Reality troubles me like anyone else. I find it hard to accept that which I disagree with, or I can see causes suffering the suffering I witness. My answer to all this has been a mixture of anger, frustration, and withdrawal from the world. But this in no way to live, to try a separate […]
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Life lessons: There is no Secret Ingredient
‘I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.’ -Umberto Eco At some point in our lives, we ask ourselves ‘why am I here?’ Why does the cosmos, and therefore […]
Figure drawing first time
Last weekend I attended my first ever figure drawing class. Apart from landscape, figure drawing is one of the artistic skills I want to pursue and one I’m most impressed with. But it takes a lot of skill to do it well. I attended a workshop at the City Academy in London, the studio was […]
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The romantic self – The World is not Enough
Here I talk about being pulled in many directions by my desires and the struggle to live a life in such a state. ‘It is only those who know neither an inner call nor an outer doctrine whose plight truly is desperate’ Joseph Campbell, Hero of a Thousand Faces I’m a little bit of a […]
Decluttering / Minimalism is a spiritual practice
One unexpected side effect of minimalism is that it’s fires me up. It seems odd to get excited about getting rid of stuff, decluttering and organising. But I can get jazzed up by imagining myself inside a tiny apartment or tiny house. There’s even a Youtube channel on it. If it’s not the house it’s […]
The Insidious idea of Perfection
One of the most harmful and yet pervasive ideas that seem to occupy our minds and esteem society is the idea of purity or perfection. We think of a perfect world, a utopia, perfect wisdom, perfect beauty. A perfect circle, perfect life, son, partner etc. I find it horrifying that so much of what we […]
Do we have Free Will, or Free Won’t?
In our day-to-day experience, we appear to be making things happen through the choices and decisions we make. However, when we look closer it becomes far more difficult to support the idea that we make choices independent of outside influences. The findings of neuroscience have shown free will or may be nothing more than an […]
