Monthly Archives: June 2012

A Contemporary Salute for the Torch

Posted on 25 June 2012 by

click here to start video If there are people in Britain tracking the day-to-day progress of the Olympic Torch, I’m not amongst them. I’m interested in an abstract cartographical way by the claim that it passes within 3km of 95% … Continue reading →

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Motherhood and Foul Weather

Posted on 22 June 2012 by

I’m standing on a bleak mountain top. At least, I think it’s a bleak mountaintop because with the mist and drizzling rain, I can’t see very much. I can see enough though to feel terrified. There is a ravine to … Continue reading →

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On being Micro Dermally Abraded

Posted on 21 June 2012 by

Today I was microdermallyabraded. I can now reap the benefits of hydrated skin and rebalanced PH levels. When I next look in the mirror (abracadabra) I will see a difference after just one treatment. Outer layers have been gently exfoliated, … Continue reading →

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Daydreams to Creativity

Posted on 19 June 2012 by

I find it funny in both senses of the word that there were some subjects at school that I was completely disinterested in and yet which in real life I found absorbing. Geography is one good example. I love maps, … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Designs

Posted on 16 June 2012 by

I have written from time to time of my occasional garden envy. I don’t mean envying the unattainable splendour of a country estate garden. No, just traipsing the suburbs of Leeds is enough to prompt covetous admiration of magnolias, camellias, … Continue reading →

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West London: the Final Frontier?

Posted on 12 June 2012 by

I’m finding some inspiring additional benefits through my current association as an artist with Debut Contemporary in Westbourne Grove, and consequential regular trips down the East Coast line. Apart from the great workshop programme and the chance to meet a … Continue reading →

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The Pleasure Principle @hoxtonart gallery

Posted on 7 June 2012 by

Steven Dickie, Great Leap Forward I’m always interested in presentation of art. Both from a contextual and psychological perspective and from an aesthetic stance, I can’t escape the fact that my response to art is profoundly affected by its context … Continue reading →

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Flying the Flag

Posted on 3 June 2012 by

I’ve been intrigued, amused and entertained in equal measure over the last month by the increasing visibility of the Union Jack as stylistic inspiration and decor. From sad little paper flags propped up next to a display of comfy shoes … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane in Cheshire

Posted on 2 June 2012 by

My mother isn’t used to driving me around so much these days. So all credit to her yesterday as she negotiated a narrow lane in the Cheshire countryside yesterday without going into a ditch as I suddenly yelled “STOP”. “Can … Continue reading →

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