“Ten times a day something happens to me like this – some strengthening throb of amazement – some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” ― Mary Oliver The most treasured moments are […]

Art and Dreaming

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” Vincent Van Gogh. In his book Dream Tending: Awakening to the healing power of Dreams, Dr. Stephen Aizenstat writes that dream images are like characters in a story. Dream images give meaning to our life’s story, just as characters in novels give meaning to the […]

Getting on by getting off ? Creative process as a path

Starting something new is challenging. I came across this quote by Michael Edwards, the late Jungian analyst, Professor and art therapist: “Sometimes we know that we don’t stand a chance of getting into something until we have managed to get out of something else […] it is often finding the way in which sets new […]

Welcome to Creative Foraging

All about foraging and finding stuff that inspires. This weeks finding is a poem by Mary Oliver. The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at […]

New website

I’m really pleased to announce that I’ve just launched my brand new redesign website.