life and art
Autumn is my favourite time of year, she said. With a burst of transcendent colour.Like a sunset,The world marks its endingIn shades of flame. And yet,The ending isn’t an ending.There is life buriedIn the marrow of that wood.There is a promise of returnAfter the cold cleansing,and frosty quietOf a winter’s rest. Let us revel in …
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Endings are hard. Yet Autumn is possibly the most psychologically delicious season. Ask people what their favourite season is – most of my friends say Autumn. It has a warm, rich feeling – bonfires, cider, crunching leaves, a particular kind of golden sunshine. But part of the appeal for me, I think, was that it …
I love flying BA, because they have such a great music selection I always end up discovering new things. I’d read about ’12 Little Spells’ when it came out a year ago, but hadn’t ever listened to Esperanza Spalding’s work. Each little spell is dedicated to a specific part of the body – conjuring and …
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This is the view from my bed right now: Unpacking is still very much a work in process, since I was still too ill for months after the move to work on this properly. (Not to mention our life was in quite a state of disarray after welcoming a child and then encountering cancer in …
On my walk home from my chiropractor session yesterday, I came across this bag of apples that a neighbour had left on the wall outside their house. ‘Please take’, the note said. It was a delightful surprise. A wonderful kind of generosity – no explanations or expectations, no strings attached, no effort. Just an anonymous …
Today, I had a session with Ben Bridger. These sessions of McTimoney Chiropractic work not only make my body feel better; he always sends me out the door thinking as well. Today, there were two wonderful and timely insights. One: Sometimes it’s really useful and good to feel lazy. No one can be stimulated all …
