I was inspired and uplifted when I heard someone special to me say (I paraphrase) how wonderful it is for someone to see you as you really are, yet love you anyway. I have been looking for some way of expressing this: I had arrived at this after experimenting with:
As my daughter’s wedding approaches, and I see the care with which she and her fiancé choose their music, I am reminded how music is directly connected to our emotions. Music can stir men to battle, soothe a baby to sleep, arouse passion, unite us in patriotism, make us dance, make us happy, make us … More The Power of Music
I’ve been playing with various drawing apps. Using these programmes is addictive and fun. Here are a few examples:
In my last post “I Am What I Think and Do” I wrote: Dreaming is easy. Processing and focussing your thoughts, then taking action requires effort and hard work. Your goals and how you achieve them help define who you are and who you can become. So although the progression to self development and self … More Addendum to “I Am What I Think And Do”
“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world” Recently I have come across a lot of bucket lists. I am inspired not by the lists, but by the people who are sharing their accomplishments as they achieve their goals. The young man … More I Am What I Think And Do
A friend remarked, as he picked up an iPod, that his grandmother would refuse to believe that a thing so tiny could possibly hold thousands of songs. It started me thinking how extraordinary the playing of recorded music has become. It’s the stuff of Science Fiction, except no Science Fiction writer predicted the storage of … More Lost In The Music
A red rose of love growing on a stem of romance:
My gallery of original artwork is now continually updated as a page. This page can be found as a tab at the very top of the page above the banner, along with “About Me” and “about Spinal Cord Injuries” (since February 2012). It’s much more iinteresting than either of these. Please check it out. Here … More Gallery of Calligrams – Original Artwork
I am exploring the power of visual poetry. My friend and I were sharing our thoughts on the meaning of “character”. Our thoughts can be summed up as Watch your thoughts, they become your words, watch your words, they become your actions, watch your actions, they become your habits watch your habits, they become your … More The Power of Visual Poetry – Destiny
More calligrams! A `calligram` is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image. The image created by the words expresses visually what the word, or words, say. Since I found out about calligrams and poetry I have played around with the … More Calligrams – Visual Poetry
It’s Advent, so in preparation for Christmas I designed a Christmas Calligram:
So often when I’ve been thinking about something, the universe seems to conspire and that “something” crops up again in another context. I had been bothered by the realisation that so much great art and architecture has come at the expense or in the face of great poverty. Not long ago I started reading a … More Art … A Moral Dilemma … For The Artist
Much European art, particularly from earlier centuries, has been created at the behest of the rich and powerful often as propaganda. This raises the question, are we complicit in their manipulations when we admire and glorify these works of art? Louis fourteenth built his superb palace at Versailles, with the great Hall of Mirrors, the … More Art … A Moral Dilemma
More than a week after returning from Europe I still feel as if I’ve lost something, but I’m not sure what. Perhaps it’s the stimulation of doing something new and interesting every day. Perhaps it’s the company 24/7 of someone who shares my new interests in art history and architecture, who enables me to explore … More Travel Is A Bug
Europe Travel Log – Barcelona Tuesday 27 September Our hotel is in the gothic district, next to Las Ramblas. It’s vibrant and animated. It’s quirky and I don’t think we’ll be out late at night. I think it could be a little seedy later on … For now, it’s fun. It’s still warm at 7.30pm … More Europe Travel Log – Barcelona
Look Up At The Sky 