KAIROS HADITHWhen Thich Nhat Hanh says that he sees a cloud within the tree – that is, he sees both as being the same thing, one assumes he is talking philosophically. When Thich Nhat Hanh says after he dies he will be perhaps a flower or a leaf of grass or a cloud, one assumes he is reassuring the […]
“Ritual, art, poetry, drama, music, dance, philosophy, science, myth, religion are all as essential to man as his daily bread: man true’s life consists not alone in the work activities that directly sustain him but in the symbolic activities which give significance both to the processes of work and their ultimate products and consummations.” Lewis […]
Capturing Britain in metal etchings I was inspired when I watched the documentary about Norman Ackroyd on ‘What do Artist’s do all day’. I was living abroad and felt very nostalgic for the rough wintery British coastlines. There’s something raw about the medium he uses – etched metal, splashed with ink then pressed onto rough […]
What drives creativity? Once it was reverence of the gods, celebrating the universe and all existence. Story telling.Tribal. Spiritual. Abstract. In our post-Freudian world, it seems creativity has become increasingly driven by personal desires – desires to see an object of the imagination manifest, to appease the ego / gain recognition /status / money et […]
I was curious to know who inspired and influenced Joseph Campbell. It seems it was a German researcher by the name of Heinrich Zimmer who studied and wrote about oriental mythology. He wrote the ‘Philosophies of India’ which recounts Indian mythology, philosophy and tales as well his own interpretation. Some of the tales leave a […]
A man on whom the sun has gone down. Either the most overlooked artist of the 20th century or perhaps durliberate-ly ignored. Fluent in a handful of languages, a bohemian, a young buck prodigywith too much sense and too much energyangry, outspoken and, ultimately, locked up. One who can see through the beclouded words, false […]
What do you do? (What ARE you?) As a child, you are never asked this question, because it is irrelevant – the answer is simple: anything and everything. Childhood is still widely accepted as the period of experimentation allotted to each of us on our journey towards a fully crystallized adulthood. As an adult, this […]
I read “Hero of a Thousand Faces” three times in a row. I could tell, from reading just a few sentences and from gauging the rhythm and word-choice that this writer knew. Knew what he was talking about – or he was tapping into something – but what? Like a musician grooving. Or like my […]