Return From A Space For Dreaming

Return From A Space For Dreaming

I have just returned from A Space For Dreaming an intensive 6 day art event in Ireland, created by Irish artist Pauline Agnew. It was my first art retreat and it definitely won’t be my last. It was brilliant! I attended 2 workshops – ‘Immersions in...
Are You Doing Anything?

Are You Doing Anything?

I was just about to write an email to my mentoring group and noticed myself thinking – “What will I write, I haven’t done anything?” And then I noticed that this, of course, wasn’t true. It’s impossible to do nothing at all . . ....
How To Paint Badly

How To Paint Badly

Recently I signed up to Melissa Dinwiddie’s  five-day mini-course, Creative Sandbox 101, which I thoroughly recommend. Not only is Melissa a delight but the course is great for ideas about what to try next and to loosen up any fixed thinking you may have about...
Roller Coaster Thinking

Roller Coaster Thinking

So . . . yesterday, bidding started in earnest for the Music as Therapy Charity Auction. I came home after breakfast (I know, I know, what a fab life to be able to have breakfast with a mate before starting “work”) and saw that 19 bids had come in,...