Exploring physical textures is a constant theme that runs through my life like a thread that gets woven into every aspect of what I am doing, thinking or creating. Last month that ‘textures thread’ was ‘grown’ in a digital 3D lab to create a collaborative artwork for the The All Makers Now ? Conference exhibition at…
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Healing Chakra Walks on St. Michael’s Mount
For the past few weeks, I have been creating a special Chakra Walk to take place on St. Michael’s Mount, the culmination of the St. Michael’s Way. I offered to run one of these walks in aid of Freedom from Torture, the former medical branch of Amnesty International, with kind permission from the St. Aubyn…
Read MoreSpider’s Web: A Dream Catcher Mandala
Good Morning! This weeks WordPress photo challenge is ‘Good Morning!’ and for some reason I immediately thought of cobwebs. I see them every morning as little gossamer-threaded carpets glistening with dew in the grass when I take the dogs out first thing in the morning and I can’t help but smile at the spider’s industry…
Read MoreGetting Lost in a ‘Labyrinth of Solitude’
The other evening whilst I was sitting quietly in a circle with friends (see entry for 19th September), into my head popped the image of a labyrinth. The strange thing is, it was imprinted onto the right side of my forehead and this seemed to be important for some reason. With it came a long…
Read MoreInside the Passion Flower: A Mandala for Love
The inside of a Passion Flower is a sexy thing: with its male and female parts clearly designed to entice visiting insects, targeted by a ring of pearly white petals and a halo of blue, white and purple radial filaments. It has always been one of my favourites. A Wikipedia extract: The “Passion” in “passion…
Read MoreLa Fontenelle
I often use old exhibition cards as handy post cards for writing notes on. I had used one such card to write a thank you note to a neighbour – as you do. He mentioned it when we saw him a few days later as he was intrigued by the title of the painting, Fontenelle,…
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Caro Woods MA 