my methodology
by katherine f macdonald

Notes on Virginia Woolf - a little research spiral after reading Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, by Olivia Laing (2020) and ‘Proust was a Neuroscientist’ by Johan Lehrer (2007) then listening to ‘A Room of One’s Own’ by Virginia Woolf then watching Virginia Woolf's Night and Day by Tina Gharavi (2026)

"Love requires pleasure in stillness, an ability to enjoy being instead of doing, having, or using.” (Fromm and Funk, 2024) My search for differing perspectives on love was brought on by reading Love. by Tom Ingls and my discovery of the views by Fromm and Funk has set me off on another thought spiral so I am documenting it here. As ever it will relate to my other writings and creative practice which may or may not become clear later. Conversations with male friends offered i

Do you ever feel that moment when something resonates with you so deeply that you just have to share your thoughts? That’s exactly what I’m experiencing right now......so here’s my response! I’ve been reflecting on the topic of Love, internally and reading how Inglis articulates Love Capital got me thinking about my own research. It's loosely related to my semi planned/ written research paper on the cause and effect of male dominance in fashion; although I am not entirely con