“Bringing people together, inspiring, soothing and sharing: these are the powers of art” (1) according to the Director-General of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Today is World Art Day, a UNESCO “celebration to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art” (2), Read More …
It’s Saturday morning and I’m feeling inspired … and a wee bit proud of myself. That last part is not something that I say or write often, if at all. Particularly not since late 2018, when I developed a mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Read More …
On February 19 I bought a book and workbook package, a book-based course on learning to draw; Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards (2), and the accompanying (optional) Workbook (3). I knew at the outset that this was going to be Read More …
At this time last year, I was looking forward to a whole series of creative courses and workshops that would have just been getting underway. I’d signed up for a variety of these, being offered either for free or at very reasonable prices through local Read More …
