Category Archive: creativity

06 Apr

Parallel lines

Parallel lines

I keep hearing about people reinventing themselves. Grow a ponytail, get a harley. Leave a life partner, quit a job, do almost anything to change …

 
By Lynsey
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04 Apr

Macrotermes

Macrotermes

As a child Boris had spent hours constructing elaborate ‘houses’ out of playing cards. He slipped cards into the pages of books to provide sound …

 
By Lynsey
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03 Apr

Looking up

Looking up

When I was a kid I used to come to Wellington and look up at the big buildings and wonder what it was like from …

 
By Lynsey
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01 Apr

Less is more

Less is more

Sometimes it’s easy to feel dragged down by the petty struggles of life. Yes, they are irritating, and yes, if you get enough of them …

 
By Lynsey
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29 Jan

Wishing

Wishing

For a while now I have been following Connie Hozvicka (Dirty Footprints Studio) as she has transformed herself from a school art teacher to an …

 
By Marica
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25 Sep

Soul dreams

Soul dreams

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and …

 
By Lynsey
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21 Sep

Zoom!

Zoom!

Do you ever have one of those days when a number of plans, ideas, blue sky thinking, and general staring into space finally starts to …

 
By Lynsey
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20 Sep

Pigeon Park

Pigeon Park

When I was a kid I used to be captivated by Wellington’s pigeons. I know, I know – rats with wings. I don’t care. I …

 
By Lynsey
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19 Sep

Trk!

Trk!

Other than the bright blue skies on those magical clear days, Wellington is not a brightly coloured city. That’s not to say that the …

 
By Lynsey
Also posted in architecture, exploring, graffiti, gratitude, photography, public art, seeing, street entertainment, Wellington
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18 Sep

Administrata

Administrata

It’s that time of year again. That time when I think the piles of paper and filing has reached a level where the bottom layers …

 
By Lynsey
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