED THE TARGET, in the allotted 35 days.
• If I have been successful, the reward you pledged for will be delivered to you, or will be ready for collection.
• Many many thanks

A 'selfie' by Sarah. Outside RTE buildings

AND...  I was invited to do a radio interview with Sean O'Rourke as a result of the article that appeared in the Journal. I shared the interview with Sarah Meehan.

You can listen to it here

Many thanks to Brendan Holmes, Jennifer Wade -  Journal.ie,  Sian O'Gorman - researcher RTE,  Sean O'Rourke - RTE and Declan Carroll from IMET (Irish ME Trust) for making this happen. And Sarah for sharing this interesting experience!

And thank you ALL!

My deepest gratitude to have you always by my side, even if that means in cyberspace!

This project has been supported by

The 12th June saw the start of a Crowd Funding Campaign to publish my next book 'Into the Light'. 
See FUND IT  or my WEBPAGE for more.

No life with M.E.? There is!

Living in the darkness of illness, my creativity had brought me out into the light.

Today an article was published in the Journal.ie about my creative life with M.E.

"I was led to believe there was ‘no future’ with with my diagnosis. Well, I beg to differ."

"I have learned to cope with M.E., a serious and potentially disabling chronic disorder, through art and creativity."

see full article here 

sample page of Into the Light © Corina Duyn 2015

sample page of Into the Light © Corina Duyn 2015

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M.E. Awareness month

May is M.E. Awareness month.

These articles appeared in this week's local papers - The Avondhu Press and Dungarvan Observer - mapping my journey through the illness and the role creativity played in learning to live with it.

I will add a transcript of these articles at a later date.

If you are interested in re-printing this, please do get in touch  

Avondhu Press 28-05- 2015

Dungarvan Observer 27-05- 2015

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Marriage Equality Referendum

Historic day as final results in Marriage Equality Referendum declared soon

... Ireland is set to become the first country in the world to legislate for marriage equality through popular vote on what is shaping up to be a historic day..

See more about this to be a VERY HISTORIC DAY for Ireland indeed! here Marriage Equality

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Please link up with me there? And if you think this Blog deserves to make a presence on Facebook or Twitter, feel free to link it on your page. Thank you!

New life in my garden

Spring,

Glorious Spring.

(although the past few days it is more like winter...)

I enjoy watching new life sprouting up in my greenhouse. Lettuces, tomatoes, beans...

Various birds building nest in the nest boxes and in the wall.

Dandelion seeds. I know. Regarded as a weed. But look at the beauty!

The delicateness of the apple blossom...

Here just a few snapshots from the past few weeks.

Some of these images will be illustrations in Into the Light. My Artist Book in the making.

French Bean sprouting © Corina Duyn 2015

Blue tit gathering twigs for it's nest, a box in my garden. © Corina Duyn 2015

Dandelion seeds, look at the free floating one at the bottom! © Corina Duyn 2015

Apple Blossom © Corina Duyn 2015

Apple Blossom © Corina Duyn 2015

I now have an Artist/Author Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/CorinaDuyn Please link up with me there? And if you think this Blog deserves to make a presence on Facebook or Twitter, feel free to link it on your page. Thank you!