Carmina Masoliver

If I told you, you’d go mad

Who else wants to stay in their bar cave atm? 🦇

Who else misses having time to play The Sims? 🕹️

Poem 57: July 2023 -

Poem 57: July 2023 I want a BBQ   I want a barbeque in the sun with charcoal-clad chickens and saucy sausages and patient paper plates and daytime drinks. The feeling of the golden yellow rays warming my skin. Lying on the grass and not caring about insects crawling into my hair, just staring up at clouds and chattin...

Who else likes bats? 🦇 🌙

Marking the end of my first year training to be an Art Psychotherapist: PLAY.

My piece '5 a Day' was inspired by the idea from a lecture that we use five defence mechanisms a day, referencing the daily recommendation of five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, and the proverb ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’. I used this play on words with regards to mental health rather than physical health. I assigned a fruit to each defence mechanism used; attendees were encouraged to use the clay provided to add one of the defence mechanisms they use to add to the fruit bowl.

Thanks so some generous donations, I have been able to pay my first year of fees, with around half coming from donations and half from my own money. 🙏🏼

Please support my crowdfunder if you can (link in bio) as I am ineligible for a student loan (course fees are £18,525).

To enquire about buying original artwork or prints, please feel free to send me a DM or contact me at [email protected]. Prints are £40, the original is £200.

Attention continued…

This poem was inspired by meditative and yogic practices, ending in the invocation of peace that often concludes my yoga sessions.

Forest Hill Poetry Stanza Open Mic!

There are around five places left for this Thursday’s open mic. Join and listen to the regular Forest Hill Stanza poets or share a piece of your own!

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Attention

Please come to support She Grrrowls on Thursday 15th June! Featuring Phoebe Wagner. Absolutely love this video from Muddy Feet Poetry about her Spanish heritage. Personally connect so much & so excited for the screening of her short film 'Nuestra Cocina'

Raul - Phoebe Wagner Muddy Feet presents Phoebe WagnerHere is a beautiful poem by Phoebe Wagner about how she struggles to fits into her Spanish heritage@phoebewagnerr@muddyfeetp...

https://catford-mews.co.uk/whats-on/she-grrrowls/

Next event is Thursday 15th June featuring Phoebe Wagner!

She Grrrowls - Catford Mews START 8pm She Grrrowls is a feminist arts night that you can now find each month at Catford Mews, with a new feature act each month, short film screening and an open mic’ element. The event is trans-inclusive and welcomes anyone who feels at home in a femme-focussed space. We support the Black Liv...

Kunst(Zeug)Haus / IG Halle

A few fave pieces from last month in Switzerland.

A little bit of advice, continued…

Save the date! Currently creating work for the MA Art Psychotherapy exhibition: PLAY!

I’m also on the committee, so also working behind the scenes. I’ve been really overwhelmed recently despite having less on, so looking forward to getting stuck into my piece later this afternoon. 🎨👩🏻‍🎨

Our learning conditions are your working conditions. Solidarity with strike action. Photos from recent strikes at

Ineligible for a loan, not given any bursary, I’m fundraising and working all I can to pay over 18 grand in tuition fees, whilst the uni warden spends as much on Addison Lee.

I want my contact hours and now there’s a marking boycott, which makes it a frankly scary time to be studying with mind to enter a healthcare profession, especially just finding out that under Labour, 2/3 of refuge funding was provided and under the Conservative government this has gone down to ZERO. Domestic violence victims are not receiving mental health support because it is only affordable to offer it to children (and in groups). Yesterday’s speaker at our lecture donated her fee to the refuge.

It all has a domino effect.

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Working conditions = learning conditions

A little bit of advice, continued…

Another April

gran came to visit 👵🏻
went to more parks 🏞️
had more hot chocolates ☕️
went to work whilst the others found gran’s previous address from many moons ago 🌖
baking with some of my fellow trainees 🧁
inspiring messages (train station thought of the day) and actions (dad running the London marathon!)

April was eventful, here’s more:

mosque visit 🕌
sunny park stroll 🌳
tea and pastries from
Burak cooking me the first meal I made us: bobotie 💕

Tell em

A little bit of advice, continued…

Say hello to bunny baby Maeva* 👶🏻🐰



*Calling myself an aunt: While from a genealogy standpoint, your cousin's child is your first cousin once removed, but the common name to call them is niece or nephew. They would call you aunt or uncle, and your children would simply call them cousins. Famlii.com

A bit of advice.

I’m very behind on the prompts. Here’s an extract from earlier last month.

First April is just all Hastings 🌊🏖️🌞

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day 2: eavesdrop

content note: mention of baby loss

Belated start with prompts.

Poem 56: April 2023 -

Poem 56: April 2023 Peckham Rye’s overpriced cafe late March a strawberry in a glass of Pimms, knocking against ice cubes the liminal space between buses on a rainy day a straight face in a straightjacket