I have a strange relationship to discipline; I love it and need it, but at the same time I find myself flying in the face of it. Discipline and commitment, for me, run side by side; I have an inherent commitment, even compulsion, to a...
This year I decided not to open my own Fiveways Artist's Open House in May because my son basically has to get through his A-Levels during the next few weeks. Actually I haven't opened in May for the previous 2 years: First it was my...
Last week I was asked by Laura who runs From Britain With Love, ( an online directory which makes it easy to source beautiful ethical goods from the UK ), if I would write a few lines for her blog about nurturing your personal creative...
Looking back over the past few months , something which seems noticeably missing on this blog is anything much I have written about my new book Conscious Creativity , apart from a post I put together about the 'Conscious Creativity' scent I created and then painted. Most...
Last night That Boutique-y Gin Company launched their amazing new range of olfactory gins. To coincide with the launch, they had asked me to work on a special art project for them using my synaesthesia. They wanted me to smell the aromas of the new olfactory...
When I began writing Chapter 7 of my book 'The Senses and Synaesthesia', I hadn't realised that it would become the heart of what I wanted 'Conscious Creativity' to be about. I realised how passionate I was about getting people to connect to their senses...
Yesterday I went to London to have my hair done; it’s a treat...
A couple of years ago I was asked what my dream job would be and I said that it would be something which combined painting, photography and maybe a bit of chatting! Last month, during the coldest late winter the UK had experienced in years, I...
I never think of February as a particularly exciting month, although I do always try and structure the first couple of months of the year with day trips and a general feeding of my eyes and mind. January and February are always tricky to get...