Culture
Canaletto’s Thames Painting Trip
Mistaken for Venice, Canaletto’s Thames painting leads to trips in Nova Scotia and London and imagined journeys of connection and coincidence.
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I’m Fine with Not Doing It All
Insights from a trip to Japan about the joy of not doing it all even when that is exactly what you thought you wanted to do.
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Destination Land Art
Land and destination art converge with literature and travel as Ruth explores connections and coincidences that start with a book bought in Dublin.
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Connection to Water
Our connection to water flows through art to health and wellbeing, making blue spaces the new green spaces.
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A Lake Near Copenhagen
A painting by my late father, a master forger, takes me on a journey involving sunsets and Prussian Blue.
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Blaze Island, a Journey through Fiction, Science and Art to Place
Blaze Island, the 2020 novel by Catherine Bush, inspires a journey exploring connections with paintings, climate science, Shakespeare and beautiful Fogo Island off Newfoundland, Canada.
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Next Time I’m Wearing A Hat to Henley
With the pandemic it is still not clear if there will be a Henley Royal Regatta 2021. Or one with spectators. Henley is rich in pageantry and history. The question of wearing a hat to Henley is significant.
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Recommended Reading: Autumn Light and Wabi Sabi
What does a book about a cat on a quest to understand her name have in common with a memoir that includes fierce ping pong playing by seniors?
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A Rowboat Emerges on the Saguenay
Making new rowing art discoveries in a virtual gallery.
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Rowing Wine & Beer Labels
Alcohol and rowing? There is a connection which starts with what is on the outside of the bottle.
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