I spent a gorgeous afternoon in the National Portrait Gallery in London and was lucky enough to catch the Grayson Perry exhibition. “Perry’s subjects for this show are “individuals, families or groups that somehow represent some important facets of the nature of our identity”, and as could be expected some are more familiar to us than others” I really enjoyed… Read more →

I recently spent a couple of days in London. I was very excited to see on of my favourite musicians and singers Mr. Neil Sedaka. I have loved him since I happened across his music when I was 10 or 11 years of age and was thrilled to get the opportunity to see him live. In fact thrilled to see… Read more →

I had the most beautiful time this week with my mother and Mozart! It was my mom’s 73rd birthday last week and rather than buying her a gift, I invited her out for a surprise evening. We met in town and we went to a restaurant called “The Rustic Stone” on Georges Street. Owned by Dylan McGrath it is an… Read more →

I was delighted and thrilled to host my first full day “Creative Vision Board” day this weekend. I have done elements of the day in different sessions but this was the first time I had dedicated a day to helping people develop a vision board for their lives. I was really excited and had the room set up for the… Read more →

This week I went to a lovely evening in Luisne called “Mysticism in Poetry” (http://centreforspirituality.com). It was a two hour meditative reflection and sharing on the poetic words that create an “echo in the deep hearts core” i.e. poetry that moves or inspires you. Ann McGovern lead the group and shared some poetry from ancient mystics such as Rumi and… Read more →

I went off to the Irish Museum of Modern Art today in Kilmainham. I saw a brochure for it during the week and thought that it could provide some inspiration for my creativity. What I really enjoyed was the introduction of a new concept of art to my consciousness which is called “Kinetic” style of art. In the exhibition called… Read more →

Natalia Talkowska, founder at Natalka Design uses sketching as a tool to tell peoples stories. Wanting to spread this visual way of capturing information and presenting information she set up Doodleledo a group meet up of individuals who want to explore their creativity through doodling! Myself and Hugh went along to the third ever group meeting in the Twisted Pepper… Read more →

I was quite engaged with the logical side of my brain with the amount of work I was doing this week. I was being inspired in business at the Young Entrepreneur workshops I was involved in delivering and it engaged my brain creatively on the business side. However, I wasn’t in the mood for my own creativity (i.e. creating something… Read more →

I went back to the book Living Out Loud (by Keri Smith) and she had described designing a really special night in for yourself. I decided to adapt it and create a nice evening for myself and my husband by creating a “Love Dinner”. I set out a recipe that included names for each meal such as “Sweet for my… Read more →

So the last week has been a really busy one. I spent 5 days down in Cork involved in an intensive Bootcamp for Young Entrepreneurs. It didn’t leave a lot of free time so here are some of the things that inspired me this week creatively! Twitter I have decided to get engaged with Twitter and this week I really… Read more →