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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.
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The Clearing
What you find in the spaces between...
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The Mushroom at the End of the World
foraging for a precarious assemblage of hope
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Finding light where you least expect it
The water dances with unexpected glints of sunlight.
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One more spin round the Sun
A wee party, a special birthday offer of a limited edition print + 50% discounted Founding member subscription, and news for next year
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Should all writers climb into the 'arc'?
How to stay afloat in a formless sea of words
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Small acts of making
in a time of unmaking
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Sinking Light
An exclusive release of new small paintings
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Never again this sun, this world
and never again this watcher
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Paint your grey bottles
Keep going
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An ordinary rain
is not ordinary
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Cloud, Moon, Wave
at the still point in the centre of the whirling world
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The gift of darkness
where colour is born
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Three Ways of Looking at the Forth
exploring the poetic ecology of a river with Garry MacKenzie
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The Life Boat
The Life Boat
Weekly letters from a windswept island in the North Atlantic. Nature, art and books that help us stay buoyant. Keep creativity afloat with subscriber co-working. Climb aboard.
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