There exists a genuine mystery at the heart
“I believe that there exists a genuine mystery at the heart of songwriting. Certain lines can appear at the time
Tag: participation
‘Write this down’
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
The enormous cuckoo
« Nous voulions que ce soit la fête de toutes les musiques et faire en sorte que le public soit
Participation is everywhere. Now what?
“The vision of this Strategy, therefore, is of a country in which the creativity of everyone living here is celebrated
The function and purposes of art
A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote
Trusting the process, again
In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art
The parliament of invisible people
You see them sometimes, late at night, cleaning offices for people they never meet; or unloading vans from empty bus
Worlds within words
Yesterday two short conversations reminded me of the pitfalls that make words so elusive, so fascinating and so important. The
Optimism is a valuable resource
Jubilee Arts was a pioneering community arts project founded in 1974, in West Bromwich, an industrial town west of
Sing out your bile
In Finland when a lot of people start complaining they might be called a ‘valituskuoro’, or a Complaints Choir. Two
Parliament of Dreams 