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Patterns

‘Life is a great tapestry. The individual is only an insignificant thread in an immense and miraculous pattern.’ Albert Einstein ‘Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience.’ Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician and philosopher I love a good quotation or two to support an idea I am exploring or to inspire me in my… Read More Patterns

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The Winds and Words of War

‘The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.’ Woodrow Wilson, on the State of… Read More The Winds and Words of War

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D is for… Pt 2

D is for … disaster, dragon, dissertation, dysphasia, diamorphine (I’ve just finished reading Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler – excellent book), dynamite, dachsund, drizzle, dribble, details and design. Let’s go with the last two. It’s the attention to details in any work of art that distinguishes it from the run of the… Read More D is for… Pt 2