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Now here's a poem
I read this poem for the first time yesetrday … where has it been all my life? It’s brilliant! My favourite verse:
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
‘if’ by rudyard kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make all…
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Interesting website
Over the last year I’ve become a bit of an image nerd. I’ve had to learn about things like pixels and dots per inch and sRGB. Now I probably know enough to be dangerous. I came across this gem of a site today: http://www.purveslab.net/seeforyourself/. Well worth checking out if you’re into how the eye works …
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The Suzuki Method
Every now and then one stumbles across a captivating idea. I had that experience yesterday. I picked up a book on the Suzuki method – something I had previously heard about but never really understood. It’s a winner. The inventor of the Suzuki method, Shin’ichi Suzuki, looked at something incredibly complicated that we all take for granted: Language.
Suzuki questioned why we all manage…
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The goodness of RedBubble
Julie Langford wrote a poem celebrating the recent birth of Emma Kate. It was the most touching poem – it brought tears to my eyes. Thanks Julie. My wife keeps re-reading it … and each time she ends up in tears. The thing is that I’ve only met Julie through RedBubble. In fact, before Julie wrote the poem I had only seen her activity on the site from afar (it’s hard to keep up with everyo…
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Exciting news
Well my photographic journey has been a little dormant in recent months – but I feel that’s all about to change (and take a new direction). Announcing the safe arrival of Emma Kate Styles – born on the weekend. I’m feeling very chuffed and have a renewed respect for all mothers.
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Art for the experts?
James sent me this quote this morning – and it struck a chord.
“We live in a society where difficult things are increasingly left to experts and specialists. So people take vacations to New York City to see the great art, buy CD’s to hear the great performances, subscribe (occasionally) to PBS to watch Masterpiece Theatre – and at a glance it all seems entirely positive, even virtuous. Y…
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Art is the highest form of hope
I saw this piece of graffiti today:
“Art is the highest form of hope
Hope is the first sign of despair”
It’s got me thinking. I think Art involves questioning … viewing things differently … seeing things as they could be … and for me that often involves thinking about how things could be better – how I wish th…
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