What mindfulness, drawing, and poetry have in common

I meditate and while I wish I could say I do so as a daily practice, I’ve been mediating long enough to understand how to bring my body and mind into sync. I don’t always get there, but when I do, it’s truly liberating and often insightful. One of the mantras I say to myself…

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Werner’s Nemenclature of Colours: An Inspiration

I’d forgotten about it, this slim volume, until the spine on my bookshelf caught my eye: Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, whose title extends, in that florid 19th century way, to Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts. First published in 1814 and in a second edition in 1821, Werner’s Nomenclature is one…

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