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Welcome aboard The Life Boat
Writing from a windswept island about art, creativity, books and other buoyancy aids for turbulent times. Drop in here and say hello!
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The Clearing
What you find in the spaces between...
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We are all clouds
Things are getting foggy in the studio
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Flow and fall like water
In search of the miraculous
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2:49
Spinning in the sunlight
Of small joys and the coming of Spring
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The brimming moment
On trying to catch hold of time before it falls
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In the unlettered light
Painter Mary Morrison on finding her way back home to Harris and the magical alchemy of paint
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Take your own sweet time
Do slow things, or maybe do nothing at all
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'A wave is a creation event, chaos, sheer energy.'
A conversation with Orkney-based photographer Nicki Gwynn-Jones
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Morning light; a cloud seen from inside; a skylark
The loss and the gift
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An invisible ocean flows through us
coming to the surface as a body of water
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I'm on the wireless!
BBC Radio Orkney's Huw Williams came to my studio for a chat
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The sound of the sea breathing
the roar of a billion tiny air bubbles
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On mistakes and masterpieces
and how there's hope for all of us
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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. Climb aboard.
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