20 Seconds to overcome fear
Marion Milner, a celebrated child psychoanalyst wrote of her own creative anxieties in her book On Not Being Able to Paint (Heineman, 1950, but still… Read More »20 Seconds to overcome fear
Psychology
Where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed?
“where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed?” (title from the song with lyrics by Peter Sarstedt, 1969, listen to… Read More »Where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed?
Dirt!
“Dirt!” Originally published in Art of England, Issue 83, 2011. Reproduced with permission. In the film Amadeus, Salieri says of Mozart that it was like… Read More »Dirt!
And from a child … true abstraction
Aelita Andrea is very young and yet she is showing us what goes on in the mind of a child through her art. See her… Read More »And from a child … true abstraction
In the beginning, there was abstraction
The earliest cave paintings were abstract. Now we can move on and reappraise the historical bias toward figurative and representational art. The early humans painted… Read More »In the beginning, there was abstraction
Frankenfolks can be artists too!
“Frankenfolks” can be artists too!” Originally published in Art of England, Issue 86, 2011. Reproduced with permission. Are older people curiosities, especially the long-lived? Do… Read More »Frankenfolks can be artists too!
Intelligent Life
I subscribe to only one art magazine: Turps. Actually, I subscribe only to a few things anyway. I used to want to get one of… Read More »Intelligent Life
Medicine for Body and Soul
Art of England (issue 66, 2010) has published a short piece of mine. It is some commentary on a conference in London on arts and… Read More »Medicine for Body and Soul