START AT BELONGING

Poems by Tara Coleman &
Illustrations by Sam McLaughlan

Welcome to Start at Belonging. This book is the result of an evolving creative dialogue between poetry and illustration, between words and images, between illness and understanding, and between artistic practice and Parkinson’s.

You can download the book as a PDF, or read the dialogues with illustrations below on this website.

Introduction

Introduction
Dialogue I

Dialogue I
Dialogue II

Dialogue II
Dialogue III

Dialogue III
Dialogue IV

Dialogue IV
Dialogue V

Dialogue V
Dialogue VI

Dialogue VI
Dialogue VII

Dialogue VII
Reflections and Questions

Reflections and Questions
Exercise: Beginning a Creative Dialogue

Exercise: Beginning a Creative Dialogue