Category Archives: Life
Why Create?
What was the reason people first felt the urge to make marks? Some of the first cave paintings were found quite by accident, many metres below the earth, by explorers. What compelled these ancient people to make images upon the … Continue reading
Explorations of the Wild Feminine, an Art Retreat.
10th August 2019 – 17th August 2019 With Terre Cerridwyn Busse “We have forgotten that we were born of celestial cataclysm.” “We have forgotten how to dance bare-footed on the earth to the cadence of our souls. we have forgotten … Continue reading
Sacred Mountain
A woman in a blue veil stands in prayer before a sacred mountain. In my Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/664753402/sacred-mountain?ref=shop_home_active_1
Words and images
Words are powerful. In an age of social media, blogging and the internet in general, words are used constantly. They are used as weapons, and as healing salve. Words are encoded in us, it is my feeling. Meaning, I cannot … Continue reading
The wifi kids
Every summer I host and teach English to non-native English speaking kids, who come to stay with my family for a ‘total immersion’ experience in an English family. I teach them in the mornings, and in the afternoons we have … Continue reading
Walking and EMDR
While I have always known the benefits of walking in terms of health and well-being, I am always open to making new discoveries about the healing that goes with walking. I know that I am especially obsessed with … Continue reading
Random Recollections of Phoenix
I was sitting and painting just now, and randomly remembered the first time I went to Phoenix, Arizona. I hadn’t been in America long and was working for a start-up magazine, as a P.A. I was staying at a friend … Continue reading
Solstice Trees and Seas
This winter solstice feels calm, gentle and quite soothing. I walked out along the cliff path and decided that, in spite of a few party invitations, I would listen to my body/mind and seasonal rhythms and stay at home tonight. … Continue reading
Tarkovsky
I was first introduced to the films of Andrei Tarkovsky at art school, in the film club. I didn’t get it. I was young and full of energetic distraction. Now, a few decades on, I cannot get enough of his … Continue reading
Charleston Farm House
Occasionally I feel the pull, and take myself for a few hours to Charleston. It’s one of my happy places. Nestled in the gentle undulations of the south Downs it feels a world away from ordinary life. A haven, once … Continue reading
