Katy Cowan @katylcowan
Journalist, podcaster, and founding editor of @CreativeBoom, your source for art, design, and visual communication news and insights.✏️ katycowan.co.uk Cheshire, UK Joined October 2014-
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A day of ups and downs. Moments of promise. Some of despair. But my gosh, Katy Cowan, You will get there… Night all 😊🤘
It’s a little tough out there. How you all doing? Want to share your portfolios or websites and tell us about yourselves? Graphic designers, you go first! We’d love to hear from you! 👀
Today’s afternoon film is a classic. Made in 1998, would you believe. With the stunning Catherine Zeta Jones plus Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins. If reincarnation is real, can I come back as Catherine please?
Final painting arrived! Gorgeous portrait by David Horgan. My wall gallery complete. 😍😍😍
New inspiration: BrandMe bakes a smile into Lotus Biscoff brand identity 👀 bit.ly/3y73Ukc
I’ve been thinking a lot about pain today. And why we don’t talk about it more. Is there an unsaid feeling that it’s crass to share our struggles? That we should all just crack on, brave face and not mention anything? Service as normal? Or is it that we worry about how it…
For the last few weeks, I have been happily tucking into some Shreddies for breakfast, remarking to my husband how I’d forgotten how good they taste. Very moreish. Until I finally noticed the packet said Frosted Shreddies. And all my childhood dreams melted right there. 😂
"Young people today have their finger on the pulse of trends. They have a boldness to keep asking 'why' and an eagerness to embrace new platforms like no other." – Tebo Mpanza on why the future of branding is young, agile and authentic 👀 bit.ly/49Ww5Q7
Another podcast drop today. This time with @missledstudio on facing fear, following our dreams, and giving new things a go. Hope you enjoy! ☺️
Another podcast drop today. This time with @missledstudio on facing fear, following our dreams, and giving new things a go. Hope you enjoy! ☺️
Music photographers - what’s your go to/must have lens? I’m considering expanding my kit for festival season 👀
‘Is it aliens?’: how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life 👽 theguardian.com/science/2024/a…
Thirty minutes. Limping. But no onset of massive pain. Actually got better as I went along. A great sign. And when I got home? Pain disappeared. I could cry 😭 So happy. I’ll try a walk again tomorrow.
Get your groove on with A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders LP! This classic vinyl album is a no-skip masterpiece that will have you bopping your head all night long. Celebrate 30 years of Midnight Marauders! Available at ATCQ.com
Loved launching The Wolverhampton Colour Palette at the station last night. It’s the first large-format palette to come to life through augmented reality and one of eight artworks for the Street Stories project 😍
As we haven't done one of these in ages and the album looks set to be number one today..... Taylor Swift as Barnsley Museums objects. A THREAD Ceramic plate of Dutch origin #TaylorSwift
And the most adorable British tweet of the day goes to… 😂
And the most adorable British tweet of the day goes to… 😂
Phil Collins in '76 looking like Northern Quarter in '24.
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It’s a little tough out there. How you all doing? Want to share your portfolios or websites and tell us about yourselves? Graphic designers, you go first! We’d love to hear from you! 👀
@katylcowan This is such an underrated film! Remember seeing it in the cinema and loving everything about it! …aaannnddd…on the subject of reincarnation… could I come back as Antonio Banderas or at least Anthony Hopkins 🤣
@katylcowan I'm so sorry to hear you're going through this too. Its utterly crap isn't it? Me and my stepdad have been muddling through as best we can. Its been a shit show! You can only do what you can do.
@katylcowan I think its all of the above why I don't do it for myself. But then when I see other people do it i fell so proud of them and so full of empathy so I wish we did it more often. SO anyway I saw your tweet and thought fuck it and just shared a super vulnerable thread.
@katylcowan vulnerability is actually a strength. Sharing our challenges can foster a sense of connection and make us all feel more human. Plus who knows maybe someone else is going through something similar and our openness could be the support they need.
@katylcowan Perhaps it has all become irrelevant due to the amount of performative authenticity online. It’s a drop in the ocean.
@katylcowan Great questions! Might be good to connect with the Chronically Ill Artists Network co-founded by me dear friend @wildbush22 chronicallyillartistsnetwork.com
@jamieklingler @katylcowan Yep, similar to my ‘there isn’t a solution so why bother going on about it’ - tough one.
@FramePRUK @katylcowan When I started campaigning guy friends were like, but you’ve never talked about it or said anything about men’s behaviour- and I said the same thing. It is boring. It would be the only thing I ever talked about if I brought it up every time it happened
@katylcowan Another answer you haven’t said - it’s really really boring. To hear about, and experience. I have had a lot of chronic pain so I say this from personal experience, I was always kind of ashamed to share it. And thought others wouldn’t understand/ would be bored hearing about it
@katylcowan Yeah it's a strange one, I think people deal with it in there own way, personally I was about 38 when I found out I had coeliac disease & osteoporosis as an effect from it, I find it embarrassing to talk about it so I just downplay it and make jokes as my way of dealing with it
@katylcowan I think once we have experienced any kind of pain or life circumstances which stop us in our tracks, we discover a whole other world of peers & people similarly affected. It’s hidden / out of sight when we are well. I think of this when considering national health/care policies
@katylcowan I've had painful periods for years and I've always cracked on with it. I think a lot of women especially do. Without going too deep, we have to endure a lot of physical pain and that's the norm. Recently with more WFH flexibity I have options & I'm comfortable sharing.
@katylcowan Tough question, and I’m sure it varies a lot depending on the individual and their circumstances. One things for sure though, when you’ve been on the wrong side of a medical issue, you can really feel that gap between those healthy and unwell, even if ppl don’t verbalize it.
@katylcowan I love coffee but don't like coffee cake! 🤣
@katylcowan Personally, discussing physical pain tends to exacerbate it and make it louder. The adage "neurons that fire together, wire together" illustrates this. I've experienced prolonged recovery periods from injuries because I've been overly focused on them thanks to #doctorgoogle ;)
@katylcowan Very good points. I am usually quite stoic but have been in an enormous amount of pain for a couple of months now due to herniated discs. I have had to cancel some things with friends. Been shocked at the total lack of empathy-don’t think they realise how crippling pain can be.
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