"It's a situation many will know well. You're at your local pub with your pals and you're a few pints in - your tongue is getting looser, and the conversation sillier. The cocoon of alcohol, chairs pulled in close proximity and low lighting can make it feel like you're in your own little world. But, as it turns out, your chats might not be as private as you think..."
"Edie Medley is an illustrator who, alongside freelance illustration projects, works part time as a manager at a pub, and she's been drawing up the conversations she hears while on the job. "Being behind the bar is the perfect place to quietly observe, there are so many different interactions happening around you; friends who haven't seen each other in a while, groups who meet at the same time every day, first dates, etc," she says."
An illustrator who works part time as a pub manager records and illustrates overheard conversations from bar shifts. Observations include friends reconnecting, habitual groups, first dates and lively arguments, providing a steady source of witty one-liners. A thrown drink led to a memorable retort invoking Gore‑Tex's waterproofing, which crystallized the practice of capturing spontaneous lines. The collector stores the snippets in a phone notes app titled 'overheard compiled' and organizes them alongside freelance projects, using routine service tasks as opportunities to quietly observe human interaction and gather material for creative work.
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