Photo of Brecht Weigel House by Lienhard Schulz
10 Great Day Trips from Berlin
My article about my excursion to the Brecht-Weigel House in Buckow has been included in this post on day trips from Berlin.
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Fresh haircut for Spring! #curls #selfie #newhair #springtime
"Everything happens in accordance with a specific system of law, which I feel within me, and which never allows me to rest." Emma Kunz - (Switzerland, 1892-1963) Image is detail from Kunz' Work No. 002. I am currently working on a new magazine commission: 'Pioneering Women in Abstract Art'. #reading #research #reviewing #abstractart #inspiration #kunz #pioneeringwomen
Happy St. Patrick's Day! This is an image I took last year of Saint Patrick in Saint David's Cathedral in Wales. #saintpatrick #saintdavid #wales #ireland #saints #cathedrals #architecture #patronsaints
Testing out my brother Owen's lovely hot seaweed tubs on a beautiful St. Patrick's Day morning in West Cork. @wildatlanticseaweedbaths #wildatlanticway #relaxation #westcork #ireland
Spending the afternoon learning about trees and orchard maintenance. #futureorchard #glanmire #cork #trees #fruit #gardening #countryliving #ireland
Delighted that I have just had my article on climate change and visual arts published in the New York arts magazine Cultbytes! Check it out: http://cultbytes.com/all/visual-arts-science-climate-change/
#climatechange #visualarts #activism #tatemodern #irishmuseumofmodernart #IMMA #emilnolde #colourislife #wolfgangtillmans #albers #science #arts #expressionism #nationalgalleryofireland #NGI
Beautiful snowy peaks in the Galtees on our drive up to Dublin today. #galtymore #snow #winter #ireland
My beautiful niece Lucy is 4 years old today. I love being an aunt to this child! #niece #beinganaunt #family #birthdaygirl #love #westcork #ireland
Lucy is 4! Opening presents with her mommy. #niece #family #love #birthdaygirl #westcork #ireland
Currently reading this and I can scarcely believe it, but today I am 7 years sober!! I used to love beer, wine, gin, vodka, rum, tequila and whiskey. Actually, I still love them all and remember what they taste like too, but I continue to resist the urge to drink them, but this has been the most CHALLENGING YEAR SO FAR for me to continue this journey of sobriety. This winter I was DEPRESSED and LONELY and often asked myself what the point is in all of this?! But as the days grow longer my optimism returns and I continue to do what has kept me sober for 7 years; engaging with art, music and literature and collaborating with people I care about. I have been dealing with some heavy topics, namely reading, writing and thinking a lot about climate change, but I still believe in the redeeming powers of the visual arts, music and good literature in building spiritual and psychological resilience for whatever may lie ahead. I am grateful for the good life I lead and for the support of loving friends and family. #sobriety #creativity #community #family #love #friendship #support #mentalhealthawareness #soberliving #arts #music #climatechange #collaboration #reading #writing #reviewing #inspiration #devotion #pattismith #literature
A couple lovely images of my mother from her high school year book when she was acting in a play called 'The Miracle Worker' at Mt. Greylock high school in Williamstown, Massachusetts. In loving memory of Ellen Ann Riorden (1948-2017) #ripmama #nostalgia #oldpics #acting #themiracleworker #williamstown #massachusetts
As other reviews have stated, Massive Attack did a great job of wowing their audiences with social, political and psychological messages in their stunning visuals such as "In this two dimensional world the dead live among us; they dance, will not let us go", whilst also indulging our nostalgia for this superb album. As I listened to the lyrics of 'Angel' - "You are my angel, you come from up above, to bring me love" I was transported back to Berlin In the late nineties when I was listening to Mezzanine on repeat and the lyrics reminded me of my idealism about love and how my views have changed on human relationships over the past 21 years. The visuals took us on a journey displaying images of pop culture of everything from the ubiquity of the Adidas logo and brand to car racing to entertaining images of the British Royal family over the years. "Brexit means Brexit" one of the visuals reminded us and then the message "Outside of the Pleasure Dome the Endless Wars Continued" was followed by many graphic images of war followed by the spine-tingling rendition of 'Inertia Creeps'. In perfect juxtaposition to the images of war we were then shown visuals of Alice in Wonderland but then this message reminds us that so many people cannot easily remain in a pleasure dome because: 'Oxycontin. It can cause a nod, a dreamlike state.' I found myself pondering everything as the following messages poured forth: 'Take back control. You can be anyone you want' and of course the line 'We are caught up in an endless loop' made me think of data, AI, feedback loops and climate change. They covered The Cure, Velvet Underground and Bauhaus who I love and whose music I will now revisit. I thoroughly enjoyed the show. It was a delight. #massiveattack #mezzanine #dublin #ireland @ 3Arena
As other reviews have stated, Massive Attack did a great job of wowing their audiences with social, political and psychological messages in their stunning visuals such as "In this two dimensional world the dead live among us; they dance, will not let us go", whilst also indulging our nostalgia for this superb album. As I listened to the lyrics of 'Angel' - "You are my angel, you come from up above, to bring me love" I was transported back to Berlin In the late nineties when I was listening to Mezzanine on repeat and the lyrics reminded me of my idealism about love and how my views have changed on human relationships over the past 21 years. The visuals took us on a journey displaying images of pop culture of everything from the ubiquity of the Adidas logo and brand to car racing to entertaining images of the British Royal family over the years. "Brexit means Brexit" one of the visuals reminded us and then the message "Outside of the Pleasure Dome the Endless Wars Continued" was followed by many graphic images of war followed by the spine-tingling rendition of 'Inertia Creeps'. In perfect juxtaposition to the images of war we were then shown visuals of Alice in Wonderland but then this message reminds us that so many people cannot easily remain in a pleasure dome because: 'Oxycontin. It can cause a nod, a dreamlike state.' I found myself pondering everything as the following messages poured forth: 'Take back control. You can be anyone you want' and of course the line 'We are caught up in an endless loop' made me think of data, AI, feedback loops and climate change. They covered The Cure, Velvet Underground and Bauhaus who I love and whose music I will now revisit. I thoroughly enjoyed the show. It was a delight. #massiveattack #mezzanine #dublin #ireland
This morning I am reading an interview with art critic Hilton Als and it's a tough read. The introduction to this book of interviews made me so excited but now I am crying tears of anguish as I read what he says on isolation and childhood trauma being driving forces behind his writing. He also writes the following in response to the question "How do you regard the difference between fiction and non-fiction in your writing?" - 'Now, I am just treating everything as fiction because I am distrustful of the imagination, which is what memory is, I prefer to move forward treating the (non-fiction) books as novels, let's say, novels about memory. Or a poem, in that no one ever asks a poet if what they have written is true or not. There is a great emotional truth there and I am trying to honour that.' This piece on distrust in memory reminds me of my mother, who died of Alzheimer's 19 months ago. I am sad, but this reading is helping me process a lot and will surely inspire new work. #reading #reviewing #writing #arts #artcriticism #memory #fiction #memoir #nonfiction
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