Category Archive: creativity

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

JSH <3 ABs

JSH <3 ABs

On the plywood wall, young love sears with a white hot heat. Somebody JSH has a big, hot red heart for somebody ABs. Probably someone Joan …

 

Clipping the vines

Clipping the vines

I’m growing plans that I hope will lead to an exhibition next year. The trick is to clip off the twigs and branches that lead …

 

Two wheels good

Two wheels good

I had this breakthrough today when I decided that the bicycle is the greatest machine humanity has ever come up with. Sure, the wheel, the …

 

Stationery

Stationery

We were talking about bit mapped graphics and how we used to love those games like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Tetrus’. I was pretty useless at …