Are the doors closing before they’ve opened?

BLOG – Are the doors closing before they’ve opened? Are you afraid that just as the doors were opening for you and work opportunities were presenting themselves – you were seeing a bright future opening up before you, after years of hard work and...
Taking on a challenge!

Taking on a challenge!

Watching the Rio Olympics shows up the courage needed for the athletes to compete at the highest level.    The athletes have to make a real commitment to the training which is TOUGH.   And then they have one day or one event in which to prove...

Are attitudes cultural or habitual?

Just seen the David Hockney exhibition – 82 Portraits at the Royal Academy. Fascinating!   The colours are fabulous, really vibrant.   The brush strokes free and wild.  But what struck me was that nearly all the women were sticking their chins in the air and...

Externalising everything!

At one time memory was highly valued.   The Greeks and Romans had many techniques to enhance memory.   They had memory palaces ad infinitum.  They told epic sagas that lasted for days from memory.   There were very few books so committing information to memory was...

Exploring different spaces

  Taking risks, going into unknown spaces – both exciting and terrifying.    The rewards can be fantastic – the risks huge but worth it. Being submerged in sound as if experiencing the creation of the music itself in process, doesn’t often...