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• Literary Masks

  

  I suppose everyone is familiar with the concept of the pseudonym - a fictitious name used by e.g. an author to conceal his/her identity for whatever reason. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Masking Our Feelings.

  

  We all, at some time in our lives develop a persona to mask our true feelings. Wear a smile whilst inside our heart is breaking through tragedy. Adopt an uprigh... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mask - Why Hide Behind One?

  

  I have to admit that on the few occasions that I have worn a mask, I have felt a sense of freedom. Perhaps anonymity allows self-expression. I went to a... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mask - Take Them Away

  

  Masks are scary. I don’t like them at all, not even when they are meant to be fun like the ones of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Gareth Southgate and more... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mask

  

  I love masks, as strange as that may sound. I love their warped features and empty stares. I have two Venetian masks hanging on my bedroom wall - to me they... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On The Blink

  

  It's been another superbly sunny day in the jewel of the north and your Saturday blogger has been flagging - just waiting on the cool of evening to get a bit... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beacons of Hope

  

  I absolutely love lighthouses ! When I walk the back entrance to the North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood I always have to stop and admire the paintings on the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lighthouse - La Corbiere

  

  One good reason for having an airport in Blackpool was that we could fly to Jersey in just under an hour, collect our pre-booked hire car and arrive at our hote... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beautiful Losers

  

  Excitement and tension mount in equal measure in the traditional 'home' of football. It is going to be a nerve-shredding week! England may never have a better... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• World Cup - Three Lions

  

  A few World Cup memories. I was there in sixty-six. By ‘there’ I mean sat on the floor doing some artwork with my World Cup Willie colouring set, in front of a... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Malay Pantoum

  

  Crikey, the pantoum! Another prescriptively structured verse form to bend our creative efforts to. This one has its origins in the scripted pantun berkait of... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantoum

  

  I have never written a pantoum but have to rise to the challenge because it keeps the little grey cells working. I had to scout around the net - Stephen Fry say... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantoum Challenge

  

  I wonder if you are a person who likes a challenge? Do you like to test yourself and extend the range of what you can do or achieve? Or are you content with wha... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantoum - For My Paternal Grandfather

  

  The Pantoum - I don’t think I’ve encountered this poetry form before. I’ve played about with it during the last few days, but didn’t write anything worth... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Babel

  

  Towers have always been aspirational in form and intent; imposing structures reaching up to the heavens; testament variously to religious conviction, civic... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tower

  

  Sorry folks - I have been remiss. I haven't managed to blog for a few weeks. Time has escaped me during the run up to our performance at The Grand Theatre on... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tower - Jewel of the North West Coast

  

  My son once told me that he could just about see Blackpool Tower if he stuck he his head out of the rear Velux window in his new loft conversion bedroom. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bucket Lists

  

  are funny ones. No one wants to die unaccomplished and bored but the problem is sometimes bucket lists are so expensive, unrealistic or bizarre that you might... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bucket List

  

  On the whole I'm quite a fan of lists. Making a list helps me organise and prioritise what I need to do (as long as I stick to it once I've drawn it up). Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Slippers - What's The Point?

  

  It's nearly Midsummer and we're expected to bend our minds to slippers? I can't be doing with them at the best of times and haven't possessed a pair since I... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION