by Suzanne Duncanson | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog
Just seen the David Hockney exhibition – 82 Portraits at the Royal Academy. Fascinating! The colours are fabulous, really vibrant. The brush strokes free and wild. But what struck me was that nearly all the women were sticking their chins in the air and...
by Suzanne Duncanson | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog
At one time memory was highly valued. The Greeks and Romans had many techniques to enhance memory. They had memory palaces ad infinitum. They told epic sagas that lasted for days from memory. There were very few books so committing information to memory was...
by Suzanne Duncanson | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog
Taking risks, going into unknown spaces – both exciting and terrifying. The rewards can be fantastic – the risks huge but worth it. Being submerged in sound as if experiencing the creation of the music itself in process, doesn’t often...
by Suzanne Duncanson | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
Let’s look at a typical week and see what happens: 1. It’s Monday morning. You’re about to set off for work. A feeling of ‘glum’ comes over you. A long week stretches ahead of you before the next weekend. So let’s get into work mode. Are...
by Suzanne Duncanson | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog
Have you ever had the experience of walking along a foreign street in some exotic country where you know no-one, and suddenly there crossing the street in front of you – you see someone you haven’t seen in years? This has happened to me so many times. Once in Paris...
by Suzanne Duncanson | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog
To blog or not to blog, that is the question? Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them….. I sit here pondering this question. Whether I blog (or not) is...
