“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

“Lancashire Industrial Scene, 1928” LS Lowry, Dunedin Public Art Gallery With a population of just under 150,000, Dunedin is a significant New Zealand South Island city, but is far from a major metropolis. As ever Melissa and I instinctively judge a new city with a visit to their public art gallery. Dunedin did not disappoint.… Read more

“Words are a surgeon’s tool when the scalpel lacks a place…” Paul Kalanithi So these have begun appearing in art supply shops. They are real Swann-Morton disposable scalpels. They are sterile and they are surgical grade. Surgeons are complete snobs about their scalpels, so I wouldn’t actually use one of these for an operation. They… Read more