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Cassandra Arnold

Cassandra Arnold

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About

What do books mean to you?

For me, they are gateways to other realms, conversations and adventures with friends, exploration of lives I might have lead.

I read fiction to escape and be refreshed, and non-fiction to explore, be challenged and entertained.

I write to transport you too to other times and places, introduce you to characters you will love, and inspire you to live your best life on this beautiful earth.

Books are my allies in this adventure called life

Cassandra Arnold

If you have already explored this site, then you know I write non-fiction and poetry about my life as a doctor in Australia and working with Doctors Without Borders, and also fiction: romantic, adventurous or speculative, but almost always with an environmental theme.

I was born in England, spent most of my life in Australia (with a year in Papua New Guinea early on), and moved to Calgary, Canada for my partner David Wood’s work at The University of Calgary in 2010.

I have had a greater variety of jobs than I can fully recall before beginning my career in medicine. Loosely from worst to best:  mobile ice cream van driver, frozen chicken factory worker, household census taker, babysitter, housewife, leafleteer outside London Underground stations, lunchtime waitress, shop assistant, screen printing entrepreneur, community group leader, government office clerk, domestic violence refuge worker, elected Newcastle City Councillor, Australian emergency and remote area locum doctor, and physician with the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

I retired from medicine in late 2015.

Current interests: Art and writing of course, Permaculture, digital sketching, illustration, and anything to do with the natural world: ecology, biology, climate change, exploration, geography and history.

I still travel frequently to visit family, or with my partner David Wood for his work. If you would like to hear about my new books and adventures, then I invite you to join in through the newsletter below.

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79/365. In defiance of today's snow... a ...

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79/365. In defiance of today's snow... a harbinger of Spring.
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Sort of working through my art supplies. When did I buy metallic coloured pencils? Very pretty though.
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#dailymarksanddrawings #dailypractice #dailyartpractice #the100dayproject #the100dayproject2021 #beetle #metalliccolouredpencils #metallic #insects #insectart

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Sunday afternoon poetry live.
LEGACY
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Sunday afternoon poetry live. 
LEGACY 
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Not only thinking of my drawing skills apparently. I suppose it's natural to start thinking about this question as you get older. There are so many of us on this planet who will leave little trace except stories about us passed on for one or two generations. 
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#sundayafternoonpoetrylive #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetrybooks #poet #poetry #poetrylive #authorreading #livepoetryreading #livepoetry #aging #legacy #theoldmasters #drawing #figuredrawing

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78/365 Another kind of lemon! Oil pastel hatching ...

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78/365 Another kind of lemon! Oil pastel hatching this time. Definitely more my style. I liked building up loose layers. It's a tiny set of quite hard sticks, not many colours either but enough. 
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#dailymarksanddrawings #the100dayproject #the100dayproject2021 #dailyplay #dailyartpractice #sketchbook #oilpastels #lemonsketch

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Birthday flowers! Swipe to see the original ...

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Birthday flowers! Swipe to see the original bunch!
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More digital play🌺
#flowerphotography
#photodirectorapp #flowerphotos #digitalphotography #flowers #alteredphotos #digitalsketchbook #alteredphoto #flowerphoto

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Late night play...
THE NIGHT BREEDS DREAMS
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Late night play...
THE NIGHT BREEDS DREAMS
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What do you do when you are awake late? Podcasts and doodling are great!
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#alteredphotos #photodirectorapp #photocollage #digitalcollage #amulet #magic #dreams #nighttime #doodles #latenightthoughts

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77/365 Watercolour glazing lesson. Hard!!! But all...

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77/365 Watercolour glazing lesson. Hard!!! But all part of the process. 
#dailymarksanddrawings #dailypractice #watercoloursketch #watercolourglazing #glazes #lemonsketch #the100dayproject #the100dayproject2021 #doitfortheprocess

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76/365 MESSAGE FROM THE PAST.
I made this ...

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76/365 MESSAGE FROM THE PAST.
I made this collage paper, and clay amulet from a Himalayan fossil imprint. Its about 2 1/2 inches long.
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Deliberately used wingdings to create symbols we can't interpret as words,  but as movement. Dance the presence of Deep Time in our lives.
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#dailymarksanddrawings #dailypractice #dailyplay #dailyartpractice #amulet #deeptime #fossil #homemadenecklace #necklace #clayjewelry #the100dayproject  #the100dayproject2021 #happyartistmovement

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75/365 Colour play. Not much to show, just ...

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75/365 Colour play. Not much to show,  just practice!
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#dailymarksanddrawings #dailypractice #dailyplay #watercoloursketch #watercolour #colourpalettes #pastelcolourpalette #the100dayproject  #the100dayproject2021

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74/365 A Dreamy Kind of Day.
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74/365 A Dreamy Kind of Day.
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#dailymarksanddrawings #the100dayproject #the100dayproject2021 #dailyplay #dailyartpractice #sketchbook #mixedmedia #landscapesketch #createeveryday
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