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Eight Years Blogging – Writing Chaos into order from the Forest of Souls: Part I
Wisdom is the complete willingness to be the plaything of chance circumstances”. (Lao-Tse) I’ve been blogging for over eight years. The anniversary has come and gone. That’s a long time and a lot of words. I’ve been taking stock: what … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Multimedia, spirituality
Tagged 12 Rules for Life, Chaos, Jordan B Peterson, Papier-mâché, The Spectator
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Tumblr Features My Work : The Dust of Life
Tumblr emailed me to say they’d featured a couple of spreads from one of my Arthouse Coop Sketchbook Project sketchbooks in their BS Project. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist Sketchbooks, Collage & Assemblage, Mixed Media, Multimedia, Photography, Printmaking, Short Story Writing, spirituality
Tagged 2012 Sketchbook Project, Arthouse Coop, Arthouse Coop Fiction Project, Just Giving, Rob Stevens Singer Songwriter, Street Children Scavengers, streetchildren, The Pages Of My Life
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Arthouse Coop Sketchbook Tour 2015 – Done, Polished, Posted
Some of the pages were polished – those to which I added beeswax or encaustic wax. The sketchbook was a progression of my artistic exploration Below the Line, a phrase from Deepak Chopra’s book Quantum Healing. I dismantled the sketchbook … Continue reading
Posted in Allotmenteering, Altered Books, Art, Art Journal, Collage & Assemblage, Encaustic Art, Mixed Media, Multimedia, Nature Journal, Printmaking, Stitch, Stitch, Writing
Tagged Allotment Gardening, Arthouse Coop, beeswax, Coffee Filters, Deepak Chopra, Eco Printing, encaustic, encaustic wax, khadi paper, Organza, Sketchbook Project 2015, the sketchbook
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Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Story Challenge: I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls
Every Friday authors gather around the virtual fireside of fellow WordPress blogger Rochelle Wisoff to share flash fiction stories of 100 words, prompted by a photograph, and exchange constructive criticism. Readers’ comments are also welcome. I Dreamt I Dwelt In … Continue reading
Posted in Dialogue, Multimedia, Music, Short Story Writing, Singing, Walking, Writing
Tagged Dialogue, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story Writing, Urban Walking, Walking Holidays, Writing
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The Healing Power of Animals
I have been very quiet around my blog for some little while. But … I’m back.
Lots of tales to tell of art and music and walking and writing, but I wanted to kick off my blog again with something special, and something to uplift and inspire and so I’ve made my first ever video and posted it on my You Tube site. No mean technical feat for me.
The music is by singer/songwriter/musician Rob Stevens, with whom I’ve been acquainted for a few years. I’m a big fan of his music and what he does with his voice and this track is one of my favourites. His music is available for MP3 download on Amazon and on iTunes and other places around the web.
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Posted in Art, Multimedia, Music, Singing, spirituality
Tagged animals, cats, healing, music, pets, Rob Stevens, You Tube
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