Art critic Tabish Khan & the Inner Critic

This week has been a little bit tough. It is clear that lots of us have started to hear the voice of our ‘inner critic’ louder than ever. Here I share with you some tips from from art critic Tabish Khan and from psychologist Rick Hanson. What helps you to quieten the voices which try to bring you down?

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Inspiration from Space

Just a quick post to say, you MUST check out new Google Space:http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/

(Don’t run it on IE, I suspect it will not work!)

I have spent an hour just skimming around between the stars and getting some kind of perspective on just how infinitesimal our solar system is in the grand scheme of things. Beautiful and humbling.

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Rice by Eva - Inspired writing - Clockwork Moons

Carpe Art Journal features fiction, essays, reviews and personal anecdotes about art. The essay ‘Rice’ by Eva Wong Nava was inspired by one of the artworks in Nicola Anthony’s Clockwork Moon’s series. Clockwork Moons (Time Waits for No Migrant Man) triggered a childhood memory of loss and enlightenment prompting Eva to write this beautiful story. The story was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2018 by the Editor of Ariel Chart Magazine.

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Inspiration from Space

Just a quick post to say, you MUST check out new Google Space:http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/

(Don’t run it on IE, I suspect it will not work!)

I have spent an hour just skimming around between the stars and getting some kind of perspective on just how infinitesimal our solar system is in the grand scheme of things. Beautiful and humbling.

Read More