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Category Archives: Inspiration
Still Taking the Anti-Dote (to the Poison of Chaos) And an Art Note
When all is done and dusted (pardon the pun) I’ll blog about what Jordan Peterson’s Clean up Your Room edict has revealed and changed. (Clean up Your Room comes from Dr Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Anti-Dote to Chaos). … Continue reading
Tricks of Light I
2019 was not a year for blogging. I didn’t plan it that way. But from late spring onwards, what plans I had for the year were snatched away and I was flying by the seat of my pants. 2020 is … Continue reading
Liminal Space, the Prepared Piano and Indeterminacy – a Quick Note to Myself and Anybody Reading
The subject of this blog was inspired in part by the Liminal States & Thresholds for Change series of artworks by Turtle Moon Impressions blogger Janis Doucette. Liminal space is that threshold space which is between one state of being and … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Liede, Music, Music Composition, Music Theory, Romanticism, Singing
Tagged Casper David Friedrich, Eichendorffer, German Romanticism, Indeterminacy, John Cage, Jonas Kaufmann, Leiderkreis, Liminal State, Mondnacht, Prepared Piano, Schumann
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Indeterminacy, Some Project Notes
John Cage’s Sonata and Interludes for Prepared Piano Visual Sound (Pink Sedum) for Prepared Pasta Maker
Cecil Collins: Fools and Angels
“Artists can do something more: they can vanquish the lie.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist Review, Christian writing, Creativity, Inspiration, Romanticism
Tagged Cecil Collins, The Vision of the Fool, Visionary Art
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Indeterminacy – Picking up A Project Where I Left Off
Posted in Art, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Inspiration, Printmaking
Tagged Art, Eco Printing, Indeterminacy, Iron Mordant, Lining Paper
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Walking Covehithe
Walking Covehithe, the village that’s disappearing into the sea
Posted in Art, Ecology, Inspiration, Walking, Walking Art
Tagged Covehithe, St Andrews Church Covehithe
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New Year’s Resolutions? I’ve Only Got the One: Clean Up My Room
I was painting the kitchen ceiling and in between brushstrokes came upon a newspaper article headed How Dangerous is Jordan B Peterson/The Right Wing Professor Who Hit a Hornets’ Nest? And I thought, “Who the hell is Jordan B Peterson?” … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, spirituality
Tagged Clean Up Your Room, Jordan B Peterson, Maps of Meaning, new year resolutions
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