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Nov 5, 2022
Tips for the fallow days
Do you have times of Fallow? Where creativity and inspiration are hard to come by? For me it seems that this has been a continuous cycle...
Sep 9, 2022
Moments of Silence
Recently I have been thinking about the moments we have in stillness and thoughtful quiet, where the joy of silence is profound. It's not...
Jul 14, 2022
'Stuck Moments'
Play and exploration in creativity and art play a major role, has anyone ever been thwarted by the feeling of being stuck in a creative...
Jun 16, 2022
Holloways
I came by the word "Holloway" when reading an article recently and the word comes from the Old English language of the Anglo Saxon "hola...
Mar 24, 2022
Resourceful Art
Artists and Creatives - Do you think you are resourceful when it comes to creativity? It's a very broad question and one which can be...
Feb 6, 2022
A Promise
Hope and anticipation are the words for January for me, the hope of the brighter days ahead being full of art, laughter, fun and the...
Dec 22, 2021
Winter Solstice
As winter winds surge across the landscape so does the feeling of turning our backs to the cold, the dark and hunkering down with our...
Dec 3, 2021
Creative Freedom
What does the phrase 'Creative Freedom' evoke in you? I suppose that each and everyone of us has a different response because creativity...
Oct 26, 2021
Time to Shine More!
I have just completed the very informative and enjoyable course with Alice Sheridan the 'Time to Shine' course, who also hosts the fab...
Sep 30, 2021
Creative Tools
Writing here over the last months has been deeply influenced by the situation that we have all been part of and I suppose it's only...
Jul 20, 2021
Slow Down Time
Its taken time to get to this point, a point where time separates and finds its own rhythms. Its taken time during this global crisis to...
Jul 4, 2021
Humdrum
I haven't posted for a little while as things have been just well - a bit slow, or the other way of saying it is stagnant with a hint of...
May 23, 2021
Art Thinking or Process?
Creative process - what does this mean to you? What's the connection between spontaneous creative process and creative thinking? Is there...
Feb 23, 2021
Long Live the Arts!
Anticipation or trepidation - which are you? The news is on everyones lips the end of lockdown - well, as we have known it for the last...
Jan 1, 2021
Spirit of Place
A New Year a new beginning! This year like no other has been a turbulent and harrowing year for some and yet for others it has been a...
Nov 20, 2020
Soul Food
This month I thought it would be good to look into art and creativity and what it does for our minds and the rest of us for that matter!...
Oct 29, 2020
Seasons
Autumn brings change, change we have all seen so much of for almost a year. We have seen so much of our lives changed out of all...
Sep 30, 2020
The Power of Nature
Its a time of reflection for many at this time of uncertainty and never ending news of this global pandemic. So many have been affected...
Aug 25, 2020
Stretching Time
Have you ever thought about how your life is now during this pandemic and what it was before? How we have all been forced into some sort...
Jul 27, 2020
Creative Space
Four months into the pandemic and we are all getting used to the new normal of being vigilant about hygiene and distancing but what...
Jun 27, 2020
Evocative Times
Thinking about the relationship of our feelings to our current times, will we all carry some sort of association to the lockdown in the...
Jun 12, 2020
Lightness of Spirit
I was looking through some of my sketchbooks and came across a piece of writing that I had written several years ago and I thought that...
May 2, 2020
Beauty in the Everyday
Seven weeks into the lockdown of the Corona virus which has been circulating on our planet, the grief and sadness of people gone too soon...
Apr 23, 2020
Moments of Stillness
The moments of stillness... In these uncertain times around the globe we are experiencing a never ending torrent of news, information,...
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