I first became interested in Jung when a friend at university, Helen Scholes (now Chatterton – a textile maker living in Liverpool), bought me “Memories, Dreams and Reflections” for my birthday. This was Jung’s memoir written towards the end of his life. I was instantly captivated by the things he wrote about. Many years later … Read more
Earlier today I had lunch with a good friend. I have known Vince since I was at secondary school. We lost touch for many years, but reconnected again 4 years ago. Talking to Vince and hearing him describe a spiritual experience reminded me of something which happened to me back in 2000. The following … Read more
When I was a teenager I would regularly spend weekends with my Aunt and Uncle in a village about 5 miles from my home. My Aunt was my mother’s younger sister. She had a young son who I would babysit for when they went out. One weekend, when my cousin was just a toddler, my … Read more
Subtitled, ‘Manafon Variations‘, this album takes tracks from David Sylvian’s last album and combines them with new ones. The songs are restructured from the voice upwards using two different approaches. For some of the songs, the composer Dai Fujikura has developed string pieces. Working with a string quartet, but using treatments and microtonal layers together … Read more
I had a “significant” birthday a few days ago. One of the presents I was given was a chinese lantern. My youngest son gave it to me. We lit it late in the afternoon. I hadn’t seen one before. I felt like a young boy again as I watched the paper lantern soar up into … Read more
We are in the midst of a really cold spell (- 6°C at night) as is a lot of Western Europe. And that set me to thinking about how things were just 4 weeks ago. These pictures were taken on 24th October! Seasons change…
[from a new poetry sequence which I am developing] I watched the little specs of dust as they floatedIn shafts of light through the churchA voice was working its way through a sermonBut my mind was engaged in this little worldWhere the dust bits fall then spin and whirlSome micro universe where I can imagineA … Read more
One day on this holiday we went on a trip through the mountains in Corsica. It is an island of great beauty, and real contrasts. I stopped the car to take some photos of the mountains – one range looked like something out of ‘Lord of the Rings’ – and as I was taking the … Read more
