Back of the Winter Choir with Karine Polwart & Celtic Connections
Back of the Winter Choir with Karine Polwart and Celtic Connections A Holy Place An intentional reconnect, learning to feel the depthof the soul’s richness through communal practice—an extraordinary outpouring of joyous connection. To be touched by simple pleasures,a...
The Shape of Our Beliefs: Ancient Bodies
CW// body image + violence These times, eh? Last week I visited the Women in Revolt exhibition at the Modern Art Gallery in Edinburgh. A display of feminist art from 1970-1990, I've been slowly absorbing its inspiration and have an idea to follow up that I hope to...
The Turning. A Poem for Autumn Equinox
Another seasonal gateway, as the Sun crosses the equator from North to South—we call it Equinox and it holds much symbolism for creative exploration. It's the Autumn Equinox here in Scotland. On the same day a couple of years ago I felt a massive internal shift and I...
Dancing the Sun Up and Hedgemorris Dancing
Dancing the Sun Up and Hedge Morris Dancing isn't a common practice, it's true. And when my 4.30 am alarm call woke me up, it felt unlikely to become one. Yet, an hour later, there I was in front of Bothwell Castle, by the great River Clyde, quite literally dancing...
COURAGE or COLLAPSE (my word of the year inspired poem)
This transition of menopause offers much in the way of creative inspiration. Trying to manifest the inspiration into output is proving to be more difficult! Here's a wee poem I wrote in response to my chosen word of the year, courage. To choose, courage or collapse -...
Skin Comfort: A Birthday Broadcast
I usually reflect on my year with something visual but for this birthday, I've recorded a wee audio essay. It's only eight and a half minutes long - I hope you enjoy :)In case you prefer to read, or need a wee bit of help to understand me, here's the transcript: No...
Twitter Poetry
Does anyone else still use Twitter in the era of Musk? I often head there to check in with authors, artists and other content creators who entered the platform many moons ago and still find it to be somewhere they can connect with their audience. It's somewhere that I...
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin (Book Review)
I had no idea who Rick Rubin was when I chose this book for our Patreon Book Club. It appeared on my screen courtesy of the algorithms and I chose it 1. based on the cover - yes, I am that person and 2. the three words of interest in the title: creative, act and...
Mandala Secrets News + a Patreon Ceilidh
There are only ten days left in this current cycle of my signature Mandala Magic course, ALIGNMENT and I'd hoped that I'd be able to segue directly into opening the Mandala Magic School and its launch event, Mandala Secrets. After so many years of hosting the Five...
The Art of Coorie (a creative retreat)
There's a Scots verb that we use to describe the act of nestling into a space (or person) that feels particularly appropriate at this time of year - to coorie. October is the month that sees me welcome the art of coorying. My particular version involves draping...
Something New is Coming : The Mandala Magic School
It's been almost a year since I last blogged here. Honestly, it wasn't in the plan to be absent for so long. 2022 has just been really full and my attention has been somewhat diverted. If you're in my year-long program, Mandala Magic Alignment, are a member of one of...
51 Notable Things in 2021
As we pass through the gateway of the winter solstice, I begin to see lots of messages about planning for the year ahead start to filter through. It's something that has always irked me. Like the focus of contemporary Hogmanay celebrations being all about the year...