I was reflecting today on the way in which different practical tasks require quite different mental habits and capacities. I am embarked on the task of renovating a set of park benches in the grounds of our local church. Woodwork has appealed to me for many years …. in fact, since I was in grammar … Read more
I guess that the general stereotype of artists includes the idea that we are essentially not mathematically-minded. Theories of the dominance of brain hemispheres (which have interested me for a long time) would tend to support this. Nevertheless, there is no getting away from the fact that at the very least we need to be … Read more
We were having a conversation the other day in which the nature of my involvement in and commitment to art came up, when my wife admitted that she just didn’t “get it”. She was able to see that it mattered very much to me, but was at a loss to understand why it should matter … Read more
Back in 2019 I posted several entries in this blog relating to the idea that the different hemispheres of our brains govern different functions. I have been startled over the past week to rediscover the importance of this idea. After a period of fairly intensive art activity I find myself this week writing again, and … Read more
I spent most of this morning helping out at a holiday project for local children based in our local Baptist church. My contribution was not particularly onerous, and didn’t demand any great artistic ability, but it was fun. (I was helping them to paint their own designs on beach bags.) It is a long time … Read more