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Lucy-Jane
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Conjecture; Life's Constant Companion

Why are we here? Why were we here yesterday, why do we hope we're going to be here tomorrow? Why do we wonder why? Why when told the answer as to why we're here, will it not be enough? The answer is that Hydrogen, if left for long enough, will always be philosophically inclined to ponder its own existence, as summarised in my post, "When Hydrogen Wonders': But that's why we're here, not why we're here. I am a big believer that poetry and physics are one and the same but that

Aug 15, 20253 min read

Art and the F Word

The planets that were dancing in the nebula littered sky seemed to be telling the stars about you. They said that you didn’t look nice, instead that you looked like art. I think there is a difference between the two as art is not supposed to look nice. It's supposed to make you Feel something. - I’ve always liked art. It's proof that we don't have to explode to be noticed. It challenges the architecture of our thoughts and feelings. Most notions explore how our thoughts make

Jul 15, 20252 min read

Age: 23

Based: Midlands/Wiltshire

Education: BEng - Loughborough University

Sport: British hurdler on the comeback from five years of injuries, having just competed for GB for the first time in six years.

Writing: Royal television society scholar and aspiring screenwriter/author

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Conjecture; Life's Constant Companion

Aug 15, 20253 min read

Art and the F Word

Jul 15, 20252 min read

Sparks Of Eclectic Madness, I

Extracts from a writer's diary, January 2026 2/1/26 ' verba volant scripta manent'. Spoken words fly away, written words remain. Perhaps writing will bring peace, or clarity, or hope. Perhaps we deserve all three. 3/1/26 How lucky am I to still have so much to do? 5/1/26 There are parts of me, on dark and lonely nights, that fears I'll never get there. But I will. My dreams are not just dreams. They are journeys, pursuits, directions. It will take time. That's ok. I'm allowed

3 hours ago3 min read

Ambivalence

The Chronic State. Sometimes I feel one thing, sometimes another and I like saying sometimes because it feels less submissive to my emotions. It feels less doomed than saying 'most days but every night and always on Mondays'. But most da-, sometimes, my heart beats so fast that I fear I will use all its beats up. I consider that my dreams may just be dreams and most days but every night and always on Mondays, I succumb to the feeling, of feeling everything at once. But then t

Jan 261 min read

Who Are We?

When I'm asked about what my dream in life is, I first of all have to emphasise that I once was a girl, and now I am a woman, with dreams . There is nothing singular about my ambition, nor my being. I think we're all duplicitous souls, but like dreams, that's very easy for us to forget. - One of my aspirations has always been to create worlds. Worlds that dissolve the line between your living room and the telly box, that reach through the pages of well loved books and reassur

Oct 17, 20253 min read

Magic isn't Real and other Lies we tell Ourselves

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how something works" Terry Pratchett This last week I've led a slower life than the one I'm used to. I'm enjoying my time off from the training and competition of athletics, and instead filling my days with pottering in the garden, do-it-yourselves, reading, family and long walks, because yes I am indeed a thousand years old. But I've found a slower life has led to a faster mind. The inner-dialogue has in fact been inner dial

Aug 27, 20254 min read