“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

“The average ballpoint will write around 45,000 words…” Inkymemo Every society has its iconic pen, almost inevitably a ballpoint. These are the pens you grab to write a quick note. In Australia it is a Bic Crystal, or for some the more sophisticated Parker Jotter. We know without thought how to use these pens, how… Read more

“Unabashedly Raphael adopts the pose, compositional framework and and spatial organisation of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa…” Christof Thoenes Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo have a lot in common. All were master artists, all lived in the same period, all lived in Rome, all shared an intense rivalry, and now all have had blockbuster exhibitions at the Met… Read more