Tag: Abstract

Cardiff Castle Inspo 🏰

London Culture & Places

I visited Wales this week and happened to drive by Cardiff castle 🏯.

Cardiff Castle

I first noticed all the Japanese business people walking past and admiring the different gargoyles and statues on the castle as they walked hurriedly in their smart business dress. I too thought about the makers of the stone and metal castings and carvings. But I wondered about their daily toil. I imagined the working conditions of those aged artisans who made their creative marks luckily lasting 100s of years.

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Blue Sky Thinking to Create New Skins

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Mesmerising clouds 🌨️ on train from Birmingham to London

I got a chance to do some blue sky thinking 🤔 this week on a train ride from Birmingham.

The journey gave me an opportunity to plan some new artwork based on these pictures I took. I was also able to make connections to the paint skins I was creating.

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My Three Barbie Core Items

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I saw Barbie and I’m conflicted. I didn’t always approve of the film because I read it with a critical mind and having been someone that has researched in the field of culture and youthfulness and beauty I didn’t approve. But speaking as the person who teaches corporate entrepreneurship, culture and marketing I did approve. I admired the genius it is for future sales of ordinary Barbie. Look out for the news stories about queues around Hamleys come Christmas 🎁. So I have mixed feelings about it and they run deep.

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