they say the darkest hour
is right before the dawn. . . .
Bob Dylan
Samhain is the Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season
and the beginning of winter, or the darker half of the year.
It’s celebrated from 31 October to 1 November
as the Celtic day, traditionally, began and ended at sunset
(coincides in UK with the full moon Saturday 31st)
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great gratitude for this Life and for the
most pragmatic of living philosophies: Dzogchen,
practiced and realised not simply theorised about;
freedom in the immediacy of each perception
a moment by moment meditation practice in the midst of life
whatever’s going on, wherever one is, wherever one is at:
the ultimate coming home to self, for the benefit of all
Open Intelligence and Love
ultimate education in the nature of mind
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honouring creativity in these extra ordinary & sur-real times
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The poet and musician Kae Tempest’s essay on our need
to combat alienation through creativity is refreshing;
it’s their first publication since changing their name from Kate,
and using they/them pronouns
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in case you have not seen this wonderful documentary treat
the road trip: Faces, Places
a socially beneficial collaboration
between (the late) Agnes Varda and JR:
two of my all-time favourite artists
here’s a link to the to the 2mn. trailer
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the transformative role of art in the pandemic
from Anne Pasternak director of Brooklyn Museum
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RIGPA GAMING Youtube channel
short brilliant contemporary visualisations
of ancient Dzogchen teachings:
words from my root teacher Ziji Rinpoche
Dzogchen lineage successor
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Being Blacker
Molly Dineen’s poignant documentary is on iPlayer
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short audio intermission
Ways of Listening from the inimitable Complicitè
one of their free lockdown talks: this one inspired by The Encounter,
Simon McBurney is joined by legendary pioneers
Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno & Nitin Sawhney
to explore the act of listening (1hr 36)
Brian Simon
Laurie Nitin
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Brilliant Moon, Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (57mns)
one of Tibet’s most loved and respected 20th-century Buddhist teachers.
Written & directed by Neten Chokling
narrated by Richard Gere & Lou Reed
Brilliant Moon was filmed in Tibet, India, Bhutan,
the United States, & Nepal
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a photo from the past – thank you Hellie:
when we were happily young/er. . . . circa 1988
. . . .and now circa 2020
lined and contentedly old/er
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fortunate to have a creative practice that sustains me
whatever is arising in Life: whilst recently quite poorly
participated in London Drawing Group‘s online workshop
Matisse: Painting with Scissors
& made some new collages which, serendipitously,
when put on the wall revealed their horizons linked up. . .
recent photographs taken around my neighbourhood, the love deepens
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and to end, the magnificent, radical, authentic
dub poet, spoken word performer and activist
Linton Kwesi Johnson – he came to Bristol Old Vic in the 80s:
as we went to clap, he put up his hand, looked at his watch
and asked us to desist from clapping between poems
❣️heroic commitment to the job in hand❣️
here’s a short video interview with Linton K.J. –
articulate and sharp on race and class oppression,
alliances and the black community now in Britain (2018 2.5mns)
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thank you for taking the time to visit
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kitchen sink studio October 2020
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