So I haven’t blogged on here for ages, truthfully I forgot I had Tumblr :)
It anyone’s interested, I’m using Weebly now.
www.mutilatingcatlikeeyes.weebly.com 

xx

This is Maisie Fielder and she was probably the most inspirational person I have ever met. She lived through two world wars, and let a happy, optimistic life right up until age of 96.

Maisie passed away this morning. She left this world peacefully, still brave as she had been throughout her life. It makes me sad to think that I will never see her again, listen to her talk about her life and how things used to be. I will never hear her joke or see her smile and laugh. It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that a beautiful, charismatic and loving lady has left this world where there live so few, but it relieves me to hear that Maisie had the choice to end her life. She chose to stop the suffering before it began, and this was an extremely brave decision.

My great grandmother, Evelyn Lord did not get this choice. Through life, she was the most graceful and dignified lady I knew, but as she grew older she began to loose her mind, and slip out of reality so far that the doctors decided she was not of stable mind to decide to end her medication, the way Maisie could. Instead, they had to keep her alive at all costs because apparently this is the moral thing to do. Evelyn experienced two strokes, and endured a painful operation followed by a long period of recovery. She now lies back in her care home, on her own, with no idea where she is or even who she is. I don’t consider Evelyn to be living. What sort of live consists of this?

One day, my great grandmother will die. No one will be able to say she died happily, or with dignity, but at least she will of escaped from the pain that has become her life. She was a great woman, and it’s unfair that she has had to endure all of this suffering. Maybe one day the laws will change and no longer will people with unstable minds have to suffer. Maybe one day their close family will be trusted with the right to choose when to end their loved ones lives.

Maisie was an inspiration to all, and she will be greatly missed, but continue to be loved and remembered.

Rest in peace Maisie Fielder, 1915-2011.

we’re not victims. we’re assassins when it comes to love and happiness.

took this a while ago for a movement project i did..  she looks freakish and possessed here, but she is actually one of the loveliest people i have ever met. 

so many ideas in my head, shame they all involve lots of money and effort.. 

recently i noticed that they have started selling squeezy marmite in the co op. this distresses me because it is more expensive to buy and you get less - it is also gimmicky and the plastic container just doesn’t preserve the marmite quite like the glass one does.