Monthly Archives: May 2015

Words word words….

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Guthlac

It is that time of year when I start to pull together my previous year’s yearbook – this will be the sixth which means that I have been blogging for at least that length of time.  This time I have … Continue reading →

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Analogisation

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Guthlac

One of the singular joys and frustrations of the English language is that you can make up new words as you go along and no really cares.  This is in stark contrast to French which has the Academie Francaise whose … Continue reading →

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Learning to Fly

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Guthlac

   

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Feeling your age

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Guthlac

One of the things that no one really tells you about aging is that you have to endure the slow destruction of your body in front of your eyes.  Of course many people resort to plastic surgery to try and … Continue reading →

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Language

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Guthlac

I was listening to a fascinating talk on TED the other day about the development of language and how it became a defining feature of being human.  With language you are able to explain things in an abstract form as … Continue reading →

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Blue…Needles Guns and…

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Guthlac

I’m going through a blue period at the moment…the interesting thing about these images that I made another drawing which was trying to be too formal and it didn’t work.  These two were drawn freehand and where much more successful…maybe … Continue reading →

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LIfe and death

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Guthlac

  At the moment we have several known bird’s nests within in the garden at the moment and it a wonder of nature to watch the scramble for life of these creatures.   However, with this gift comes heartache as … Continue reading →

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Freehand

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Guthlac

One of the real joys I find from creating art (what an awful phrase that is!) is just sitting down and drawing freehand.   In the past I used to got really hung up with trying to make an accurate copy … Continue reading →

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Scallywag and the gothic novel

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Guthlac

Creative journeys are strange things.  They have huge twists and turns that aren’t planned, well that is how it seems to me but it may be that I am doing things all wrong.   So yesterday I was feeling quite … Continue reading →

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The Yin and Yang of Labour Politics

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Guthlac

Two weeks after the most devastating defeat for the Labour party in living memory we have entered a time when all concerned will be eating their babies, by which I mean they are trying to elect a new leader.   … Continue reading →

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