As Best I Can
C M TaylorOffers a candid view on art, writing & the reality of creation. Named from the motto of peerless 15th Century Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck. Written by a published novelist, filmed screenwriter, novice director, media academic & art history nut
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if something is boring for two minutes try it for four
The plan at the beginning of 2026 felt both fuzzy and grandiose: make two short experimental films during which a work of visual art is created, then show those films in an exhibition next to the works of art created within them.
But stran...
Two Autumn Events and One Summer Memory
The first chilly morning yesterday, condensation on the window, shivers at the start of my run, and so of course my mind turns back to summer and so to the curious case of the horned prophet Moses.
Summer is freedom and joy. In summer I ge...
Installing Flemish Widgets
Picture: Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?)
Life is being comical. These two things are true:
- As a university student I was accurately described by a lecturer as, ‘the most anti-academic student I’ve ever met.’...
Paul McCartney v The Roman Empire
In 2023 a Swedish influencer named Saskia Court asked her Instagram followers to question the men in their lives about how often they thought about the Roman empire. And it turned out that lots of those men thought about Rome quite often -...
Solstice Slate, Summer 2026
As you read this I’ll be canoeing down the Thames on an annual midsummer trip with three old friends, one of whom really had better have brought a working tent this year. And I just wanted to take a moment, just as I did at the winter solst...
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Novelist / Screenwriter / Book to Screen / Enthusiastic amateur art historian / Novice director/ Active participant in construction of contemporary masculinity / Curious / Teach @ Oxford International Centre for Publishing & Journalism
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