Archive
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A visual blog (and an appreciation nested within of the Visual Science Lab blog by Kirk Tuck)
A visual blog (lots of photos), with a review of Kirk Tuck’s now sadly defunct blog, and an appreciation of going to galleries.
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Gwen John revisited – a Cardiff Museum exhibition review
This blog discusses an exhibition of Gwen John’s work at Cardiff Museum, highlighting her unique artistic approach and its parallels to coaching. It explores themes of commitment, observation of body language, and the importance of balance in life and work. I praise the exhibition, recommending it highly for viewers.
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The last book that made me cry – Bread of angels by Patti Smith, something of a review
In Mark Sexton review’s Patti Smith’s latest biography and ponders the art that made him cry and reflect on the momentous things in life.
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Unfreezing and gratitude in the New Year
Happy New Year! As I prepare to return to work tomorrow, tapping away at this blog, the couple of weeks annual leave seems to have breezed by fearfully quickly. Still, I’ve picked up a half price calendar for my office wall. (I seem to go alternate years of being given surplus calendars for Christmas, or…
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Walking unafraid
The pleasure/pain principle is a really key theory that can be used in coaching, which I explore here.
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“Drew 550 different shoes today, it almost made me faint”
In this blog I talk about how Andy Warhol took the discipline he needed in his commercial drawing and turned it into an asset.
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Photographing the photoshy
How I trained in photography at the same time as I trained to become a coach, and how I used my project to photograph the photoshy as a way to practice my coaching skills too
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Time out in Cardiff Museum with Gwen John
A digression into the amazing paintings at Cardiff museum and a pondering on how coaching can encourage people to try (a bit like some approaches to painting, or to Lord Byron)
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“…you do not eat that which rips your heart with joy.”
A blog on the neuroscience of delayed gratification, the painting of Lucy Pass and the poetry of Thomas Lux
