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

  • Getting into art

    October 11, 2026 by

    “An artist can not fail, it is a success just to be one…” Charles Horton Cooley One of the best parts of my life in the last few years has been art. There has been the learning of new skills and techniques. This inevitably leads to dives into the fascinating subject of art history, many… Read more

  • Breast surgery is an art, but is it art?

    October 7, 2026 by

    “I looked like an angel, but I was a fiend inside…” Lee Miller During the early 20th century, US born Lee Miler was a world renown high fashion model, surrealist artist, photojournalist and frontline war correspondent. In 1922, tired of the life of a celebrity New York model, she travelled to Paris where she became… Read more

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