The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 2
What does ‘professional’ mean? Like many words, professional has changed its meaning over the course of history, adapting itself to society’s evolving
Tag: ways of knowing
An antidote for visual satiety
In a world saturated with pictures, the work of artists is very vulnerable and very important –vulnerable because it
Rosie Redzia
Words last time: pictures today. Rosie Redzia, the wonderful artist with whom I’m working on ‘A Wider Horizon’, has been
Speaking in tongues
Words captivated me first: then stories. As a small child, I didn’t always follow the story or care if I
Authorship and authenticity
In 1841, a young father and musician was kidnapped in Washington DC, shipped in chains to New Orleans and sold
Music as an adventure playground
Originally posted on François Matarasso:
Music: What is it good for? In the 1970s, at a time when we were less…
Misguided visionaries and rigid minds
From My Life is the most ambitious Regular Marvel so far, and it is already testing some aspects of the
Testing the rules
Human beings exist in language. Words and people change each other constantly. The meaning of words shifts as they slip
Restless meanings
Classical music is as important as photography in Terence Davies’ elegiac film about the people and city of Liverpool in
RMT2 – Citation
Why do writers quote other writers? The reasons are complex, and do not preclude such weaknesses as showing off—no one
