David Walsh is a pen collector, surgeon and would be artist

These are his ideas, thoughts and images

  • The imperfect can become more beautiful

    September 11, 2019 by

    “Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

  • An important distinction

    December 21, 2025 by

    “We all have a dinosaur deep within us…” Colin Mochrie All small boys have at least a transient fascination with dinosaurs. If you have asked a very young me my favourite, I probably would have said Pterodactyls. I was impressed with their soaring and shrieking through the skies. The whole package seemed pretty terrifying to… Read more

  • Testing times

    December 17, 2025 by

    “One day cricket is an exhibition, test match cricket is am examination…” Henry Blofeld Test match number 17 was the first ever played at Adelaide Oval, back in December 1884. On that occasion England defeated Australia by 8 wickets. Since then 81 test matches have been held in South Australia, all at the iconic Adelaide… Read more

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