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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Advice for creatives: Caitlin Moran
“Inappropriate advice for creatives” by Caitlin Moran 18 minutes of solid gold advice – lively, refreshing and real wisdom in there. Must-reads for any new media graduates thirsting to get into interesting work. (For any careers teachers reading this – do consider playing this video to a class). Here’s a few nuggets to get a taste: *Continue reading “Advice for creatives: Caitlin Moran”
Soundtrack to my life
Meaning comes from putting two things together. This is the basis of montage – according to Sergei Eisenstein (Russian film director) So, I followed a prompting to randomly select tunes on my songlist to match different words – I can’t remember the actual formula: and below is what it came up with… (you could play thisContinue reading “Soundtrack to my life”
Skint Foodie
Want to eat well but not have a lot of the folding money? So does Skint Foodie, who blogs with sometimes fruity language, about it – how to eat well with less money, where. “This is not a blog about how to survive on the very lowest budget possible. It’s more about eating good food,Continue reading “Skint Foodie”
Modern Poetry
So what about modern poetry? I came across this website – just look at the info here, on a screengrab from their website at: http://www.modernpoetry.org.uk/ It’s a bit like falling down the Alice in Wonderland rabbithole – so very many possibilities and non mainstream info. There’s a lot of words about being not so commercial andContinue reading “Modern Poetry”
Aspirational Vinegar
(This is a little retro snippet from my mobile phone, pictures taken a couple of years ago) Now showing at a large supermarket near you…. New Design – on display in the Balsamic vinegar department. I went late night last minute shopping i.e. for an event on the morrow.…. and I was stopped in my racks by theContinue reading “Aspirational Vinegar”
Choosing colours (knitting)
Swatching – in knitting this practice helps see how colours work together, by knitting small samples. But I can also see how this theory would help with painting and other arts and crafts of colour (especially patchwork). There’s a master class in this whole area from Shetland knitter Ella Gordon on her blog, right here: https://ellagordon.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/crofthoose-hat-knit-a-long-choosing-colours/Continue reading “Choosing colours (knitting)”
Fake Wodehouse
The obvious (to me) minimum requirement for a good day at the beach is a Wodehouse novel, a comfortable chair and a good cooler full of foodstuffs. So picture my alarm on going to the local library, en route to said beach, and finding the shelves empty of Wodehouse scribblings. One of the excellentContinue reading “Fake Wodehouse”
Making Manifest by Dave Harrity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOSTVdDp9cA&feature=youtu.be 2 minute trailer on book on exercises, integrating faith and making, creating. Dave Harrity: “Making Manifest: on faith, Creativity and the Kingdom at Hand” Lots of interviews on Youtube. Simple to follow. Sounds good. It’s 28 days of meditations, prayers, things to do to be more creative. What’s not to like?Continue reading “Making Manifest by Dave Harrity”
Photographer – Colin I Homes
About to begin: retrospective on the work of this photographer, based in Edinburgh, Flaubert Gallery (8 Sept-2 Oct). Something irresistibly delicious, like ice-cream itself, in this picture on his site:http://www.colinhomes.com/
