On my walk to the station this morning I just had to stop and capture some of the signs of Spring which were catching my eye…..used my iPhone and Photoforge 2
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Can you feel it? Here comes Spring…
Posted in creativity, from the dark room, photography on March 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m so excited
Posted in creativity, from the dark room on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of the photos from the new “Flow through 2012″ calendar I made at the weekend. This photo is the one for March. If you’ve read about my monthly themes, you might like to see if you can see the connections between the theme for each month, and the particular photo of the [...]
Thinking differently about photography
Posted in creativity, from the dark room, from the viewing room, perception, photography, video on November 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Probably one of the best ever examples of how its the photographer not the equipment which makes a great photo. Stunning shots in this little video, and a great story too. Watch it and be inspired!
The importance of stories – fictional stories
Posted in books, creativity, education, from the living room, from the reading room, life, narrative, psychology, writing on September 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m a great fan of stories. In fact, I think we understand ourselves and others by using narrative, and the central way in which I work as a doctor is to hear people’s stories, and help them to change them from stories of being stuck or in chaos, to stories of flow, and flourishing and [...]
September – time to think about learning
Posted in creativity, education, from the living room, life on September 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I remember taking part in a small group once which opened with asking everyone to say which month was their favourite month, and why. One of my colleagues said September because that was the beginning of the Academic Year. I liked that response and I’ve always remembered it. I have many criticisms of our educational [...]
Lighten, brighten and enlighten
Posted in creativity, from the consulting room, from the living room, from the reading room, health, life, personal growth, philosophy on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
June is the month of the light. Next week in Scotland, it’s midsummer’s day – the shortest day of the year (you’d never know we’re in the middle of summer, given all the rain and wind we’ve had!). So, I’ve been thinking again about light. Candle light in particular reminds us how sharing light increases [...]
Bento’s Sketchbook
Posted in books, creativity, from the reading room, perception on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I always look forward to reading John Berger, ever since his classic four part documentary and book, entitled Ways of Seeing (see them all here) I love his description of story where he looks up at the stars and sees story as the creation of the invisible lines which turn stars into constellations and how [...]
The shapes of stories
Posted in creativity, from the viewing room, video, writing on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a very entertaining four minutes or so of Kurt Vonnegurt explaining the shapes of stories, using a blackboard……
Connections: wintering
Posted in books, creativity, from the consulting room, from the dark room, from the living room, health, life, photography on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I finished reading William Fiennes, The Snow Geese, this morning, then as I looked out of my window I saw this sight I followed them round to the other side of my house…. I don’t really know what to make of these “coincidences” in life, but they certainly heighten the sense of emerveillement in le [...]
worlds within worlds
Posted in creativity, from the dark room, photography on December 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Do you remember finding a hollow in a tree when you were a child and imagining a whole world in there? Scotland’s folk culture is rich with stories of fairies, strange lights appearing at night, selkies and other such other-worldly creatures. I always enjoyed imagining the miniature world that I could conjure up in such [...]
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