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Music and literature are the yin and yang of art, the two poles of human experience, existing in horseshoe-similar extremes and creating opposite responses in the person engaging with them. Music and literature are both art, but they move in different ways, create a different effect on you, and cause you to feel in a... Continue Reading →
In the halcyon days of 2014 I went to a small gig by a band used to even smaller gigs. On the recording of that gig you can hear the incredulity in their voices multiple times over the course of the evening as the crowd go wild, singing and dancing with abandon. This is a... Continue Reading →
Is success just pushing through sadness and fear? Does it mean difficulty or is it on the other side? I’m ambitious, but I’m also aware that I could be a simple kind of happy if I took a good job, worked creatively, fostered the kind of environment William Morris talked about where all my things... Continue Reading →
I spent ages veganising this recipe, can somebody please make it?
I think most of us have a creative project in our bottom drawer or a business idea that we’re working on alongside our conventional job if you’re an idiot like me, you may even have both, things you couldn’t choose between and keep you very busy, but which can be tabled at a time when your ‘real’ work has to be your main focus.
This pandemic is a life-changing cultural shift, and one of the questions we ought to take from it is the purpose of education: what are people hoping to get out of their school experience?
An old article from Lamp & Owl magazine.
Expanded from a National Geographic competition entry.
A lesson in the dangers of social media and an acknowledgement of some personal growth that needed doing.
There is a difference between ambitions, these things that we strive for and work to make happen, and wanting something to be our own or to be different. We know the difference between need vs want, but do we need to learn the difference between want and desire?
Late Romantic 