Here we are in the new year and I’m taking a new direction in my Ephemeral Adventurer series of paintings. I’m experimenting with larger paintings on canvas and trying a few designs without the maps. This one is called ‘Fly With Me’ and it’s the first of the new batch. I’m going to order… Continue Reading
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Noticing Mondays: Point Of Contact
Noticing Mondays is a new weekly event on this blog where I discuss my mindful writing practice of ‘noticing’ and encourage you to join in. ******* What’s noticing? Well, here’s the twitter version: Comfy? Good. Start writing whatever you’re experiencing right now: sights/sounds/feelings/thoughts/etc. Stuck? Write ‘noticing …’ continue And this… Continue Reading
Whole Life Creativity: The Art of Noticing
How do you feel when you face a blank page? Some days it’s not a big deal for me, some days it’s difficult. When it’s good, writing and creating is like something fresh and vivid pouring itself onto the paper. Then there’s the not-good times. The block shows up first in my body–as heat, as… Continue Reading
Imagine This
You are sitting at your desk You are sitting at your desk staring at a blank page in your notebook You are sitting at your desk staring at a blank page in your notebook and this blank page stares back up You are sitting at your desk staring at a blank page in your notebook… Continue Reading
The Tea House Writing Sessions
I used to sit regularly at a Buddhist center back in Australia. One of the members there was a student of the Japanese tea ceremony and she used to hold a tea ceremony for us once a month. The center was in the inner suburbs of Sydney, and we sat on our meditation cushions… Continue Reading
Cicada Time
A cicada shell; it sang itself utterly away. Basho (trans.R.H.Blyth) Late Spring in Australia is when the air swells with the piercing cry of countless cicadas. It feels like the ground, the gum trees, and the sky are all vibrating with them. The sound is incessant, to the point where it almost distorts your sense… Continue Reading