Risk to make nonsense
This is my two-fingers up to the ever-increasing pathologisation of life:
Tag: Two Cultures
I mistook myself for a scientific label
This is neither fact nor expert advice: I am an artist, poet, and all that may be in-between. This is neither fact nor expert advice: Specialisms are making nonsense of … Continue reading I mistook myself for a scientific label
Backwards and forwards learning
Backwards and forwards learning contributes to who I am. Neither the microscope nor the telescope quite help me in the focus with which I wish to see. Backwards and forwards learning contributes … Continue reading Backwards and forwards learning
My work diaries
I only have a phone for work and it is not “Smart”. I have therefore always relied – in my time as a doctor – on old-fashioned diaries! The above … Continue reading My work diaries
‘borrowed words’
I have recently taken a most difficult decision: I have decided to retire as a doctor from the beginning of next year (2020). I really will miss being a doctor … Continue reading ‘borrowed words’
“He responded that his profession was being a humanist”
In what follows I have selected some of my favourite quotes from Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes and imaginatively/adventurously/romantically ‘linked’ them with some of my creative work:
Corsewall Lighthouse
Peter and Sian had a lovely holiday in Galloway staying in Corsewall Lighthouse. Here are a few images: Peter was reading Don Quixote whilst on holiday. It is about the … Continue reading Corsewall Lighthouse
‘This ungetatable place’
I recently read ‘Barnhill: a Novel’ by Norman Bissell. It is a partly fictional account of George Orwell’s last few years and his time on Jura. At Barnhill croft on … Continue reading ‘This ungetatable place’
‘Labour of omission’
Sir Francis Seymour Haden was a Victorian surgeon who is recalled as an artist, and particularly for his etchings. He was brother-in-law to James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Seymour Haden’s father, … Continue reading ‘Labour of omission’
Girgenti: footnotes and forget-me-nots
Introducing Girgenti At Girgenti you can still hear two girls sing. Girgenti followed Paestum From Thimble Row to Discoveries:
Discoveries at Gigenti
This is my final film on Girgenti:
‘An energetic and brilliant (if quirky) polymath’
The following account of Dr Arthur Brock (1879-1947) is from this paper by David Cantor: