Hello my friends – here’s the latest episode of “Hard Truth and a Big Hug”. It’s a small part of a book that I haven’t yet got around to publishing – but I thought the big ideas and the final take-away were
Hey folks – thanks for stopping by again – here’s part two of my getting over my shyness project, entitled “Three Books” in which the publisher discusses his various splendid offerings. Not exactly industrial light and magic (four bucks worth of green
“You should expect grace, that which makes life more than manageable, but you look elsewhere, seeking some delight other than that. Your conscious being, with what you’ve been given, should be like a beautifully laid-out park with wildflowers and cultivated wonders, a
I was raised in a commune full of intellectuals and artists and moved out early, into the Queen W 80s underground art scene, so I’m not exaggerating when I say I’ve been hanging around with crazy, weird and wonderful artists for my
From which to watch – (top photo) I had a little incident this week that got me thinking about old fashioned kinds of humour – and some of the things they expressed about the way the society in which they thrived used
Tufted Mitosis (top photo) Hello my friends – apologies for seeming absent of late – I am just in the process of writing a brand new and really fun book, and it’s coming out in such a dizzying rush, that it’s been
Light tumbling (top photo) You know how sometimes, you get that super-aware feeling that you’re thinking in big life-altering terms? I’ve made a few resolutions in that state, that I felt strangely sure I would stick to – one, very shortly after
Self portrait of an idiot (and very grateful learner) I’ve had a lucky run of super-satisfying model gigs lately. Not only were the lessons taught by some of my favourite young teachers – all charged with genuine excitement for art and learning
Looking forward, looking back (Christina Sealey) (As always – click this top photo to see all the images in high-resolution) It’s been a very grey January – but I have a smile on my face today, because one of my favourite working
I’m crazy for books, study, and especially, for learning things which contradict things that I thought I understood, so I can open up my stale thinking, in ways which give me more useful and compassionate insight. That’s why I so often talk
My sweet and kind hearted wife got into an online discussion recently, hoping to add a small insight for those who are also experiencing distress on a day to day basis – about being kind to ourselves, even though the world often
Photo credit: Nada Nesin I feel incredibly lucky to have so many artistic and creatively engaged friends – there is something quite wonderful about finding a reason to grapple with problems which one could just as easily ignore – and treasures are
There is a very popular (and rather stupid) saying in business, “If it doesn’t get measured, it doesn’t get addressed.” Some even replace doesn’t with can’t – as if only a theoretical framework, can produce a result! I say stupid also, because
We saw a truly wonderful show of paper lantern sculptures at the Canadian National Exhibition this year – and they did a fantastic job of being broadly international in their themes – without ever being jerks about it. A very nice example
I still remember the very first time I sat as a model for a class being taught by Bogdan Luca. It was early in the year, this particular group of students were a bit unruly, one foot back in high-school, and it
Hello my friends! I’m delighted to announce that “Structural Happiness” is now available! This book (and the several volumes which are to follow) is the reason we created Large Ess Small Press in the first place, and we are very proud of
If you’ve ever talked to me when I’ve had too many cups of coffee (after about eleven AM), you’ve probably heard me struggling to triangulate the key fault in the weird paradigm we’ve all been living inside for so long, that we
The Chinatown festival this year was wonderfully educational, chaotic, fun and noisy – and then we heard them announce a Shaolin demonstration, and to our surprise, we found we were unable to move, once they began – because every single moment of
Had another great exploration day with my dear friend Nada the other day. Started off very rainy – didn’t look promising, but we soon ran into a street festival, (youth day, for which they blocked-off a chunk of Yonge) live music, some
“Manichaean” may be the most precisely useful word that no one is using anymore. It is useful, because it describes so many of us, perfectly. Seems rather likely to me that it has fallen into disuse, for that same reason. We’d much
I am a man of peace for the same basic reason that many come to this position – because I have, thanks to the circumstances of my life, come to understand hate. As a child, I was forced to become an adult,