Stuart Eglin

Poetry, music and other obsessions. ...Over 250 pages to explore...

Sunday, 16 November 2008

If we can't find Heaven, there are always blue jays

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“If we can’t find Heaven, there are always blue jays” He said, as he opened the car door and walked off into the night. I looked at his shad...
Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Nil Recurring

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The album I am really enjoying listening to at the moment is the new Porcupine Tree album called ‘Nil Recurring’ – it is more of an EP than...
Saturday, 16 February 2008

Celestine Prophecy: an experiential guide

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MICRO REVIEW This book, written by James Redfield and Carol Adrienne builds on the original book "The Celestine Prophecy" written ...
Saturday, 12 January 2008

Creator or Archivist

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Two important channels of creativity - archiving and creating. The act of creating new materials is important to ensure that we continue to ...
Sunday, 23 December 2007

Best of 2007 - albums

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I know everyone is doing it, but here is my list of favourite albums bought in 2007 in no particular order: 1. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Bl...
Friday, 9 November 2007

Friendship

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"Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, 'What, you too? I thought I was the only one.' " - C S...
Monday, 8 October 2007

Cultivating the Mind of Love - Thich Nhat Hanh

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MICRO REVIEW This is a beautiful book about Mahayana Buddhism. Like all of the books I have read by Thich Nhat Hanh, it is written in a st...
Monday, 10 September 2007

The Folkways Collection

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The Folkways Collection 'The Folkways Collection' is a 24 part series available as a freely downloadable podcast. Each episode is an...
Monday, 20 August 2007

The Daily Meme

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What is a meme? It is a term borrowed from evolutionary biology. Used in an internet context, the definition (taken from wikipedia ) is: ...
Friday, 17 August 2007

Fascinating facts # 1

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I like to buy magazines that I wouldn't normally buy every now and then. It is a great way to nurture creativity and to get the brain th...
Friday, 10 August 2007

Spiritual Start-up

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[from a new poetry sequence which I am developing] I watched the little specs of dust as they floated In shafts of light through the church ...
Friday, 27 July 2007

Diaries of Robert Fripp

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I have been reading Robert Fripp's online diary for a few years now. It is a fascinating source of information about touring, making mu...
Thursday, 26 July 2007

Exercises for creating new poems

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I thought it would be useful to set out some of the ideas and techniques I use to produce new poems. When the creative muse is off on holida...
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Time Banks UK

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I first came across Time Banks UK a couple of years ago. It builds on an idea I was aware of when I worked in the voluntary sector (now fash...
Friday, 20 July 2007

The Open - The Silent Hours, Statues

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Last year I posted about the Liverpool band, The Open, several times. I thought their two albums were fantastic. The first, full of catchy p...
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