It has been said that you can never cross the same river twice. And that is true…and yet…It’s also been said that "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…" In Israel they have a phrase "eze seret?" "what movie [is this]?" to describe when things happen in your life [...]

I guess I am muddling around uncertainty at the moment. How to live with it – afterall, that is what life is. Messy. Muddy. Mostly multiple shades of grey, with some mathematics and laws of nature to frame it. Do you know how to live in grey and be relaxed and enjoy it, too?   [...]

I have been thinking about this poem a lot the last few weeks:  “As I dig for wild orchidsIn the autumn fields.It is the deeply bedded rootthat I desire,Not the flower.”- Izumi Shikibu, Japan (974-1034) It is summer on this side of the world. I am in the process of a ‘start’ – I have [...]

In conversation with Chaim yesterday he mentioned, almost in passing, letting go to "life’s intricate dance". I’ve been thinking about his words – and thought you might also like to. As I sit and write I also recall a line from Dr. Seuss’s Oh The Places You’ll Go "I’m afraid that some times you’ll play [...]

I am storycollecting. I am thinking of past. I am thinking of roots. I am thinking of Home. And what it means. I am painting with words. Words and stories.  (And I found myself thinking ‘Brett Whiteley’ – image Blossom Tree (c) Brett Whiteley (source))

This year has been a dynamic one. Physically and metaphysically I have been moving a lot. And a little. I have been stuck and I have been unstuck floating in the breeze or catching the winds of an unfurled sail and an unfurled story. One thing I keep being confronted with, as I move places, [...]

I was suddenly reminded of a conversation I had with a friend a few years ago. He rang me up and asked me for a coffee because he wanted my advice. As soon as we sat down he began to talk about how he had been offered a very high profile job which in his [...]

I just saw this image and was reminded of something I wanted to blog about almost 2 years ago – "everyone can draw" If you ask a child if they can draw they will likely say ‘yes’ and grin. They will also likely go draw you something and expect you to see what it is [...]

"Sound is the rubbing of notes between two drops of water,  the breath between the note and the silence, the sound of thought – To write is to note down the music of the world" – Helen Cixous This quote was just emailed to me by a dear friend and storyteller Kaja – telling me [...]

"Who Am I Alreay Now That I Can Be?" – question thanks to Diederick Janse, at The Hub Amsterdam ‘s Collaboration Day – thanks for a great conversation all!) Can Image: Campbell’s Soup 1968 (c) Andy Warhol I am SO mindful that such questions as this one bring us back to what actions we CAN [...]