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In search of hygge
Going back to what innately draws us as the winter season plays out its pantomime of darkness and severity, we find ourselves recognising the light of ourselves shining back at us across the cosy darkness of our most intimate living spaces, delivered straight out of the eyes of others we hold dear as we embrace the darkness to forge times of warmer glow in communion with family and friends, even strangers that have spontaneously gathered upon these terms of hospitality, conviviality and generally good vibe. The ability to create, cultivate and and sustain the spirit of hygge through the darkest of times is a skill-set we could all use, regardless of our seasonal light-quota. So, what is hygge? Here’s what it is (and I think you’ll like it)… Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art in the living space, Art transformation tool, Christmas, Craft & design, Culture, Health & wellbeing, Holiday destinations, Life choices, Lifestyle, Personal Development, Photography, Shopping, Travel
Tagged candles, celebration, coping with winter, cosy, darkness, Denmark, fireplace, happiness, heart-warming, hygge, joining with others, koselig, light, magical, Norway, shortest day, winter, winter birdsong
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It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it
There’s no better benchmark of our own life-evolution than the Christmas into New Year period – perhaps because we can so easily compare it with our life-stock of remarkably similar circumstances, collected over many years and played through with almost … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Consciousness & evolution, Culture, Entertainment, Health & wellbeing, Life choices, Life journey, Personal Development, Shopping, Vegetarianism, Yoga
Tagged alternative Christmas, avoiding Christmas music, centred living, choosing your own Christmas, conscious alcohol consumption, conscious consumerism, cultural conditioning, doing Christmas differently, doing things for yourself, flow, gratitude, life without television, living life as you choose, low carb diet, media-free Christmas, motivation as a writer or artist, negativity in the media, not caring what others think, online shopping, opting out of media and marketing, out of the mainstream, over-indulgence, pack mentality, questioning what Christmas is about, reasons for drinking, shopping without stress, typical cultural Christmas, uncluttered life, vegetarian Christmas, yoga
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Bath-ing in Christmas
With my family, I spent Friday in Bath visiting the Christmas Market that happens every year in the streets all around the cathedral. One of my two favourites, along with Winchester, this annual event is a real gem at the … Continue reading
Market day
Markets are such colourful, vibrant, ‘happening’ places to hang out in; a cross between hard commerce and performing arts, they do a good job of encapsulating the essence of all that humanity thinks it has come to know about itself … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Consciousness & evolution, Culture, Holiday destinations, Life choices, Personal Development, Photography, Shopping, Travel
Tagged clearing out, diversity, e-commerce, ethics of selling, exchange, galleries, hoarding, honesty, human interaction, integrity, marketing, marketplace, materialism, money, multilevel marketing, selling, shops, transparency, trust, value exchange, websites, why we buy things
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Scattering light to a wall near you
The next couple of posts will have an air of getting down to business about them – and so I find almost want to apologise in advance for beating my own drum – and yet, at the end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art as a business, Art technique, Culture, Prints, Shopping
Tagged art shop, canvas prints, card prints, customized art, Fine Art America, Fine Art England, giclee prints, gifts, international shipping of art, online art prints for sale, online selling, prints, prints of radiance and light, selling art
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Christmas Unplugged
Its been a week since the tree lights were unplugged for another year and, having more than sunk my feet into the freshly turned earth of 2013, I’m getting the urge to take one last look over my shoulder to … Continue reading