{"id":12,"date":"2010-06-17T20:20:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T19:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:16:58","slug":"hatched","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/hatched\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatched, a creative journey through ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537-1024x517.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8115\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.0687266710278216;width:538px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537-1024x517.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537-768x388.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537-1536x776.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7537.jpeg 2011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The battle between a creative mind and an ill body\/ Creativity knows no boundaries. -Corina Duyn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hatched &#8211; a creative journey through ME published in 2006, is&nbsp;a distillation of eight years of diaries. Reducing more and more words to eventually come to the very essence of each part of life utterly changed due to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). \u2018Her work is a wonderful blend of words and images, a reflection of daily life endured with the strain and struggle of illness but at the same time a tribute to the beauty of the everyday. The poems make us intensely aware of the limitations of her physicality, what the body can do, what she can ask of herself.\u2019 &#8211; Katherine Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Katie Lincoln created a documentary about the making of <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Hatched<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">, see <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Hc1MPOHK64\">Flight Path<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">. (06.04min)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 20 year anniversary of this book has been republished in digital format on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/littlewings\/docs\/hatched_a_creative_journey_through_me_hatched_?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw\">ISSUU &#8211; Little Wings<\/a> <\/strong>as <em>Hatched re-hatched.<\/em> With introduction by Katherine Collins, Creative Ireland Coordinator, Waterford City and County Council.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Hatched<\/em> poems were put on music by Luck Surus. See\/hear: <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keM48PJVFX60tWIrU-jJCeY1jQ-rrM38Y&amp;fbclid=IwAR0SgaD5TZqppgFft9chTfTZLYJlPlREhkcsVwPbDGUabqE4_kKNkOcwOiw\"><strong>Youtube<\/strong><\/a> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0iEaHLIu9kIRh2DlnKqM6V?si=Ad3RJv4IRNa7Nhy0vm1v7g\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"font-size: revert; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Hatched- a Creative Journey Through M.E. by Corina Duyn. ISBN <a href=\"tel:978-0-9563589-0-5;%20192\">978-0-9563589-0-5; 192<\/a> pages. Full colour, 15\u00d715 cm. Accompanied by Flightpath documentary.&nbsp;Supported by&nbsp;Waterford County Council Arts Office&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Arts Council of Ireland.&nbsp;Written and illustrated by Corina Duyn;&nbsp;Published by Little Wings 2006.&nbsp;<\/em> <em>Hatched- re-hatched 2026 published in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/littlewings\">ISSUU- Little Wings.<\/a><\/strong> Supported by Ireland\u2019s Creative Communities programme, Waterford City and County Council.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Endorsements for Hatched &#8211; a Creative Journey Through ME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018<em>Hatched is one of the most energetic, generous-hearted, sharp-minded and inspiring books of poems I\u2019ve read for quite a while. No matter what page you open the book I find love of life, an appreciation of life, a vibrant sense of privilege and gratitude\u2019. &#8211;<\/em> Poet Brendan Kennelly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018<em>It is beautiful. Really beautiful. It gives me courage<\/em>\u2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8211; Dianne Mawhood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<em>Dropping an audio book in to Corina back in 1999 I was horrified to see the wheelchair abandoned at the bottom of a steep staircase \u2013 Like Rapunzel incarcerated in her ivory tower Corina was trapped \u2013 trapped in a body unsure how to function \u2013 trapped \u2013 trapped full stop.\u201cHousebound but Homeless<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;&#8211; Librarian Evelyn Coady&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018<em>Corina Duyn is living proof of the adage that you can\u2019t keep a good woman down. In the last eight years, she has gone from the depths of crippling pain and tiredness, where she was unable to even crack an egg, to publishing her first book of poetry and visual imagery<\/em>\u2019.&nbsp;&#8211; Deirdre O\u2019Flynn &nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Painting through the pain. Feelgood- Irish Examiner&nbsp;6-\u201806<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>Supported by<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artscouncil.ie\/en\/homepage.aspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/arts-c-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Arts Council of Ireland- Hatched- a Creative Journey Through ME\/CFS\" title=\"Arts Council of Ireland\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfordcoco.ie\/en\/services\/arts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/coco-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Waterford County Council Arts Office- Hatched- a Creative Journey Through ME\/CFS\" title=\"Waterford County Council Arts Office\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfordcoco.ie\/en\/services\/arts\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/contact-2\/\">Contact Corina Duyn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battle between a creative mind and an ill body\/ Creativity knows no boundaries. -Corina Duyn Hatched &#8211; a creative journey through ME published in 2006, is&nbsp;a distillation of eight years of diaries. 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