A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.
— George Bernard Shaw
More nourishment for my mind…
ART
Giuseppe Penone: A Tree in the Wood — Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
The Hepworth Wakefield
The EY Exhibition Van Gogh and Britain — Tate Britain, London (despite it being overcrowded. Why do they ram so many people in these exhibitions?)
Aboudia: Anges Déchus — Jack Bell Gallery, Masons Yard, London
Tracey Emin: A Fortnight of Tears — White Cube Bermondsey, London
Syn Festival: Utopias — Summerhall, Edinburgh
BOOKS
The Train Was On Time — Heinrich Böll
Trying Not to Try: The Ancient Art of Effortlessness and the Surprising Power of Spontaneity — Edward Slingerland
Unmade Up: Recollections of a Friendship with David Bowie — Edward Bell
MUSIC
I have been listening to Jimi Hendrix quite a lot recently, especially Electric Ladyland. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is like De Kooning in sound; like Ruth's Zowie, Door To The River and Spike's Folly II for the ears!
Are You Experienced — Jimi Hendrix
Axis: Bold as Love — Jimi Hendrix
Hydrogen Jukebox — Philip Glass / Allen Ginsberg
From Her To Eternity — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Les Revenants — Mogwai
Chill Out — KLF
The Planets — Gustav Holst (in anticipation of the RSNO concert in June at Usher Hall, Edinburgh)
Hunky Dory — David Bowie
The Sidewinder — Lee Morgan
FILM/TV
Das Boot — Andreas Prochaska
Night On Earth — Jim Jarmusch
The Station Agent — Tom McCarthy
Taxi Driver — Martin Charles Scorsese
Green Book — Peter Farrelly
Stalker — Andrei Tarkovsky
Maborosi & Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
LIKES
Regent Canal, London
Word on the Water, King's Cross, London
Berenjak 27 Romilly Street Soho, London
Busytinsnips2 Instagram
Twitter Art Exhibition
Researching my next trip to Liverpool