Creative journeys

I’m weird. I like to look at a beautiful blank book, feel the unwritten pages, smell the fresh leather of the cover, and imagine the possibilities that lie within those pages. But once the ink touches the paper, and words are coerced into existence from the ether of the subconscious, meaning (or the semblance of…

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Reflection

First in a series on the poetics of mindfulness. This one is inspired by the art of Ho Chee Lick.

Making Paint

I wrote this poem about the transcendental joy of creating art – and meaning – from handmade paint:

Imperfect

Poetry and Prose https://au.blurb.com/b/11153705-imperfect

The Art of Imperfection

“Things, then, which are called “perfect” in themselves are so called in all these senses; either because in respect of excellence they have no deficiency and cannot be surpassed, and because no part of them can be found outside them; or because, in general, they are unsurpassed in each particular class, and have no part…

Tasteless Water of Souls

Poetry and prose celebrating imagination and creativity https://au.blurb.com/b/11124576-tasteless-water-of-souls

Aurora Quackalis and other strange forms

Above: Aurora Quackalis, 2022 Experimental pieces to explore spontaneous creativity. Acrylic and ink on 250 gsm multimedia paper.   

MANA, Variations

Mana var. 3, 2022, acrylic/ ink on 250 gsm multimedia paper

Tennyson’s “Love and Death”

The poem opens in Paradise, a reference to the Garden of Eden. Love – the fruit of the Tree of Life – meets Death – lurking beneath the Tree of Knowledge, who forces Love to leave (as it is a Post-Lapsarian world – a world after the Fall). Love reluctantly lets Death have his moment,…

Freehand Mandalas

This mandala is comprised of freehand circles and squares, difficult in this size but so liberating in its spontaneity.

Q is for Q…?

Illuminated Qs. Hand painted in acrylic on Khadi cotton rag paper which gives a lovely texture like brocaded fabric.