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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm

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Dedicated to Lucy Like-a-Charm. Autistic. Neuroholographic. Dreamer. Transdisciplinary artist, storyteller. Love Greyhounds. Interspecies study. Quote: "Come, lay down beside me, Wake up in my dreams." scheherazadessea.com

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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Lucy Like-a-Charm - rhapsody. #lucylikeacharm #memoir #fantasy #greyhound #digitalpainting #art #autism #love #alternativesentience #empathy
Lucy, a black greyhound with light yellow angel wings, side view, facing left of screen, standing, head slightly tilted downwards, tiny tip of tongue peeping out, ears pointed forward, alert and interested in something below. Yellow and pink brushed background.Backview of Greyhound in light yellow wash against pink wash background, Sparkles flowing from top, through spine and tail, exiting left.
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Is #truth speaking hazardous to #autistic existence in a #normative realm? Usually, yes. But it is something I am compelled to do, part of #Being and #Becoming Me. #lucylikeacharm #memoirfantasy #artist scheherazadessea.com/2026/04/05/c...
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conundrum
I have been looking forward to announcing to one and all that Stage 1 of our production has been achieved. Well, I have indeed finally finished the complete first draft of the narrative / script fo…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Götterdämmerung : #Wagner, #sensory #changes, #life & #living, lessons from #lucylikeacharm. scheherazadessea.com/2026/03/20/g...
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Götterdämmerung
The photo above taken in the middle of a snow-storm in Kyoto, showing the Kinkaku-ji golden temple nestled among trees and vegetation covered in copious snow, and miniature felted models of Lucy an…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Lucy Like-a-Charm #memoir #fantasy project writer's residency #Kyoto part 2. Musing on #solitude, #sensory balance and #social interactivity. scheherazadessea.com/2026/03/09/t... #lucylikeacharm #grace #art #residency #japan
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Thank you, Kyoto! – Part 2
Part 2 of Thank you, Kyoto!, notes from Lucy Like-a-Charm memoir project writer’s residency in Kyoto, Japan, 12 January – 11 February 2026. Sensory Shock & Soothe It was rather cold…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Thank you, #Kyoto - part 1. Lucy Like-a-Charm #memoir #fantasy project writer's residency. scheherazadessea.com/2026/03/01/t... #lucylikeacharm #art #residency #greyhound #fantasia #snow
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Thank You, Kyoto! – Part 1
My writer’s residency in Kyoto has concluded. Grateful thanks to Giorgio Biancorosso for this most generous provision of support to “Lucy Like-a-Charm” memoir project. I exited Ky…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Continuing catch-up posts. Establishing #clementspace at writer's residency in #Kyoto. scheherazadessea.com/2026/01/22/c... #lucylikeacharm #memoir #writersresidency
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Clement Space @Kyoto
The “Lucy Like-a-Charm” memoir project has been blessed with amazing support, and I wake up every day with a rush of overflowing gratitude, regardless of how my body may be behaving, and even when …
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Lucy Like-a-Charm writer's residency #Kyoto - musing on #solitude. scheherazadessea.com/2026/03/09/t... #senses #peace #clementspace #lucylikeacharm
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Thank you, Kyoto! – Part 2
Part 2 of Thank you, Kyoto!, notes from Lucy Like-a-Charm memoir project writer’s residency in Kyoto, Japan, 12 January – 11 February 2026. Sensory Shock & Soothe It was rather cold…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Snow adventures in #Kyoto! Lucy Like-a-Charm writer's residency. scheherazadessea.com/2026/03/01/t... #lucylikeacharm #writersresidency #snow
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Thank You, Kyoto! – Part 1
My writer’s residency in Kyoto has concluded. Grateful thanks to Giorgio Biancorosso for this most generous provision of support to “Lucy Like-a-Charm” memoir project. I exited Ky…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Clement Space is established in #Kyoto. Lucy Like-a-Charm writer's residency continues in #Japan. scheherazadessea.com/2026/01/22/c... #clementspace #writersresidency #lucylikacharm
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Clement Space @Kyoto
The “Lucy Like-a-Charm” memoir project has been blessed with amazing support, and I wake up every day with a rush of overflowing gratitude, regardless of how my body may be behaving, and even when …
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A miniature site-specific immersive installation-performance. scheherazadessea.com/2026/01/10/c... #clementspace #immersiveinstallation #lucylikeacharm
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Clement Space @Dromana
An unplanned, miniature immersive, temporal, site-specific installation-performance emerged during my writer’s residency at McCraith House (residency supported by RMIT University). Embracing …
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Clement Space on the go in Dromana, Victoria, Australia. scheherazadessea.com/2025/12/18/c... #clementspace #lucylikeacharm #writersresidency #dromana
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Clement Space On the Go
I have been in the breathtakingly beautiful McCraith House, thanks to RMIT University, since last Friday. As soon as I stepped inside, I felt a soft blanket of restfulness wrapping gently around me…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Illness, pain and refusing to succumb to despair. Letter to Lucy. scheherazadessea.com/2025/12/14/s...
