Paris Review interviews are pure indulgence. They keep some great ones online, and it’s delight to look back and read P.G. Wodehouse or whoever – how they write, how they live, how they behave and what they laugh at. All … Continue reading »If I flail too much will I knock something over?
I don’t think anyone was expecting to say goodbye to David Bowie last night. On reflection, looking at the album he left us just a week or so ago, he knew. He gave us the video for Lazarus only five … Continue reading »Planet Earth is Blue
The end of the year has come, as it is wont to do. I love the beginning of a new year. Not only to I get to start a new planner (2016 is my first time using a hobonichi and … Continue reading »January
Tonight I spent some time going through and editing some old photos. I tried to post one on tumblr, and was told by that august institution that I had to shrink it or be damned. So it was that I … Continue reading »“Bisous xx”
I have nothing for you today. I thought about artist’s statements and the Arty Bollocks Generator, but couldn’t flesh anything out of that. I thought about the phrase “creative professional” and “creative” as a noun, and couldn’t do … Continue reading »“My Work Explores…”
Today I’ve had the most views in one day I ever expect to have – at least until I make another post about notebooks. A gratifying percentage stuck around to check out the rest of my blog, which was really … Continue reading »Art and Journalling
I need to talk to you about Caravaggio. Where do I start? Have you seen this man’s work? He’s incredible. His use of colour and shadow completely overthrew whatever thoughts I had on visual art when I was a teenager. … Continue reading »Ars Vincit Omnia