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 THERAPY I first encountered the world of therapy at a previous work place in the late 80's early nineties where the head of Human Resou...

 'SHIP OF FOOLS' ELVIS COSTELLO "Went to see the captain Strangest I could find Laid my proposition down I laid it on the line ...

 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY! From the delightful Sigourney Weaver  

 JANIS "Piece of My Heart" Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas on this day in 1943. Take another little piece of her h...

SATURDAY  You know those days where you wake up early and think why it still must be nighttime? Its so dark still and you see its breakfast ...

RUTH ORKIN This truly great photograph by the brilliant photographer Ruth Orkin has always troubled me and feel like it is saying so much a...

TAMARA DE LEMPICKA  Surrealist Hand by Tamara de Lempicka, 1947 An unusual painting for De Lempicka and her highly stylised figures are more...

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON Van Vliet that is . . . . . . . .  Ice Cream For Crow 1982 (perhaps my favourite video) Celebratory picture from Don...

 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AT 80 on what would have been the day before Don's eightieth birthday . . . an article from Gary Lucas and a couple o...

 MARCEL DUCHAMP 'THE LARGE GLASS' I have mentioned before I think that I was a part of study group at Leicester Polytech Fine Art De...