The Enchantment of Beauty

For those who see, an image demands attention, more so than any other medium.

Although my emotional response to visual art is not as intense to me as music, I find light and its uncovering of form beautiful, and with beauty comes great pleasure.

With words with or alone, written, spoken, heard, understood, unknown, their shape, their length in time becomes their ease, their hope or pain in mind, the enchanted journey of and for their meaning.

Making Good

People at the head of an organisation insist that once a thing is published, it should never be amended except in exceptional circumstances. This results in a clash between my creative desire to constantly improve, and the corporate concerns of control, reputation, and legal challenge.

We should always make better, and if necessary, acknowledge the changes. Literature, music, art, research, and good journalism have been updated as new editions since their very beginnings...

The Short And The Long Of It

Only rarely am I enthralled by a lengthy piece of music from beginning to end - my moments of pleasure are more usually tempered by periods of anticipation. Although large-scale artworks are undoubtedly enriching, small works can be equally satisfying.

When something is not so easily given to academic study or critique it is often mistakenly viewed of as less significant. Small and large does not however equate with better or worse...