Quick note on Picasso's project

I read somewhere that Picasso was constantly trying to learn how to paint as a child again. I am unsure how accurate this is but I love the idea.

You may notice these posts are poorly connected, non-linear, possibly incoherent. Below is an excerpt of a conversation I overheard. If I could learn to think like this child again, I would be over the moon.

Young boy is showing off a fridge magnet he got as a gift.

"it's a Time Machine"

dad" really"

Boy "I can draw anything and I go there"

Dad "wow, what time would you go to"?

Boy "The time of dinosaurs.....

and ice cream"!!!

Spazmo the bull

I was 7. Visiting friends of dad on a farm. The adults had spoken and laughed about the bull. It was a topic people found funny. The bull had a limp and would fall over from time to time. As a kid I followed what the adult found funny. So

Mountains

Edmund Hillary famously writes "it's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves". I wonder if we actually 'conquer' anything. Conquering- Conquistador- honky-tonker On one day we may climb to the top, on another day the weather and mountain will refuse any climber. On one

Anger, rage and eternal truths

A client recently discussed how their annoyance with dishes being left on the sink, led to an argument, that led to ultimatums of leaving the relationship. This client has an old belief that they are not good enough, something is wrong with them and they do not deserve happiness. This

Mindful eating - Maybe it's not just what you eat but how you eat.

Latest research from leading centres such as Harvard University show the benefits and longstanding effects of mindful eating upon our mood, physical health and weight. The research highlights common sense understandings of eating as well as new found research in relation to our physiology, the interaction with stress and our

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Spazmo the bull

Mountains

Anger, rage and eternal truths

Mindful eating - Maybe it's not just what you eat but how you eat.