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LGBT History Month & Sparks (A queer deep dive)

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 Hey everyone, it is Jack/Noodle again, I began writing this after my last post to give me time to begin a run of short/sweet/simple deep dives. I am not sure how frequent I’ll be posting over the next few months, but I can assure you by June things will hopefully have a regular schedule, I finish university in June and I’ve been pretty mixed about university (not me hating what I’ve learnt, more so the experiences I’ve had as an autistic and queer person at university have been very mixed). I also have some artwork going up in late March in a gallery near me relating to sparks so I’ll be doing a very special post around making art and sparks, so if you live or are near Northern England please check out the Northern Contemporary gallery in Sunderland from the 22nd March 2025, there’s a really fun exhibit called Come As You Really Are all around people’s hobbies, my friend also has things in on their crochet and they’re incredibly talented. So to begin this short adventure, call it ...
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The Existential Threat - Growing Up and Living with Anxiety (A Sparks Deep Dive)

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 Hey everyone, it is nearly Valentine’s Day…unfortunately since my last posting here I broke up with my boyfriend but that doesn’t make me sad or feel worthless as I’m reminding myself and others that I am my own person. Before we go running into todays Deep Dive, I am Jack/Noodle and I hope you get something to drink/eat before reading because I’m currently trying to remind myself to eat the right amount of foods because according to my therapist I am not doing that well. So without much delay I want to explain today’s deep dive. So today I am discussing the song “Existential Threat” from A Steady Drip Drip because I grew up and still live with the anxiety. To visualise, I have generalised anxiety which has snuggled and moulded into my autism, so unfortunately my therapist can not tell what part is what. But I grew up being told most traits of my autism were “just anxiety” and “you will grow out of them”, sadly I do not grow out of them. This post will both be a deep dive and a ve...
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Sparks and Masking (TWO DEEP DIVES IN ONE)

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 Hey everyone, it is Noodle/Jack here. Before any discussing and deep diving, I would like to apologise for my hiatus, this year is my final year of university and I’ve been more focused on sharing my views as an autistic person in a dissertation on autism in media. I’ve also been making a picture book around some part of Scottish History which has been so fun as I get to share a part of my heritage for university work. Also since we last spoke, I’m still with my boyfriend, he and I will be celebrating 2 months soon and one year since we first met. It’s crazy! I also would like to say I turned 22 last month which means I’m getting old. Anyways today I thought I’d start a post which is easy to do and still a very good read. Before we run into the sea and get hypothermia, I’d love to make a huge shoutout to my best friend Jenna who has been using this blog as a source of inspiration for her essays at college, she jokes every time we meet, she will use the base of these posts as outli...
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At Home, At Work, At Play I’m bringing Reinforcements (A Propaganda Deep Dive)

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 Hello everyone, it is Jack/Noodle here with another deep dive. This deep dive is done in collaboration with numerous other blog writers to celebrate record store day and 50 years of Propaganda which in my opinion is the most overlooked of the two albums that came out in 1974, when I am doing my absent minded research around sparks in my free time I learn how Ron can barely remember recording this album and Russell has vague memories too. But we are going to give it a full pampering today, yes I bought some lovely shower gel and shampoos and even decided to paint the albums nails and give it a skincare routine. So without much hesitation I thought I’d begin the episode, and for those wondering; yes I started working on this a month before the big date and started to write it a week before you see it. Currently I’m writing a dissertation around autism representation in media so I may be sharing some of my findings here someday if I feel comfortable, but I’m also using this blog page...
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One year on: Anniversary of Soundwaves

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 Hey everyone, it’s Jack/Noodle here with a very special post. I decided today instead of a regular post where I deep dive or relate sparks to autism, I celebrate one year, or one trip around the sun of this blog. To celebrate I thought I’d share some of my art and behind the scenes and thank yous to people i haven’t openly thanked but feel like they’re so important to me.  (Me and my besties getting a sweet treat to celebrate) I began this blog October 2023, with the intention of sharing my love of Sparks and connecting it to me understanding my autism and its hopeful diagnosis. Growing up, I’ve always ventured far to share my point of view and often had people ignore me because I was too different. I chose a blog over a video format because I have days where physical speech is overwhelming as I know what to say but it’s an ocean of words. Some days I want to say so much but my stomach aches trying to make sense of everything, so when I write I feel a lot better.  Behind...
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