Top Netflix recommendation for you. My Octopus Teacher. You have to watch this. I can’t recommend this film enough. Actually left me speechless. Since reading the book Other Minds by Peter Godfrey Smith on the study of octopus intelligence I’ve been a secret octopus nerd. This film puts all that understanding into beautiful camera work […]
Head Heart Hands
My grandmother used to twiddle her thumbs. If ever she wasn’t crafting and her hands weren’t busy she would twiddle. She was great at knitting and sewing, and now that I’m understanding more about the connections between the head, the heart and the hands I can see that she had a great need to calm […]
Beechnut and Geometry
Many people love beechnuts and many people love geometry. But did you know you can experience them together? The beechnut and geometry. I have noticed that the shapes inside the beechnut resemble very closely the beginning constructions of geometry patterns. The geometry of seeds I love collecting seeds from trees. They always display such great […]
Adjusting my Nature Settings
Where are my Nature Settings? In this world of fast paced connectivity, I realised there was one connection that I’d lost. And I was missing it. It’s quiet absence had left me unbalanced. My health and mental well-being had plummeted and it took me a while to work out what was missing. Nature. But I […]
Kids as Collectors
Kids are always collecting things whether intentionally or not. That beloved stick or pebble from a walk , a picture or drawing from a magazine. As much as it drives me up the wall when confronted with a bedroom of clutter (I do remember doing exactly the same) I’m often impressed with the meaning that […]
