Bird and Wind drawings at the People’s Art Fair in Bristol The People’s Art Fair is an open group exhibition curated by the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft. Based in central Bristol, this campaigning group work to raise awareness of climate change, corporate advertising and social justice. They also support local artists like me. I’m very proud to be showing 5 …

Introduction Scientific breakthroughs are based on facts, precisely measured and analysed. Major philosophical theories are born from concepts and thought experiments. I suspect art lies somewhere in between. This essay is an exploration into: The common factors that link art, science and philosophy Whether these commonalities can inspire creativity and promote innovation Cyclic movement is congruent to science, philosophy and …

Notes and thoughts after the introductory session of Robots and Everyday life from the Brigstow Institute which was incredibly stimulating. Speaker Genevieve Liveley started her history of robots with Talos (Huge bronze man who guarded Crete by throwing rocks at ships in Greek mythology). I’d never considered robots existed before the 20th century. Dr Genevieve Bell is another interesting Genevieve who’s …

I may not have a visual imagination but I hear songs really clearly. Sometimes I get phrases or bits of poetry stuck too. Generally they don’t bother me unless they stick for days. Sometimes they are so strong they are there like background noise even if I listen to something else. Sometimes I indulge them. Sometimes I try to divert …

I’ve been really fortunate to get funding from Future Bright for mentoring by Mark Devereaux. I’m grateful that Future Bright didn’t try to shoehorn me into one of the many and excellent courses run by Outset West because I’m not the kind of entrepreneur that wants to expand her business. I asked Mark to help me consolidate what I do …