David Walsh is a pen collector, surgeon and would be artist
These are his ideas, thoughts and images

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The imperfect can become more beautiful
“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
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Don’t overlook the Brits
“Composition”, 1939 Ben Nicholson, Auckaland Gallery Toi o Tamaki Like a lot of people, I am a big fanboy for New York Abstract Expressionism. Recent experiences have opened my horizons and my mind. Currently, there are wonderful exhibitions from the Toledo Gallery, Ohio, and the Auckland Gallery on show in Australia. They are in Adelaide… Read more
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The sport of surgeons
“It’s the extension of the arm, essentially your hand…” Roger Federer Tennis was originally played with solid wooden bats. Strangely, it was the renaissance of modern surgery that lead to the stringing of these bats, transforming them into racquets. General anaesthesia was pioneered across the world from the mid 1800s. There was a boom in… Read more
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