Archive for the ‘ Art ’ Category

Simon & Garfunkel’s old friends concert

22nd June 2009 | 2 Comments

I just got home from what I am now calling the Show of the Decade. Simon and Garfunkel’s Old Friends concert was the best music experience of my life. Now that’s a big statement about a show full of songs that were All Written Before I Was Born, but that’s how good it was. I [...]


Treasure maps and other creative goodness

15th June 2009 | 2 Comments

On Saturday I went to a Treasure Maps group run by Sally Swain, the same fabulous woman who runs the Creative Nest group I go to. If you’ve heard of vision boards or read the secret, you will be familiar with the concept of treasure-mapping. It involves creating a vision for yourself/your life/your work/your dreams [...]


On the sublime – or, why we need more art in the world

4th April 2009 | 0 Comments

Imagine music that brings you to excruciating crescendos as your whole body tenses up, waiting breathlessly for the next note. Now imagine images that unfurl themselves bit by bit, like a lotus slowly opening itself up to reveal the key to all humanity. Throw these in with the voice of a haunting Goddess and you [...]