the continuing conversation between art and life
Today, I was absolutely stunned by a blog post on "Kitchen Vignettes" which combined memories of a much-missed mother with her signature summer recipe, together with a video of the daughter picking the fruit and making the dessert. There is a beautiful response on the blog post which says: "The video stunning (because you weave …
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I have a large-size book of visual inspiration called "Gee's Bend: the Architecture of the Quilt". Every now and then, I feel the need to look through it again - at pictures of the giant, off-centre, off-everything, bold modern geometric shapes. Made quietly by poor women in Alabama, mostly to keep their family warm - …
Today's guest post is used with permission from Monte Celia Parker - Caio, Monte! - who wrote this post for her personal blog, while studying Italian in Bologna, 4,000 miles from her boyfriend. What she recommends for maintaining a good relationship longdistance is personal, but I thought there were enough great ideas to be worth repeating, …
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W H Auden was featured in a documentary on his work and how it speaks to today's anxiety and worries in society
When Frank O'Hara, poet with the day job of curating in the Museum of Modern Art (New York), writes a love poem, it naturally mentions a great deal of art - as well as something as simple and everyday as sharing a fizzy drink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLwivcpFe8 Creative Takeaways: Write daily. This is good practice and gets …
Maya Angelou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbecKv2xR14 Maya Angelou looks back on how love - her mother's love - liberated her in different ways. Including - and specifically - calling her to greatness.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ~Peter Ustinov
