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When time stood still in Provence…
We knew we were in France again as soon as we started seeing the electricity pylons that look like giant cats with whiskers. The second clue was the distinctive jingle that always plays (loudly) out of the French railway station … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art purpose, Art technique, Artists, Biography, Entertainment, Films, Floral art, Holiday destinations, Landscape art, Light, Literature, Meditation, Painting, Personal Development, Photography, Seasons, Travel
Tagged A Good Year, beyond time, Bonnieux, Cezanne's studio, energy art, gardens, Gordes, holidays, Jean de Florette, La Gloire de mon père, Le Château de ma mère, Lourmarin, Marcel Pagnol, moments of light, Mont Sainte-Victoire, My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle, painting energy, Peter Mayle, Provence, radiance, Stillness, transcendence, travel by train
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Out of the flames, into the light
This week, a chance encounter with a very familiar piece of music led me to what feels like the final conclusion of a long-running sub-plot of my life; a subconscious sticking-point that has under-layered the whole of my ‘life as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Consciousness & evolution, Culture, Films, History, Life choices, Light, Music & theatre, Music composition, Personal Development, Remembering, Spirituality
Tagged Anonymous Four, anonymous was a woman, burned at the stake, Carl Thodor Dreyer, fear, glorious wounds, healing gender differences, Hidegard von Bingen, insanity, intuition, Joan of Arc, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, martyrdom, Renee Jeanne Falconetti, Richard Einhorn, speaking our truth, trial by ordeal, Voices of Light, witchcraft, women mystics
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Coming out to play
Some people are born ‘naturals’ with children and some really aren’t. Some mistake immaturity for stupidity and impose their adult ‘know-how’ in a patronising way, delivering information on a need to know basis, making it prescriptive, leaving no room for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art as a business, Art purpose, Consciousness & evolution, Culture, Films, Health & wellbeing, Life choices, Personal Development, Spirituality, Universe
Tagged activation, art and music grading, artists not taken seriously, ASD, Aspergers, autism, autistic and gifted, evaluating art performance, explaining the inexplicable, Extremely loud and incredibly close, fear, fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia and autism connection, inner child, judgement, left and right brain hemispheres, left brain dominance, Matt Kahn, obsessive compulsive disorder, parenting styles, pointillism and pixels, subjective made objective, trigger, undervaluing art, whole brain function
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The making of an artist
For some time now, I’ve had a half-formed post just hovering there without the words having arrived… All I had to build it on were some photos from the galleries taken on my recent visit to Nottingham Castle Museum in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art history, Art technique, Artists, Biography, Culture, Exhibitions, Films, Galleries, Literature
Tagged AJ Munnings, art training, breaking out of the art establishment, DH Lawrence, evolving art practices, Harold Knight, Jonathan Smith, Lamorna, Laura Knight, Newlyn School, Nottingham Castle, Sons and Lovers, Summer in February, what makes an artist?, women artists
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