Creative Changes – Inspiring art for Writers
Two pictures for the price of one this week – both by the same man, Victor Pasmore; both representing very different ways of seeing. The one above is called Irish … Continue reading
Painting with light – inspiring art for writers
This is a little different. The Finnish artist Karri Kola uses light as her medium. This installation “Nordic Elements” was on show at Lumina Light Festival in 2014 in Cascais … Continue reading
Inspiring Art for Writers – the painting that was the source for Waiting for Godot
This is a painting by Caspar David Friendrich, a 19th century German artist most famous for his land and seascapes which seem to tell stories while creating an emotional response … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers – Paris 1950 in film
Breathe in. You can almost smell it…. This is not your world and probably not your language; I’m willing to bet good money that it is also not your time, … Continue reading
Inspiring pictures for Writers – portrait of mother and child
Warning: this is a heartbreak of a painting. It turns on its head the usual image of a mother and child; here it’s the child offering comfort and protection. It … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers – diving into fable and fantasy
Not into fantasy? Don’t write it; don’t read it? I understand and could say the same except…except it’s good to get out of the comfortable niche we create for ourselves. … Continue reading
If you’ve earned more than £300 from a short story don’t read on….
Seriously, don’t. Nottingham Writers Club Short Story Competition is not for you. It’s for anyone who’s thought: I don’t stand a chance because only experienced writers will win. Nottingham Writers … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers: Norman Cornish – the miner’s artist
A quick five minute exercise: describe this scene, put in sounds – the children aren’t crossing in silence – and colour. Add tiny details: a button hanging by a thread, … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers – the essence of a Mediterranean day
Hard to believe that a simple study of such an ordinary subject can capture the warmth of a Mediterranean day…It’s by the American painter John Singer Sargent and the staircase … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers: CHRISTMAS DAY
I made a rod for my own back when I decided to post an ‘inspirational’ picture for Christmas Day. After 10 minutes of research I was determined not to post … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers over the holidays: THE EVE OF CHRISTMAS EVE
I don’t know if it has a title, but I would be tempted to call it Trolly Rage. Is that what it feels like at the moment? Or are you … Continue reading
Half Price until midnight – my own mini Black Friday
Amazon have put the paperback edition of BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL into their Black Friday sale but only for a few hours. It’s £3 until midnight instead of the … Continue reading
Inspiring pictures for writers – breakfast by Bertha Leonard
I love the detail of the table (what’s going on with the sugar bowl?) and the background. At first sight it seems to be a conventional domestic interior until you … Continue reading
On this day: the publication of Black Beauty
Originally posted on In Times Gone By…:
1877 first edition cover. X Black Beauty, a novel by English author Anna Sewell, was first published on the 24th of November, 1877.…
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 