Poetry and Community
‘Art has a range of positive effects on health and well-being – even on wealth if we count the collective purse. Visual arts, dance, music, theatre, and poetry can all have positive effects on physical health, mobility and mental health’ – and after reading g at Guilfest, playing on the bandstand, leading open mics and […]
Whose Pleasant Land?
What is it about a project like this which makes it so exhilarating? So energising? I think it’s partly the teamwork, building something with a talented group of musicians, visual and spoken word artists, and theatre practitioners. It’s partly the sense of creating something on a larger scale, it’s the sense of community, and it’s […]
Focus
I think it was Sukhraj S. Dhillon who said “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day – unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.” Something I need to work on. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/focus
Beauty and the Beast revisited
Beauty and the Beast – a classic example of redemption through love, specifically the love of a beautiful woman – characters in fairy stories are almost always either beautiful or evil, especially the women. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/meeting-the-beast
On Launching a book
Writing has an element of baring the soul and it can feel that reading to an audience exacerbates the sense of exposure. Somehow, despite this, it’s almost always a pleasurable experience, an opportunity to share, to see that people are moved, amused, provoked and that makes the whole business worthwhile https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/on-launching-a-book
A playwright turns his hand to blogging
This has been a different few days – the first talks about and readings from my new book, approving proofs for different distribution channels, all culminating in the big launch on Friday. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-playwright-turns-his-hand-to-blogging
Hope for Peace
This week seems a good time to be thinking about both sides of humanity as we approach Easter. There is a tendency to see Easter either as a purely Christian festival, arguably the most important time in the Christian calendar, or as a purely secular event … https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/hope-for-peace
It’s not politics Boyd, it’s life…
Apparently, J D Vance has said that it’s necessary to prevent the craziest and worst regime in the world getting nuclear weapons. I think it may be too late for that. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/its-not-politics-boyd-its-life
Curling
Curling has a fascination all its own. Science applied to chasing a stone across a frozen surface. Mad, but strangely appealing. Maybe because it’s so much like the rest of life https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/curling
Leading by example
Leading by example…There are leaders who are good models and leaders who are the opposite. Like most of us I’ve experienced both and have tried, when asked to lead, to be the former… https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/what-seems-to-be-the-problem