http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com active in the promotion, delivery and development of cultural projects and ideas, with a specialism in youth arts and theatre arts also a bit of a social media diva and photog. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:17:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/0fc8d649da8fc58d691ce0c91590d207?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/qVQeQCoQw4Q/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/edinburgh-1987/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:16:49 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3565 Filed under: Sharing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3565&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/qVQeQCoQw4Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/edinburgh-1987/feed/ 0 artsmonkey Edinburgh 1987 Edinburgh 1987 http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/edinburgh-1987/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/VgdkOC7kiMw/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/magical-trees/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:24:48 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3562 Today is World Thinking Day (if you&#8217;re a Brownie or a Guide this will need no further explanation) which is about celebrating international friendships and communities. &#160;http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/world_thinking_day/ It is also Mr B&#8217;s birthday and may explain why I am thinking &#8230; <a href="http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/magical-trees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3562&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/VgdkOC7kiMw" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/magical-trees/feed/ 0 artsmonkey _dsc0012 http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/magical-trees/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/UIwc8Wm9wtk/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/mamma-mia-mamma-mia-movie-film-rethink-review-thoughts-2012/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:52:05 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3554 I&#8217;ve had a change of heart. About Mamma Mia the movie that is. It was on the TV last year and I found it toe curlingly awful, I made the youngest who was enthralled, turn over to another channel. Clever &#8230; <a href="http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/mamma-mia-mamma-mia-movie-film-rethink-review-thoughts-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3554&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/UIwc8Wm9wtk" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/mamma-mia-mamma-mia-movie-film-rethink-review-thoughts-2012/feed/ 0 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/mamma-mia-mamma-mia-movie-film-rethink-review-thoughts-2012/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/rpUUS8fUYkM/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/along-the-boardwalk/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:54:50 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3529 Along the River Avon today&#160; Filed under: Culture, Photography, Sharing Tagged: avon, boardwalk, countryside, riverside, rural, salisbury, walks, Wiltshire<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3529&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/rpUUS8fUYkM" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/along-the-boardwalk/feed/ 0 artsmonkey Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk Along the boardwalk http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/along-the-boardwalk/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/4Nml7nIHtqQ/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/missing-you-already-playfulness/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:36:44 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3524 2012 is here and it looks like there will be precious little of this: Yes I am one of those people that encourages playfulness and creativity in people working at the sharp end of the coal face in local authorities. &#8230; <a href="http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/missing-you-already-playfulness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3524&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/4Nml7nIHtqQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/missing-you-already-playfulness/feed/ 0 artsmonkey P1090012 http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/missing-you-already-playfulness/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/aSimWw1Z9m4/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/en-france/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:48:06 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3510 @pdjart has me reminiscing about Honfleur home of the Erik Satie museum and the Eugene Boudin museum amongst other things such as &#160;http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g187189-Activities-Honfleur_Calvados_Basse_Normandie_Normandy.html&#160;&#160;a very characterful French coastal ville, with a deep cut harbour common to Normandy. Filed under: Photography, Sharing, &#8230; <a href="http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/en-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3510&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/aSimWw1Z9m4" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/en-france/feed/ 0 artsmonkey En France En France En France En France En France En France En France En France http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/en-france/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/ea67n_tFBSg/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/figsbury-2010/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:20:31 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3498 they&#8217;ve spread some right pongy muck on the fields &#8216;phewheee&#8217; ! Filed under: Photography, Sharing, Visual Arts Tagged: 2010, ancient, artsmonkey, Figsbury, heritage, hillfort, JBrain, lane, South Wiltshire, uk, Wiltshire<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3498&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/ea67n_tFBSg" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/figsbury-2010/feed/ 0 artsmonkey Figsbury 2010 Figsbury 2010 Figsbury 2010 Figsbury 2010 Figsbury 2010 http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/figsbury-2010/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/My91VezLAP8/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/love/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:11 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3491 All consuming, all devouring. Food. Soul. Damnation. A slow burning fuse, a flarepath of the brightest comet. An obsession, a precipice. The long walk, the slippery slope. A day simply isn&#8217;t enough to contemplate the whole of it. i love &#8230; <a href="http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3491&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/My91VezLAP8" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/love/feed/ 0 artsmonkey My beautiful picture http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/love/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/7g8xp2yA36g/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/yesterday/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:07:39 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3472 1. Promo&#8217;s 2. Sally from Freefall Youth Arts, Exeter photographing Orly from The Pound Arts Centre as part of the Creative Portfolios workshop 3. Emrys Green delving into Social Media and the Arts Award in the Rehearsal Room at the &#8230; <a href="http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/yesterday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3472&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/7g8xp2yA36g" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/yesterday/feed/ 0 artsmonkey Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/yesterday/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~3/PnqkvoDfVVU/ http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/driving-in-the-snow/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:50:11 +0000 artsmonkey http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/?p=3465 Filed under: creative moments, Photography, Sharing Tagged: 2012, A303, artsmonkey, february, JBrain, roads, snow, south west, travelling, uk, winter<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artsmonkey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5109734&amp;post=3465&amp;subd=artsmonkey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArtsmonkeysWeblog/~4/PnqkvoDfVVU" height="1" width="1"/> http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/driving-in-the-snow/feed/ 0 artsmonkey Driving in the snow Driving in the snow http://artsmonkey.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/driving-in-the-snow/