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World Childless Week : My Cracked and Bruised Heart

Posted on 18/09/201918/09/2019 by Andy

It is World Childless Week this week and under the theme of Childlessness and the Arts I share a piece of art I have created that represents how my heart feels. The cracking and bruising is not only to the losses and grief of being childless not by choice, but also the masking of my […]

Burning House Press : under there, somewhere

Posted on 01/10/201802/09/2019 by Andy

As part of Burning House Press month of BELONGING/RETURNING/RETREATING curated by Rachael de Moravia my new writing and art, under there, somewhere, was included under the theme of (non)BELONGING. “A digital collage//textual hybrid exposition of distorted music, missed signals and unbelonging” Rachael de Moravia. ‘Drum sticks meet, guitars rev. On his knees wailing ‘Imagine your […]

World Childless Week : Dancing under Rainbows

Posted on 13/09/201802/09/2019 by Andy

It is World Childless Week this week and today’s theme is Men Matter Too. I have shared a story of my grief, Dancing under Rainbows. ‘…The gate swings open, four small wheels roll along the path; a deafening war cry. His heart pounds. They knock…’ Childlessness is a grief that will never leave me, a […]

Living Room Stories Update

Posted on 26/03/201724/06/2019 by Andy

Living Room Stories was released as a handmade limited edition. Due to the popularity of the first edition, a second edition was released. There are handmade copies of the second edition still available to buy. I think the handmade format suit these stories the best, as such I have removed the kindle edition. Partly because […]

tearing at thoughts Second Edition

Posted on 26/03/201724/06/2019 by Andy

The second edition of tearing at thoughts is now available. It’s been over three years since the limited edition sold out and an explanation for this, as well as a piece setting the context for tearing at thoughts is included in the second edition. When tearing at thoughts was published by 79 rat press as […]

Visible, Visible

Posted on 26/03/201702/09/2019 by Andy

We can’t escape our lives. During my invisible grief it can feel as if I am not living, that I am just stuck and my life is waiting to start again. Partly because the grief can be a knockout punch and partly because I am not honouring my grief or myself. Instead I try to […]

Visible, Invisible

Posted on 26/03/201702/09/2019 by Andy

It was as if life continued around me, around us, but we were stuck in this no-children land, as if we had slipped into another world, fading. Daily, it felt like a fight to be, it became automatic just to function. I dragged myself out running, for peace, for anger, for something to do, to […]

tearing at thoughts : Promo Video

Posted on 11/06/201309/05/2019 by Andy

I have produced a promo video for tearing at thoughts, which will also provide a hint towards my reading on Friday at NOTHING TO SAY : Spoken Word Event. It feels appropriate to call it a promo video as I see tearing at thoughts as an album, each piece works separately, but together they layer and […]

tearing at thoughts

Posted on 01/03/201309/05/2019 by Andy

I am very happy to announce that my debut collection, tearing at thoughts, is to be published by 79 rat press as part of their NOTHING TO SAY exhibition. The exhibition excites me and it is a pleasure to be in the good company of the other contributors. 79 rat press describes tearing at thoughts as “Andy Harrod’s […]

Living Room Stories : Handmade Editions

Posted on 26/10/201107/05/2019 by Andy

I have decided to publish a handmade edition of my Living Room Stories. For this release I have produced a piece of art which will be included as a transparent print, doubling up as the cover. The stories will be printed onto individual sheets of card and housed in a seven inch record sleeve. The […]