During August (2021) I did a series of walks with the specific purpose that at some point during the walk I would 'be creative'. This creativity was limited to resources that were 'natural' using found natural materials that I know will rot and decay and will not...
Planning to get the most from our time
I have used lots of planning tools over my career. Two key things I've noticed is that there is neither a 'one-tool-fits-all' from the tool perspective and from the time perspective, different tools are useful at different times. Here is a strategy I've found useful...
Paper Stones and Goat Willow pictures
Waste. WasTrulyEssential The challenge of our 'waste' and how we deal with it is growing steadily. And then there's how and why we generate it too. For a long time, I've struggled with the output of my creativity being, effectively, waste.I make something(s)....
Doing Socially Engaged Art projects
You may have read in the '5 things I've learnt about Art' post that manure is a really useful anti-vandalism devise. The straw bale planters (as featured in the photo) were left untouched because of the smell. It's true. I've done a number of socially engaged art...
5 top tips about Art
Learning... You know when some gleam of understanding comes and everything crackles - in a good way?! Here are 5 of my top art learnings: art is a language that needs time and space to make itself heard we know the language of art intuitively but don't always realise...