At this point in time last year, I was juggling a dozen different responsibilities, and dark, dark nights. Fear drove me through books and material; I was endlessly moving from book to book, from book to class, from class to meeting, meeting to meeting, food, madness, and love. I had taken on too much, and [...]
I learnt about humility today; to watch with open eyes, to withhold judgement, to be clear about why and wherefores, the objectives, the destination, the purpose, and to roam far, and wide, and with wild abandon.
Having passed through London, Oxford, and finally arriving in Paris, all in the space of 24 hours, I am almost halfway through my week in a gorgeous, bracing, half-familiar city; so many have come before me that I have almost vicariously lived here, but it is made anew. Words, dreams, ideas, hopes all swim [...]
I’ve bought the lens, made the arrangements, tied up as many loose ends as I could, and now it is just 3 days to go. At some point in the last week I finally ran out of steam; this year has ground me down to nothing at all. After all the dust and packing, moving [...]