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Conflation of Blogs
Have I nothing better to do than write posts for blogs? Some days I wonder. Actually, the time spent is pretty minimal these days. After a year of regular posting, I just go with the flow of the day and … Continue reading
Contemporary Art @BealesHotel
Most hotel art is pretty unedifying. The most stimulating work is usually print-based, but usually there’s a lowest-common-denominator-let’s-please-everyone factor which is dispiriting. Perish art which doesn’t provoke attention, whether aesthetic or conceptual, and whether for positive or negative reasons. But … Continue reading
Inspiring Quotes
Readers of my other daily blog currently documenting my explorations of risk, failure and creativity in artistic daily practice will be all too aware that I am motivated to actively seek failure as a means of progressing. So I am … Continue reading
Posted in Encountering Art, Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged creativity, failure, Postaday2012, risk
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Lowry @TheLowry
When I was at The Lowry the other day, I spent some time looking at all the Lowrys. L.S. Lowry’s work is so often seen in reproduction (in that insatiable contemporary merchandising sort of way) that it suffers from a … Continue reading
Nadav Kander at The Lowry
It was something of a last minute decision to go and see what was on at The Lowry in Salford yesterday, and the decision was somewhat heavily influenced by ease of parking. So it was wonderful to find two great … Continue reading
Posted in Encountering Art, Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged art, exhibitions, photography, Postaday2012
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The Joy of Rose & Lee
I’d never heard of Radcliffe near Manchester before the other day, nor had I heard of Rose & Lee before I read a little article in the Sunday Times the other week, but today I was fortunate enough to become … Continue reading
Posted in Encountering Art, Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged antiques, Postaday2012, shopping
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A Day of Rest
I think I’m lucky in life for many reasons, but particularly because my ‘work’ is usually about play and enjoying myself. Except when it isn’t, of course. But there is a downside to work not really being work, and with … Continue reading
Prospects for Peace?
I attended a fascinating talk last night about prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It was elivered by Shaul Arieli , an impressive speaker popularly recognised as having an encyclopaedic knowledge through personal experience of the history of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-cultural dialogue, Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged culture, peace initiatives, Postaday2012
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Talent of Communication
I’ve had an intensely “cultural” few days recently, culminating in a chamber recital last night by pianist Alessandro Taverna. Taverna was a finalist in the 2009 Leeds Piano Competition and it’s true to say me and my girls have become … Continue reading
Posted in Life encounters with the Artist, The Arts in Leeds
Tagged culture, music, Postaday2012
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More Slow
It’s only been a few days since I began trying to embrace <a href="http://Slow“, but I see signs of improvement already. Just being more mindful of what I’m doing is making a big difference, but it helps too, I think, … Continue reading
