Life in Art and Practice

<p><strong>Life in Art and Practice is a collection of stand-alone mysterious 'mini short stories' set in the world of late twentieth century Britain. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>It includes characters and situations in 'art and practice' - the practice being both medical practice and the practice of life as we live learning as we go. The 'art' refers both to the <strong>visual arts and to the art of deception</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>The stories feature ambition deception despair longing and dreaming...the <strong>magical in the ordinary</strong> confronting reality and human relationships sideways with the question <strong><em>What if</em>?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In the stories <strong>characters find themselves in a liminal space</strong> with choices often involving relationships to make or situations to understand. These decisions will impact on or decide their futures and sometimes the decisions move into <strong>magical realism</strong> leading the reader to wonder if this has been made for them. </p><p><br></p>