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Death and Grief

Mulvey (2006, p.11) “human fascinations: boundary between life and death” This piece is about one of the hero’s who has died. As he tries to defend the town. One of the witches kills him with a sword, just as he […]

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No more fake orgasms: stop boosting the art world’s self-esteem

At the recent symposium, ‘Art is not a Commodity: Examining Economic Exceptionalism in Art’, Rosalie Schweiker argued that artists need to “stop faking orgasms” and instead start clearly vocalising their dissatisfaction with the art world. Here, we publish an edited version of her presentation.

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What the sea does

I had a free lesson in the Cornish language or Kernowek today as part of a week long festival in Penzance. I learnt that English only slowly made its way down through Cornwall and reached Penzance and the surrounding West […]

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Picasso

I am looking at Picasso’s production design for the play of Parade which he did in Russia were he collaborated with the The Ballets Russes. Jean Cocteau recruited Picasso to produce the curtains and this working pathership lasted for many […]

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Bruegel

This piece Children’s Games (1560) of work is quite large and shows a vast section of the street scenes. In this painting the children are playing outside, which is a normal day for them. Robert L. Delevoy (1959, p.58) relates […]

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Change of Plan

C. S Lewis (1936, p.4) “There can be no mistake about the novelty of romantic love” I decided from this week that it would be more sensible to focus on crafting my drawing ability further and not to work on […]

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A fantastic week: part i

As I walked through the doors that separate ‘arrivals’ from the body of the airport I immediately spotted Ken sitting, as we had arranged, with a cup of tea at the cafe. His plane from London arrived half an hour […]

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First visit

On my first visit to Boldshaves, I just took a look around the garden, met my main contact for the Festival and got a feel for the place. I came away excited but quite daunted and have spent the last […]

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Reading, Collectivism, Publications

I have been putting off doing another post, partly because after we left the Cameron Highlands we went to Penang and I didn’t have that much to say about it. I didnt do any drawing either. I’ve been spending a […]

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Survivor Guilt

I’m making myself write this blog post. I have nothing to write about, because ironically, nothing kills art quite as quickly and thoroughly as applying for funding for art. The chair in the previous post hasn’t yet made it to […]

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