"Any footfall which dares to challenge its magnitude is engulfed; any song is swallowed; any cloth marred rose-gold; and all abandoned things eventually consumed. The desert bends only to the will of the wind." A journey through the Sahara desert, in Mauritania.
Erudite Revival
A visit to University Arms, Cambridge: "I sit at the desk and imagine writing here, in some quiet hour of the night; the page illuminated only by the amber glow of the desk lamp, the dark mass of Parker's Piece an unintelligible void beyond the windows.
Exploring Connolly's SS 2019 Collection: "Small dots of radiance dance across Arabic tiles – geometric splashes of daylight, cast by a latticed jali screen in the qa'a at Leighton House Museum, London."
We visit the studio of New York artist Stanley Whitney. "Early on, you realise there are no 'bad' days… The paintings that are your 'failures' — the ones you really struggle with — are sometimes your best paintings, because you've used up all your tricks, you've tried everything".
"The creative process takes time. Sometimes I dont know the answer, and I just leave things and come back to them later. I think in the meantime, and it gets clearer. It's like a little game. ... You just have to wait, and it comes." Bali Barret, Cereal Vol 17
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