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Tips for the fallow days

Do you have times of Fallow? Where creativity and inspiration are hard to come by? For me it seems that this has been a continuous cycle over the recent months and it is as though I need to break free from some intangible chains that are stopping the energy and freedom I usually have. It’sContinue reading “Tips for the fallow days”

Moments of Silence

Recently I have been thinking about the moments we have in stillness and thoughtful quiet, where the joy of silence is profound. It’s not very often we can be in that place these days what with traffic, people and just the daily noise of living, to me these moments are so precious just to feelContinue reading “Moments of Silence”

‘Stuck Moments’

Play and exploration in creativity and art play a major role, has anyone ever been thwarted by the feeling of being stuck in a creative block? Were you at a place where you felt stagnated and needed change to refuel your drive and inspiration? That was me for weeks and I couldn’t work out whatContinue reading “‘Stuck Moments’”

Holloways

I came by the word “Holloway” when reading an article recently and the word comes from the Old English language of the Anglo Saxon “hola weg” meaning sunken road. The author Robert Macfarlane, wrote a book about them with Stanley Donwood illustrating it. Holloways were originally intended for the movement of cattle through the landscapeContinue reading “Holloways”

Resourceful Art

Artists and Creatives – Do you think you are resourceful when it comes to creativity? It’s a very broad question and one which can be interpreted in many ways. The reason I came up with this topic is that I recently fractured my dominant hand and have struggled with trying to make work with aContinue reading “Resourceful Art”

A Promise

Hope and anticipation are the words for January for me, the hope of the brighter days ahead being full of art, laughter, fun and the promise of an end to the pandemic. I think we all need to hang on to the promise of things to come.. It’s the same with creativity as there’s alwaysContinue reading “A Promise”

Winter Solstice

As winter winds surge across the landscape so does the feeling of turning our backs to the cold, the dark and hunkering down with our friends and families. It always makes me concerned about the people who have no-one to share Christmas with and these past few years have probably been the worst yet. YetContinue reading “Winter Solstice”

Creative Freedom

What does the phrase ‘Creative Freedom’ evoke in you? I suppose that each and everyone of us has a different response because creativity is so subjective, it lends itself to so many perceptions of meaning its difficult to put into any given explanation. Also creative freedom can come in different guises not only art relatedContinue reading “Creative Freedom”

Time to Shine More!

I have just completed the very informative and enjoyable course with Alice Sheridan the ‘Time to Shine’ course, who also hosts the fab Art Juice Podcast. The course is a two week bite sized daily prompt to encourage a greater presence online and to meet other artists and creatives to develop their potential to showContinue reading “Time to Shine More!”

Creative Tools

Writing here over the last months has been deeply influenced by the situation that we have all been part of and I suppose it’s only natural that happened, so I want now to get back to what this blog is supposed to address. My thoughts about writing are a sharing of ideas, techniques, tools andContinue reading “Creative Tools”