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Catching The Creative Muse

YOUR MUSE IS A CAT: she’ll never come when you call her. Has this happened to you too? Scenario: I’m in good company and animatedly recounting an anecdote…and suddenly I cant remember the punch line. Annoyed, I faff about and Read more…


God’s Country (pt.2)

Africans are a people blessed with an innate gracefulness and charm. When they smile, they release a contagious endorphin; when they laugh, they laugh with their whole body, an uplifting energy which you'd have to be chronically depressed not to Read more…


God’s Country (pt.1)

Loud grumbling thunder starts rolling across the heavy laden night sky. I lounge in a rattan armchair in the subdued light of a wide veranda, glass of exquisite South African wine at my elbow. The warm rain is coming down Read more…


Art Weekend in Malta: a painter’s paradise

It's a tremendously satisfying experience to meet a group of total strangers one day and within 48 hours feel you’ve become the best of friends. And the only bonding exercise used was painting together. So it was at a recent Read more…


Go on, Get Lost!

I'm laid back; it's an Aquarian thing. I'm often told that if I was more laid back, I'd be comatose. And that's just from the friendlies! But I do have my screaming banshee moments. Usually in the confines of my Read more…


The Art of Wasting Time

 “Creativity is the residue of time wasted.” Albert Einstein   In a previous blog I mentioned my box fetish which goes some way towards explaining why I simply love working on my series of quirky "urban landscapes". I am often Read more…