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sans medicines
Dear Lucy, It was a tough night, battling pain. How I long for you. You always made those difficult nights shorter, easier to bear. But I refuse to sink into despair. Instead, I will cling to the l…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I met a fellow autie FB friend in person while in Melbourne. scheherazadessea.com/2025/12/13/c... #autisticfriends #melbourne #australia
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connection
One of the highlights of my sparkly Melbourne trip was meeting up with the amazing son and father duo, Jonathon and Check Tan. Like many Autistic and neurodivergent people the world over, we met vi…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Letter to Lucy, in Dromana, Victoria, Australia. scheherazadessea.com/2025/12/13/m...
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Misty Blue
Dearest Lucy, It was sunny and warm all day, I wore my tank top and sat outside for breakfast and lunch, and managed to do some rewriting of an old song, which you brought to life again, while bein…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I lost Medium Lucy Plushie in Melbourne. She went walkabout. scheherazadessea.com/2025/12/13/l... #lucylikeacharm #melbourne #australia #blackgreyhound
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Lost?
Lost (and found?) in Melbourne City This was the last photo I took of Medium Lucy (Rose) Plushie, outside the Melbourne Town Hall. Where did she go after that? My mind is a complete blur. It feels …
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Catching up on months of silence here. I spent December 2025 in #Melbourne & Dromana, #Victoria, #Australia. Round up - part 1, #ClementSpace in Melbourne City. scheherazadessea.com/2025/12/13/c...
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Clement Space in Melbourne City
Highlights from the city. I have come to the end of my time in Melbourne City. I am deeply grateful for the generous, kind and strong support received throughout this trip, especially from Professo…
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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣 New Lecture: WhAM — the Whale Acoustics Model with Orr Paradise Explore @projectceti.bsky.social transformer-based model that synthesizes & analyzes sperm whale codas! 🗓 Mar 28 | 4pm GMT/ 12 pm EST/ 9am PST | Online 🔗 Registration: www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-pa…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
In Loving Memory of the #loveofmylife, Lucy Like-a-Charm. Nonpareil, there will never be another like you. Until we meet again, I live to honour your legacy of #love and #grace. scheherazadessea.com/2026/03/10/i...
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In Loving Memory
In loving memory of Lucy Like-a-Charm, 2008-2023. Born 30 November 2008 into the cruel, barbaric Greyhound racing industry, she endured and survived three and a half years of slavery to human greed…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Marking #InternationalWomensDay - tribute to the most important #woman in my life, #lucylikeacharm. In 2012, two women-an #Autistic human & a #Greyhound dog-freed from former lives of slavery, became inextricably & inexorably One on a journey #empowered by #love, #transformed by #grace.
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Wrapping up 2025 with raw honesty, opinions my own, and I don't really care if you agree or disagree. Wishing Every Bunny - friends, frenemies and enemies all - a Blessed New Year 2026. scheherazadessea.com/2026/01/03/l...
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l’chaim !
2025 was an amazing year in every way. Typical of my Autistic existence, a year of extremes, never a dull moment, no mediocrity whatsoever. I’ve spent a lot of my life wishing for a state of ‘nothi…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - #multimedia #memoirfantasy introducing our #neurodivergent #Production #Team ! #memoir #greyhound #lucylikeacharm #storytelling #art #digitalart #video #animation #autism #autisticartist #love scheherazadessea.com/2025/11/09/p...
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Production Team
The generous sponsorship from The John and Lorna Wing Foundation (UK) and creative collaborator ART:DIS Singapore , providing venue support, and artistic consultation by Mr. Peter Sau, Head of Perf…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - giving thanks. #production #updates #art #digitalart #video #lucylikeacharm #memoir #multimedia #storytelling #greyhound #publictalk scheherazadessea.com/2025/11/09/g...
