Category Archives: Creativity

Mark Making, The Zen of Seeing, the Byzantine Monocondyle and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Warning: really long blog coming up. (I had to do a really long poetic walk this time). The quote opening my blog of 29 August was from  The Zen of Seeing: Frederick Franck. Intrigued, I sent for the book. In parallel … Continue reading →

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Working Like Snow

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

“Like Snow
Suppose we did our work
like the snow, quietly, quietly,
leaving nothing out.”

~Wendell Berry Continue reading →

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A First Try at Eco-Dyeing with Staghorn Sumac (Rhus Typhina)

Posted on August 26, 2018 by

I was delighted, when we first came in May last year to inspect what was to become our new home,  to find no less than four mature Staghorn Sumac trees flourishing in the garden, for I knew Sumac to be … Continue reading →

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I’m Back (with) Tacita Dean, Collectingness, Creativity and Health

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

The other day I was unpacking a box (yes, almost a year after our house move there are boxes yet to be opened) and came upon a small yet very heavy suitcase and on opening it found it housed my … Continue reading →

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The Art of Slow Art: Encouraging Failure and Slinging a Pot of Red Paint at Doggy Death Row

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Recently I came across the following and thought it worth sharing. It’s targeted at writers, but applies to all the creative disciplines. It’s an extract from American writer Louise Desalvo’s The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and … Continue reading →

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Secret Studio

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

This was my secret studio during the period of The Great Transition, where I began to discover the eco collograph.  It’s the shed at our allotment. It has a veranda which we closed in with trellising, including the trellis door … Continue reading →

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Purple Sage, Accolade

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

Purple Sage (Eco Collograph) “Practicing creativity in every way we can think of feels like the most powerful response to current events that we can make. Adding to the beauty of the world and allowing our work to reflect the … Continue reading →

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Conjuror’s Trick: Blueberry Eco Collograph: Acid v Alkaline

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

“Why there hasn’t been time for the bushes to grow. That’s always the way with the blueberries, though: There may not have been the ghost of a sign Of them anywhere under the shade of the pine, But get the … Continue reading →

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Herbiarum Vocabularum

Posted on July 9, 2017 by

One from my latest batch of eco collography experiments. I made these from herbs from our allotment. I am fascinated by the fact that the dark green colour of the leaves, during the process, changes to brown. This has happened … Continue reading →

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Walking with Shalott by the Light of Tabor, Noor, Nirvana, Ner Tamid, Diwali: A Response to Terrorists

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

Drawing-in the Withdrawn – Drawing in Meta-Meaning Mode led me to – a different approach entirely.  It happens. Still, there is a connection, in that I am yet again drawn; drawn to let recent work inform me of my onward … Continue reading →

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