The other day, I was watching an interview with the Special Effects Art Director of one of my favourite films, The Mummy (1999). Showing incredible pencil drawings of what became the opening shot in the film, he described how his drawings […]
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The other day, I was watching an interview with the Special Effects Art Director of one of my favourite films, The Mummy (1999). Showing incredible pencil drawings of what became the opening shot in the film, he described how his drawings […]
In the mountainous areas of southern Germany it can sometimes become suddenly and exceedingly wintery. Where there was no snow one day, can become a ski paradise the next day. On one such day, I took a day trip with […]
In late September of 2020, mid-pandemic, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB) reached out to me to discuss a new project in development for the South Bank Centre’s Behind Closed Doors series. An ambitious slate of concerts performed at an […]
In my last post, I wrote about the power of observation to bring us into the present moment, a phenomenon I’m familar with from various forms of meditation. Although I don’t do traditional sitting meditation as often as I used […]
One of the things I really enjoy about street photography is the way it makes me see the world around me. I was recently walking in town, when I noticed a bike chained to a lamppost under a tree, a […]
I often find myself fascinated by the creative work that goes into staging a store front. Of course the primary purpose of this kind of art is to entice passers-by to stop and look, then ideally enter to make a […]
In these pandemic times, one of the joys of being in a town with a market is the opportunity to shop outdoors in the fresh air, enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the environment. There is something special about […]
COVID-19 has wrought havoc on the lives of musicians worldwide who rely on the indoor congreation of their audience members to make a living. One subset of the music industry that seems not to have lost out is that group […]
