Popes and Bankers - A cultural history of credit and debit from Aristotle to AIG by Jack Cashill is full of stories about the greed of bankers and the interference of governments and politics in the practice of making profit. While the book is incredibly enjoyable to read, considering the subject matter, I could not [...]
A friend posted this on Facebook (thanks Neesha) and it is so good I had to share it straight away … I don’t love you, I don’t want to love you … I want us to be something that is indescribable by just one word
Now that is an imperative – Write or Die It comes from Dr Wicked. I read an article on the Visual Thesaurus by Daphne Gray-Grant about Dr Wicked. You can read that article here . Write or Die by Dr Wicked is a website that gives you consequences if you don’t type enough words in [...]
All the Hemispheres – Hāfez Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love. Like a blooming night flower, Bestow your vital fragrance of happiness And [...]
In this TED lecture David Candless talks about the beautiful way he presents information:
It’s a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in it are disguised biography — but if you write your biography, it’s equally assumed you’re lying your head off. — Margaret Atwood It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to [...]
I think the four weeks is up. I have 25,000 words, which is half a novel. I am still writing it, so now I am calling it the Two Month Novel. As Ben Young – Bwagy would say ‘Perseverance is genius’
Alyssa Monks In this shallow painted space, the subject is pushing against our real space with pulsating vibrations of color that can make a painted body seem to have blood pumping through it. I have just found her online and thought they were amazing photographs. Then I discovered that they are paintings, which is even [...]
I love this blog How much noise is in your life – fromTodd Henry, the Accidental Creative He calls himself “An arms dealer for the creative revolution.” Read it here
Someone with a passion is someone to watch. I’m in love with The Sartorialist’s photos. You can see what the Sartorialist is watching here I started The Sartorialist simply to share photos of people that I saw on the streets of New York that I thought looked great. When I worked in the fashion industry [...]
