Rebecca Tantony

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My name is Rebecca Tantony. I am a writer, curator and facilitator driven to understand the messy and wild human experience in greater depth.

Based in Cornwall, England, working internationally.

ABOUT ME
Leaning out the window, wearing red lipstick for the moonabout me.

Leaning out the window, wearing red lipstick for the moon

about me.

 
For the sounds we are brave enough to let leave the bodyservices.

For the sounds we are brave enough to let leave the body

services.

 
Something between retching and butterflies, something of gutsprojects.

Something between retching and butterflies, something of guts

projects.

 

‘Mesmerising’

— The Guardian

Image by Anna Higgie

Image by Anna Higgie

 

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I was raised by many incarnations of David Bowie. The first man I ever fancied, Labyrinth, of course. His lyricism, eccentricity, the way the shape shifted spoke to me deeply. Sometimes when I picture divinity, I picture David- androgynous, swooning,
Sometimes it feels like I have everything in place — the work, the ideas, the routine — and yet I keep looking outside myself for more. That ache to fill up until I overflow. And I pick up my phone and flick, scroll, laugh, wince, the add
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After my last post about the drought of motherhood and creativity, the clouds seem to have parted and a burst of something new has entered once more 🌞 So incredibly grateful to @thesocietyofauthors awarding me the K Blundell writing grant so I can
I want to believe the great art inside of me is ONLY possible because I am a mother now. I want to trust that motherhood will allow me to write something so beautiful, full of wonder and realism, in a way I couldn't have entered before this. The da