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Preparing to create: Instrumental Music
I'm always on the hunt for good pieces of instrumental music, because I find it gives me creative space: I can be writing words and generally being creative, without someone else's lyrics breaking in with their thoughts. The right music gives me a background and sense of pace. So here's a new album for my …
What fashion is for… Pierpaolo Piccioli
Fashion is to give us dreams and feelings - it is passing, but beauty is eternal
Promise becomes reality: flowers unfurl
This is a time-lapse film of flowers opening: many of them are lilies or orchids, so the colours and patterns and shapes are stunning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjCzPp-MK48 video by David de los Santos Gil For variation, mute the music they are presented with, and try varieties of music in your audio library. How does it feel …
Creative prompt: music to image
"Bread and Circus" - an instrumental piece of music suitable for creative imagining and making
Poetry of Resilience – Irina Ratushinskaya
Poetry can inspire by acknowledging a person, telling their story, celebrating their life's witness. I just came across a poem by Luci Shaw, which tells us another poet/person's story, their persistence through harsh circumstances. Encouraging. Luci's poem begins with her introduction to Irina, in italics. Irina Ratushinskaya —Russian poet and physicist who was sentenced to …
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A sight for the ears – exhibition tie-in
Edinburgh, Scotland: Last night, I was at the book launch of a pamphlet book of poetry "Seen/Unseen" written in response to the artworks in an exhibition "Hidden Gems" at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh. There was a brilliant turnout, in part due to the fact that there were 30 poets involved and most of them …
Time travel and Pizza
Time travel and pizza..... Well, what more could you ask for in a short animation? Looking at the website https://slipperyedge.com, I came across this oscar-nominated short video. Just two minutes of your earth time. Or is it more? Or less? https://vimeo.com/225249697 Creative Takeaways Slippery Edge like to feature the work of creative folk - have …
Art = “a fresh seeing”
If you know anyone who loves Matisse's cutouts but says "I'm scared to make art" or "I dread old age", show them this video. Eunice Parsons is a vibrant, working collagist in her 90s. She works with huge pieces of paper, ripping them and rearranging them carefully into new, eye-popping pictures. (Note: she made this …
Cold? Try garlic mushroom macaroni cheese
Today's creative prompt is "cold" - my creative response is cooking a garlic mushroom macaroni cheese, recipe courtesy of the fantastically named food blog "Amuse Your Bouche". Here's the story..... today being a crisp, autumnal day, I visited my favourite cafe at an art gallery (what's not to like). However, today I had no lunchtime …
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