I'm just back from the new Mackenzie Thorpe exhibition of Station Posters in Middlesbrough. I love Mackenzie Thorpe's work, and find I am always drawn to his paintings with really beautiful big skylines with puffy clouds - although the ones with shepherds and sheep come a close second (and when he paints both together, I'm in heaven! :-D). I once spoke to him about how much I loved the cloud filled scenes he painted and he told me he got the best results when he turned the painting upside down so he could gain a different perspective on the work. Reflecting on that on the way home, I started to think of this as being "Big Sky Thinking" (rather than Blue Sky Thinking) and how that would be a pretty good way to help you achieve the best results too.
Continue Reading#Makeithappen – International Women’s Day 2015
Today it’s International Women’s Day 2015, and the theme this year is #MakeItHappen. As a Coach, that’s what I strive to help my clients to do, although before we get there, you might identify a whole load of reasons that hold you back so “it” doesn’t happen.
Continue ReadingNervous as a kitten
Do you wonder what the internet is for other than watching videos of kittens? I confess, I get sucked in a little too often, and last week I found myself watching a video of a kitten falling asleep whilst sitting up (scroll down to see that). It reminded me of the day that that my cat, Fergus Mackenzie, arrived as a 6 week old bundle of fur and he went from full of beans to fast asleep in a blink. I knew there were photos of him doing this and I went searching on my laptop to show them to my chap.
Continue ReadingFlying in Formation
Driving on the outskirts of Sedgefield the other day, I was momentarily shocked when a huge plane appeared very low above the trees that lined the road. When I say low, I mean the kind of heights that would indicate it was very close to landing although I don’t think I was near an airstrip. To my uneducated eye, it looked like a World War II plane and I was so fascinated that for a few moments I was probably driving a bit erratically as I rubbernecked to get a better look. [Read more…]