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giving thanks
I am giving thanks again for how wonderfully this project is being supported! On 1 December 2025, I will be delivering a public talk, where I will share newly developed previews and speak about thi…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - a #sketch a day. It is getting hard to stay focused inside #clementspace. Production revving up, plus work engagements, prep for upcoming trip to #Australia. But Lucy continues to guide the way. #lucylikeacharm #memoir #greyhound #art #digitalart #video #animation #stroytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
scheherazadessea.com We have fresh updates! One more financial supporter whose pledge has allowed us to complete our Production Team, & supports-in-kind. Very #grateful! #lucylikeacharm #memoirfantasy #multimedia #greyhound #love #art #digitalart #video #animation #storytelling
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Lucy Like-a-Charm
A memoir-fantasy about an Autistic woman and a Greyhound on a magical journey towards Becoming - empowered by love, transformed by grace. By Dawn-joy Leong, a production of Scheherazade's Sea.
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - run for fun, not for human greed. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - run free! Watching a #Greyhound run is an amazing experience. But not for human bets. She’s now running free… #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - 3 draft sketches. Been busy preparing for upcoming working week in Melbourne (lecture, workshop, panel & podcast) + ongoing work for #memoir project. Grateful for support from Karen, production manager / sound engineer. #lucylikacharm #autisticwoman #greyhound #loveofmylife
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - a #sketch a day. Catching up with Lucy posts. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - doodling the goblins away! Spent the day in the recording studio. Now for some Lucy doodling to bring back Clement Space. #art #digitalart #lucylikeacharm #loveofmylife #greyhound #love #memoir #fantasy #story
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm - a #doodle a day keeps the monsters away! #art #digitalart #lucylikeacharm #loveofmylife #memoir #story #fantasy #greyhound #autism #autisticwoman #love #grief
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Work in Progress report from Lucy Like-a-Charm, memoir fantasy project. #autism #art #multimedia #greyhound #loveofmylife #storytelling #memoir #fantasy scheherazadessea.com/2025/10/13/s...
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storyteller
We made another recording today, the voice-over for our first trailer. I am not an ideal narrator, because I am perpetually plagued by mouth ulcers from a lifelong autoimmune condition that makes p…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Lucy Doodle series. Princess bunnyblu & Lucy Like-a-Charm. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. More of Lucy. #lucylikeacharm #fantasia #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Catching up with the uploads of Lucy sketches. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
ucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Presenting my magnum opus: "Lucy Like-a-Charm," a multimedia multi-access #memoir #fantasy about an #Autistic woman & a #Greyhound dog, on a magical journey towards Becoming - empowered by Love, transformed by Grace. In honour of #lucylikeacharm #loveofmylife #love #life scheherazadessea.com/about/
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About
Presenting “Lucy Like-a-Charm” – a multimedia memoir-fantasyabout an Autistic woman and a Greyhound dogon a magical journey towards Becoming -empowered by love, transformed by gra…
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Yesterday's & today's sketch. Still reworking & learning new approaches. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. More catching up with posts... still in process of softening & reworking. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Catching up with posts... still in process of softening & reworking. #lucylikeacharm #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. The news is not good, especially not for #Autistic people… My one solace, regardless of whatever raging tempest, is Lucy. #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling #autism
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Sleepy girl, lying in my arms. #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Progressing… #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Catching up with the posts. Continuing with reworking & softening. #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. She’s still my Clement Space, when the human world caves in & threatens to crush, my Lucy light shines warm & safe in the dark. #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. More reworking. Enjoying the gentle peaceful process. Making the lines softer... #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. Continuing with reworking favourite pieces… softening lines. #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Lucy Like-a-Charm, a #sketch a day. More reworking… Think I like this version better… #art #digitalart #drawing #painting #adobefresco #love #grief #loveomylife #greyhound #memoir #autobiography #storytelling
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Dawn-joy Leong - Lucy Like-a-Charm @wistfulwhistles.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
light scheherazadessea.com/2025/09/10/l... My thought piece for World Suicide Prevention Day, 10th September 2025. #Suicide is disproportionately prevalent among #Autistic persons. Lucy saved me twice from the brink. I now live to tell our story in "Lucy Like-a-Charm." #autism #death #life #hope
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Today, 10th September, is World Suicide Prevention Day. Death is a difficult topic in itself, one which many are uncomfortable with and unwilling to address, and suicide makes people all the more u…
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