Tag: war
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Venice Exhibition and ‘Facing Future’ Book: Embracing Creativity in a Changing World
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It has been a while since I posted. Here with this post, I hope to update you, my friends, with some of what has been happening in my creative life. As always I am trying to understand the changes happening in me and in the world around me, like most people are. The world is…
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State of the World~
Where are we headed ? Our world today is hurting, women are crying, children are dying and the killing of innocents is just another daily story on the news… How did we become so desensitised to the pain of others? I see myself going about my day, doing my daily tasks, stopping for a moment…
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It’s a Mad Mad World~
Do you ever wake up, look around you, watch the news, survey the world and realise we are living what can be likened to an apocalyptic ‘Mad Max’ situation? We seem to see this, live through it and carry on as if nothing strange is really happening. This baffles me about the nature of humanity.…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 89/365
Hi again from Germany. It has taken me a while to force myself to come back to this blog since current events threw me completely off balance lately. But if there is anything I am sure of, it is that I am the boss of me and there is plenty of coffee left in the…
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Daily Coffee Talk~88/365
Hi again, The last few days I found myself unable to write, thinking constantly of the situation in Ukraine and feeling the pain of innocent people echoing in my mind. We must fight the low with embracing the high. If I have learned anything from witnessing the bravery of Ukrainian people, it’s that you cannot…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 87/365
Today I saw a lot of children and young people enjoying the sun on a cold crisp day here in Germany and it made me think of this new generation. They have to deal with so much and to inherit a broken world lacking in hope and riddled with corruption and warp. The world today…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 86/365
Have you every had the feeling that even when you are alone, you are really not? In my mind, there is never a dull moment. Thoughts, ponders, queries, hopes, questions, memories, investigations, plans, connecting of dots, and yes, sometimes fears and worries. I am finding it difficult to not be concerned about what is happening…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 85/365
The world around us is always changing, every second could bring a new outcome, could cause a new future to onset. What are we in control of? Only our choices, in the now. Europe feels so turbulent at this time and that unsettlement, I feel echoed in me. I feel the shockwaves of the despair…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 84/365
When we are confronted with life changing events or the possibility of them, we tend to go inward and see life more clearly. With the shocking onset of a war in an otherwise peaceful Europe, life becomes more real. Our senses are honed to feel, detect, and comprehend what is and might be going on…