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Monthly Archives: August 2011
French neighbours. NB
Meet Yours Neighbours, largely thanks to Clay, continues to grow and currently has around 25 photographers from Alaska to Australia, Italy to India and Britain to Brasil all contributing pictures to the collection. We’ll have news soon on how you … Continue reading
Not one for understating the issue. NB
This isn’t intended to be a dig at America. I’m just drawing parallels between the disastrous consequences of some aspects of US foreign policy and those of introduced American species on native ecosystems. The signal crayfish portrayed here is … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged field studio, humour, Iraq, irony, Laos, panel, parallels, politics, signal crayfish, US foreign policy
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QR code. NB
I don’t have a smart ‘phone. Nor satellite TV, an iPad, iPod, iVan (a stylish white Transit for the Russian market…), a Wii, X-box or many other essentials of modern life. It’s great! But it does leave me with a … Continue reading
Signs of our times (I’ve lost count). NB
Here is a new sign for those deluded fools I meet now and again who think that they not only own the land but the view too. The best response when they claim that without their work there wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged access issues, air rationing, breath sparingly, no photography, ownership of a view, Scotland, spoof signs
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Trolling spotting. Yet again. NB
I found this fellow on a beach near Taynish last autumn. Trolls really are everywhere… Some more serious blogs again once I’m back in Scotland.
Caledonia for sale. NB
Well no, not Scotland itself (Donald Trump, please note) but Pete Cairns’ new book, which I provided the text for. Caledonia: Scotland’s heart of pine is all about Scotland’s forests, their history and their value, culturally and ecologically. I’d like … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Caledonia, history, Pete Cairns, pine, scotland's forests, self-publishing, wood, woodlands
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Collateral creativity. Erwin Christis
Clay’s blog post Calm Down Busy-Body definitely struck a chord with me. I fully agree with his idea of slowing down and absorbing the scene or situation before starting to fill your memory cards with images (of course this advice … Continue reading
Posted in Guest photographers
Tagged Assynt, creativity, Erwin Christis, Niall Benvie, Scotland, Slow Food, Slow Photography
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What Would it Take? CB
“Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.” Well said, Mr. Benjamin Franklin, sir. Seriously, have you ever wondered how much time one actually does waste on things that don’t really matter? I have been … Continue reading →