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That is the question. Just been reading a terrific book about art: The story of art without men, by Katy Hessel. Unputdownable. I read to learn – I’m that kind of consumer. I’ve long been painfully aware of gaps in my knowledge – about pretty much everything! If I often feel insufficiently able to venture… Read more: To blog or not to blog

Can it really be possible? I feel like the guy in that film. The time machine. The man who sits in the magic chair, selects a date and whooshes forward. Or backwards. Hurtling into a time zone scenario of impressive strangeness. Right now I am expecting flying cars zinging past my window. Sleekly. A sublime… Read more: It’s 2025. Wow!

Cultivating a new nature picture. Some early thoughts…. Like a field, a painting sometimes has to remain fallow. Perhaps I should put it away. Maybe do a bit of investigation. Undertake an inquiry – seek out some source material. I think I’d like to go to the library – open an art book at random..seek… Read more: Slowly growing, but not yet flowing

Twas a surprise I can tell you. Still had the autumnal flavour of a dream. Lingering. A very visual dream. Not easy to describe – but I’ll try… Vast field. A crimson leaf fluttering and twisting across the sky. And what a sky. So blindingly bright I can hardly determine its colour. Like the contrast… Read more: Once I woke into glorious wonder.

Just finished a picture. Been working on it for ages. Going well for a while. But when I turn my back – and then I look again – get dismayed. Gone wrong again. Going down blind alleys. Going up the chimney. Nebulously. Like smoke. Added some small, golden horizontal lines: top left. To echo something.… Read more: Laughter in the Crescent