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Sometimes writing in my journal feels too much like work, so I turn to my storyboard Moleskine and doodle instead – it’s never difficult to fill a simple little rectangle with something that comes to mind. I never try to read too much into what comes out on the page and you shouldn’t either. I [...]
Filed under: Art, Inspiration, Miscellanea | Tagged: Arts, Creativity, Doodle, Journaling | 9 Comments »
March 2012, at the back of a cupboard Finding this reed brought back a whole load of memories. There was a time in my life when I suppose all my dreams were in the 26 inches of black resonite that made up my clarinet – I wanted to play like Artie Shaw so very badly [...]
Filed under: Inspiration, Music, Things Found | Tagged: Arts, Clarinet, Creativity, Nostalgia | 2 Comments »
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is well on its way to being a classic and an essential rite of passage for anyone who wants to write for pleasure or professionally. Julia Cameron has set herself the mission [...]
Filed under: Books, Inspiration, Reviews, Writing | Tagged: Arts, Books, Creative Writing, Creativity, Journaling, Reading, Writing | 5 Comments »
I was infected with a musical bug around the age of 12, having shown no precocious aptitude for making music. In fact, I recall being sent out of a recorder group for blowing the instrument through my nose when I was about 7 and, although I took violin lessons for a few weeks, nothing really [...]
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As I have been delving recently into a tattered folder of over 50 poems I wrote between 1994 and 2003, I have had a strange sense of reading my own soul’s history. Most of these poems, that I thought were almost perfect at the time, now make me wince and cringe with their sentiments; but [...]
Filed under: Poems, Poetry, Writing | Tagged: Creative Writing, Creativity, Nostalgia, Poetry, Writing | 1 Comment »
