This is me. My name is Louise Atkinson. It was supposed to be Sian Louise Griffiths, but my surname changed when my mum remarried. Sian was an option before I was born. My parents didn't choose a name for a boy.

I am an artist. I am also a sister and a daughter. A teacher and a student. A lover, a friend and a confidante. Sometimes I sing. Sometimes I dance. I take inspiration from everything I see, hear and do. I was born in a small village near Stonehenge called Odstock. Yes, I am from odd stock. Not long after that I moved to Cyprus and then to Germany on the Dutch border. Now I live in Leeds.

So here I am. What is my name and where do I come from? These questions should not be taken for granted. Everything is in flux. Nothing is fixed. I like the slippages of meaning within language. The thing that Derrida calls Différance. In art, as in life, I make decisions based on the way that I feel. I empathise.