Lita Doolan's Audio Books

Do you see it ? Hiding in plain view.

A slow, lyrical audio meditation that follows a magpie as it gathers small glints of light and leads the listener through vivid sensory images. The episode uses rich, intimate details—the taste of petrol-light, the sound of water in a well, the weight of a hidden coin—to guide you into a brief, grounding moment of stillness and reflection. It ends by inviting you to hold the feeling for a second l...

A still morning: a bird walks across a roof, pecking and testing the world step by step among barbecue scraps and scattered leaves. Nearby, other birds move on or stay, each tending small adjustments—worms pulled from damp soil, twigs rearranged, gulls arguing with the wind—while the day slowly begins. Simple moments add up to a quiet invitation: leave a window open for a while and listen to what...

Can you be more, than the colour of stone on everyday objects, wherever you are? Begin there. This episode is a quiet, observant meditation that uses pavements, walls and weathered stone as a lens to explore how small marks, movements and memories reveal the fuller stories of people's lives. Through everyday scenes—a bus stop, a cafe, a street—the narrator notices how the ground gathers weather, f...

Resources for Carers and thoughts on Art as Care Outlining The Shape of Things Undone at Brighton Fringe and more

Jump into an exploration of some digital work that can give you some ideas and bring you closer to materials

Shows to celebrate and witness in Edinburgh and Brighton this year

A short, gentle guided moment. No pressure, just a space to pause.

The listener is centred. the listener is not told what to feel. The listener is allowed to find themselves inside this five minute piece. Lyrical, but spare - directed, but not commanding - layered but clear.

A short pocket performance for you, it asks you to sit with one object one sound, and notice what changes when you pay attention

Drawing on recent exhibitions, this podcast explores how contemporary artists approach personhood not as a fixed identity, but it’s something relational experimental and lived.

New Show Celebrating Neurodivergent Creativity

At the Threshold is a short arts–health monologue that explores Alzheimer’s through time, pause, and listening. Drawing on lived observation, personhood thinking, and the experience of apraxia, the piece focuses not on loss of memory, but on moments where action, recognition, and agreement arrive out of sequence — and sometimes return. Structured around the sound of wind moving through a room, the...

In this episode I explore the idea of occupational personhood are people with dementia often sustain identity through former work roles. The episode also looks ahead to her recognising compressed forms of identity might inform future approaches to documentation, digital health and language based support tools. The role of creativity in this situation is explored.

Open a new thought with me and trace a path through memory with a short reflection

Advent story for your living room

Flags wave through the Wibter. Catch one if you can.

Excerpt from the Novel

Halloween marks many festivals that closed down the Old releasing it for something new these poetry moments here mark the closing down making space with something new

Celebrate the biodiversity with this science snapshot

Create work, use in the fruit machine method today and this five minute review of what you can do jump in and be lucky

Step into a unique auditory experience where the world stops and you are invited to simply exist. This voice-led installation, designed for intimate encounters within galleries or serene natural spaces, welcomes you to explore without a defined beginning or end. Follow Jay, our central character, as she embarks on a journey in stillness, discovering the beauty of presence and the art of being. Rel...