[Ruth Hogg]

Writing Exercise Ruth Hogg

The Church Opposite My House.
Lured in by the colourful glowing windows, I went in there once with my mother one Christmas Eve for Midnight Mass. My mother eschewed Sunday School for Quakerism as a teenager and happily described herself as Atheist at that point in life so did take a bit of persuading, however the wine we had been imbibing assisted me with this. To my simultaneous pride and embarrassment she started substituting the male God descriptive term for the female in all the hymns that we were singing, as I looked around to see which of our neighbours had noticed! Feminism in practice!

[Ruth Hogg]

That is absolutley inspiring and beautiful – wonderful dancing, I love not only the diversity of it but the sheer excellence – beautiful stuff xxx

[Ruth Hogg]

A) Public space in Aberystwyth could be the Promenade along the sea front.
B) It could also be The Shrine on Constitution Hill – common ground.
They are public spaces because they are used by the public and not privately owned. There are several processions, events and protests which pass along the sea front.
Constitution Hill is used by all the public and the shrine acts as a public place in terms of the communication and the supportive spiritual role that it has in the community.
So I suppose a definition of public space could be :
“Those spaces where the public feel that they belong and have a right to exist in, as themselves. To exhibit their own politics, beliefs, or ways of being without being censored or feeling like they are out of place or like they have to engage in some kind of monetary exchange.”

[Ruth Hogg]

Hello Everyone,
My name is Ruth Hogg and I’m a multidisciplinary artist, poet and performer.
I live in Aberystwyth and also get about to as many festivals as possible. Its lovely to see Olga Kaleta and Kitty O here in the community who I had the pleasure of working with/assisting previously at Meeting Lab and Cauldron Tales.
The main themes that run through my practice are probably fun and magic. I like creating group mandalas out of natural materials to focus and amplify an intention. I have a tea leaf or tarot reading alter-ego called Madame Fari who can sometimes be found at events, and a naughty witch who grants wishes with her wand and goes around offering people love potion! I also love working collaboratively, and am really into immersive site-specific performance.
Circus, especially aerial I just adore watching and participating in. One of the shows that really blew my mind was Immortal 2 by No Fit State. Here is a link.

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