Every time I open up my computer to work on a book, block or cover, I find there is something else I have to learn before I can accomplish what I want to achieve. To day the cover art has been altered for a book of fairy tales so I need to manipulate the back…
Month: January 2012
Know Thyself
I recall being very impressed by the two move circle my art teacher at school used to be able to draw and he taught that Giotto could draw a perfect circle though Giotto himself said anyone who could draw perfect circle must be mad. The talented Michelangelo thought that his sculptures were all already inside…
Time Travel
I often myself trawling through You Tube and other sites to see what nonsense human beings are up to these days and today I found the host of videos purporting to prove there are time travelers. The evidence seems to be classy sunglasses in 1940s photographs, the possibility of a woman actually talking to a…
The Shocking Truth
I was thinking about the way in which we remember the wars of the twentieth century and wondered why we have given so much credence to them as worthy of memory over any other wars? They say they were the first in which the general population became a target but anyone who reads history will…
The Storm of the Unknown
For the longest time people have wondered what it would be like if aliens from another planet visited the Earth. Some even think they have and writers have used their imaginations in many ways to describe the outcomes from past history. Although we can never know, there is one thing of which we can be…
George Byron
All is Vanity, Saith the Preacher On the Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine, And health and youth possess’d me; My goblets blush’d from every vine, And lovely forms caress’d me; I sunn’d my heart in beauty’s eyes, And felt my soul grow tender; All earth…
Education’s Limitation
When I was younger I used to be impressed by people who could come out with a quotation from someone famous for every occasion. It is a consequence of the private education in the UK where the elements of debating are well taught and practiced, which in turn is a training for the legal profession…
Predictions
At this time of year the airwaves are filled with pundits of all descriptions guessing at what may happen in the year ahead. I thought I would give my own – sometimes fantastical- version of what lies ahead of us. The world will not end, at least not for all of us but for many…
It Isn’t Always What You Think
I remember my first lesson about fine art being about the manipulation and painting of light, and not so much the ‘object’ being painted. I was reminded of this recently learning the processes and considerations of typesetting a book because I came at the design from the point of view of the writer, looking at…