Archive - The Life Boat

Two invitations and something about a boat

Dear friends A short message this week, that comes with two invitations to join me, and one to chill out with a beautiful film. The first invitation…

Apr 24 •

We are all clouds

Things are getting foggy in the studio

Apr 17 •

Flow and fall like water

In search of the miraculous

Apr 10 •

Spinning in the sunlight

Of small joys and the coming of Spring

Apr 3 •

2:49

March 2024

The brimming moment

On trying to catch hold of time before it falls

Mar 27 •

In the unlettered light

Painter Mary Morrison on finding her way back home to Harris and the magical alchemy of paint

Mar 20 •

Take your own sweet time

Do slow things, or maybe do nothing at all

Mar 13 •

'A wave is a creation event, chaos, sheer energy.'

A conversation with Orkney-based photographer Nicki Gwynn-Jones

Mar 6 •

February 2024

Morning light; a cloud seen from inside; a skylark

The loss and the gift

Feb 28 •

An invisible ocean flows through us

coming to the surface as a body of water

Feb 21 •

I'm on the wireless!

BBC Radio Orkney's Huw Williams came to my studio for a chat

Feb 14 •

The sound of the sea breathing

the roar of a billion tiny air bubbles

Feb 7 •

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