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Pale and wan
Hello Friends
A brief one today. I’ve been briefly laid low by a heavy cold, lying on the sofa under a blanket, dozing and staring into space by turns, my laptop lying unopened beside me, this week’s post unwritten. I hadn’t the energy to...
Bet the farm
Hello friends
At the weekend Andrew and I watched a film documenting the live performance of Max Richter’s “Sleep”, an eight-hour open air concert held overnight in a Los Angeles park.
Under muted lighting, the audience lies on serried ra...
A single planetary heart
Hello friends
After an eerily calm and mild weekend, the wind is again thumping at the stone walls of my studio, whistling under the door and steadily destroying the last remnants of my summer garden. Sudden ambushes of horizontal rain pel...
Painting, dancing, thinking
Hello Friends
One Saturday afternoon recently I was alone in the house, doing a few weekend chores about the place. I had music on while I worked. A particular tune came on that caught my attention. Something about its interlocking rhythms...
Creativity is a path to freedom
Hello friends
I’ve been deep in painting lately. In the studio I’m finding a focus born of deadlines, yes, but also something deeper. Maybe it’s the unsettling times we are living through. I am leaning into repetition like prayer. I live a...
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Award-winning artist and writer | Artist's writing coach | Orkney islander | Water watcher | Author of THE CLEARING (Hachette UK)
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