Books and Reading – Page 6 – Stuart Eglin

Focus

July 17, 2009January 22, 2004 by Stuart

It is incredible just how much of our lives is spent in a vague state of day-dream. Wouldn’t it be good to be really focused, even just for a few hours each day? Do I know what my overarching goals are for this year? Some of them, yes! But without a direction, we just wander … Read more

Creativity and Robert Fritz

May 2, 2020November 6, 2003 by Stuart

Some time ago I read a book by Robert Fritz called ‘The path of least resistance’. It was a marvellous exposition of uses of creativity. I thoroughly enjoyed working through it. Well, you often find yourself going around loops and back to where you started. At the moment I am reading Peter Senge’s ‘Fifth Discipline’ … Read more

A week of ambling around

July 13, 2009September 26, 2003 by Stuart

It has been one of those weeks beset with a heap of work. In the midst of it all, I have waded through a range of music and a bit of poetry. On the music front, I’m still listening with interest to () by Sigur Ros which reveals new depths each time I listen to … Read more

Give the rabbit away

July 13, 2009September 19, 2003 by Stuart

New covers for the two poetry sequences which I am in the middle of writing have emerged over the last couple of days. They have arisen from photos taken with a digital camera which we bought a couple of months ago. The fact that digital photos can be taken, deleted, retaken, adjusted, see there and … Read more

Between then and now

July 13, 2009September 10, 2003 by Stuart

I’m still waiting for delivery of the book by Michael Ayres. In the meantime, I have received three books which I am easing my way into: 1. Barry MacSweeney – The Book of Demons (and Pearl) 2. Tom Raworth – The Vein 3. Wendy Mulford – The abc of writing The book by MacSweeney is … Read more

Ayres and Graces

July 13, 2009September 5, 2003 by Stuart

I read at least ten weblogs regularly, by a wide range of people who are musicians, poets and psychologists. Something is happening in the world at the moment. It seems I am not the only person to lose the plot over the last week or so – virtually all of the weblogs I visit have … Read more

Art Therapy

July 20, 2024August 27, 2003 by Stuart

Art therapy – a technical formalisation in language for something that I dabbled with at the start of my career. Back in the 1980s I worked within a team of artists of a wide range of disciplines. I was the poet who mucked about with photography and did the latter very badly (noble ideas without … Read more

The Trans Pennine Express

July 13, 2009August 22, 2003 by Stuart

Wobbling around in an ungainly manner on the “Trans-Pennine Express” from Leeds to Liverpool on the day before a Bank Holiday weekend. As a result of the timing of this, the train is heaving with people and I feel a little over-dressed in a suit, shirt and tie (I’m working today). I have to say … Read more

What’s he building in there #1

March 14, 2017August 19, 2003 by Stuart

I’ve been back from holiday for a week now, and things have been really hectic. I’m just finding time to rise out of the chaos and resume the weblog. The holiday – a week in Languedoc, South France followed by a week on the coast near Begur in Catalonia, Northern Spain. Then, to finish, a … Read more

A journey begins with a small step

October 13, 2009June 13, 2003 by Stuart

Welcome to my own weblog, where I will use the space perhaps once or twice a week to explore poetry, music and all things associated. Friday 13th June is a rather inauspicious day to begin posting! Well, it’s always worth challenging the superstitions. Poetry – who? The predictable list: Seamus Heaney Ted Hughes Margaret Atwood … Read more