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Silence is ecological
Silence is our birthright and our natural home. It's political. And it’s subversive.
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Art that holds time as a vase holds water
On slow art, slow looking and slow reading
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We are immersed in a world of wetness
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Art that holds time as a vase holds water
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Silence is ecological
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Gathering the flow of attention
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What darkness reveals
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All this stubborn loveliness
and what do do with it.
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What darkness reveals
The slow silk of the aurora
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We are immersed in a world of wetness
A talk I gave last week for the Orkney Arts Society about water, time, creativity and connectedness. I thought I'd share it with you.
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Writing and Drawing in Conversation
Hello Friends Last night I gave a presentation at the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, which I’ll share with you in the coming weeks. I was delighted to…
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Imagine a world flowing with rivers clean enough to drink
This is Li An Phoa's vision, and she's just walked 220 miles along the River Thames to share it.
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We don't really live 'on dry land'
We inhabit a watery world of many wetnesses: puddle, cloud, rain, stream, sea, fog, dew, aquifer, in a watery reality that penetrates our own bodies and…
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Build your own lifeboat
Artist Jenny Pope talks about why she built a coracle on her kitchen table, how we create buoyancy together, and how she's finding ways to navigate…
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The Life Boat
The Life Boat
Weekly letters from a windswept northerly island about creative life by the water, and the art and books that help us stay buoyant in these turbulent times. Climb aboard.
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