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1966. Oil on card by Celia Turner. Here is a painting to celebrate 1966, the year in which many of my peers were born. 52 years seems like a long time ago yet also not that long. In England, the year is best remembered for the winning of the World Cup against West Germany, we have that memory at least. (Well, I don't remember it as such and all it gets in the painting is a little goal at the bottom of the picture) Other notable events that took place in 1966 included: The last UK concert by The Beatles. John Lennon meets Yoko Ono. Anti- Vietnam war protests all over US and London, Tokyo, Stockholm, and Lyon. Cigarette packs started to carry health warnings. USSR launches Lunar 9 towards the moon. Dow Jones index reaches 995 points. It's the 23rd Golden Globes. Ba-ath party takes power in Syria. Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in fifteen rounds. 215,000 US soldiers are in Vietnam. Harold Wilson (Labour) wins the General Election. Soviet Lunar 10 completes its ...

I can't play tennis My golf's a menace I just can't do the Australian crawl And I'm no better at volleyball, Ain't there anyone here for love? I'm apathetic and non-athletic I can't keep up in a marathon I need some shoulders to lean upon. I need a chappy to make me happy And he don't have to be Hercules Don't anyone know about the birds and bees? Ain't there anyone here for love Sweet love, Ain't there anyone here for love?

Spanish Dancer. Oil on wood by Celia Turner. Based on carpet designed by Joan Miro c1930 for the Maison Myrbor, a gallery on the rue Vignon near the Champs Elysees. Arts and Crafts. I have always been intrigued by the debt we owe to William Morris. Morris was one of the most influential personalities on the British cultural stage in the second half of the 19th century. Morris was one of the first to consider the carpet as an art form, rather than merely as a floor covering. William Morris also advocated the 'total work of art', which extended from the design of a building down to the cutlery and floor coverings. The philosophy of William Morris and John Ruskin gave birth to the Arts and Crafts movement. Art Deco and Modernist carpets are beautiful works of art and can be seen in museums and collections all over the world, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.  I am working on a collection of paintings based on original carpet designs from the art deco...

As we have seen in the posts entitled ' Mental Health Awareness Week: 14-20 May 2018- some issues are perennial, such as relationship concerns, health worries and money worries. Trauma can occur at any stage in life and there is no predicting when the stresses of life will suddenly mount up to the point of feeling overwhelming. We all go through tough times, but it's not just what  we go through that determines our ability to cope, but how we deal with the stress- how we still manage to meet our needs as best we can, retain hope, and feel empowered. Once we understand the typical stresses of the cycle, we can prepare ourselves and others to best manage them. And a big part of this lies in having good support from others. So, what can we learn in general? Well, primarily relationships matter . Having warm, good, and wide-ranging friendships and relationships helps us all mentally, physically, and even financially. The one and only constant in life is change. The body m...

                                                    Palm Trees. Spain. Oil on canvas.                                                     Divi Tree. Aruba. Oil on canvas.                                                    Divi Tree and Products. Oil on canvas.                                                    

In the human functional process, we know and understand the role of the nervous system and the way our senses come into play in our everyday lives. We respond in several ways to external forces of stress and sudden changes in our immediate environment. Some of the stress responses are summed up in the 'fight or flight' reactions, which manifest in physical changes, such as sweating palms, a quickened heartbeat and dilated pupils. The same way our bodies consciously respond to external forces is the same way we respond subconsciously to life changing scenarios. It has long been believed that humans have some level of instinctive or intuitive ability. Logically, we know that the fire will burn because our cognitive spheres have at some point come into contact with the heat of a candle or fire. This makes sense, scientifically, and is an understood process. However, it is much more difficult to logically explain the 'gut' feeling that people sometimes experience r...

Once consulted, the tarot reader sets out on a spiritual journey which many believe allows them to gather conclusive and detailed information concerning their client. According to Plato's definition of intuition, as the knowledge of a pre-existing truth, the tarot reader could be viewed as using their gift of intuition to pick out truths in a way that most people are unable to do or are unaware of their ability to do so. It is at this point that the reader's energy flows into the cards and they are directed to those cards which will play a relevant role in interpreting the situations and feelings of their client. At times, the reader may feel that they have been directed to stop shuffling and focus on a particular card or set of cards which they then use as the basis of their reading. There are certain cards with a universal identification, such as the Death card. For most people, this card would simply denote the death of a person. On closer assessment, however, the card...