Pencil sharpner

Il faut aiguiser nos crayons

After Voltaire, who said: “Il faut cultiver notre jardin” (We must cultivate our garden) – To this I add: “Il faut aiguiser nos crayons” (“We must sharpen our pencils*”) [*I hope!] First, literally. – ‘Start the day with a sharp pencil’ as I like toRead more…

Grave Concerns

11th May 2017 Middle-aged existential worries. “Perhaps the men of genius are the only true men. In all the history of the race there have been only a few thousand real men. And the rest of us – what are we? Teachable animals. Without theRead more…

Archive Sketchbooks (part 3)

Following on from my previous two posts showing some of my old sketches and doodles (where you can see Part 1 and Part 2 here), I thought I would go back to show how I became interested in Art and Philosophy and creativity and whatRead more…