2026-02-07T13:04:39Z https://yabu.me xdbx https://yabu.me/npub1yev5tx74n86dwpvz3fp6566l45309r0d8l7zhmee3l9y6expha0s2cwlmp https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjc3d8jp5en7rlxav3929k9lmyy9pcjeck73yerp0264jnxu8c0qzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47yark5f ‘a figure that isn’t’<br/><br/>mixed media study - from current ongoing series<br/><br/>Look long enough and the lines stop being a body. There’s only the suggestion of movement - teal ink tracing the ghost of a self that was never quite solid to begin with. Beneath it, blossom perhaps… Above it, open air. And in between, all that restless, unresolved looping - interpretation doing what it does, forever sketching a ‘someone’ into existence.<br/><br/>And the ground stays still. The aqua doesn’t chase the lines. It just holds them - lightly, without preference - the way silence holds sound, the way awareness holds thought. <br/><br/>The figure leans forward, urgent, as if there’s somewhere else to be. Trapped inside the story of going. And yet there is no next, no arrival - only this endless illusion of becoming.<br/><br/>When the drawing hand stills, what remains isn’t emptiness - it’s this. The colour. The lines. The quiet. The blossom half-seen through the scribble. Life, raw and unhidden, before the interpreter arrives to name what it is.<br/><br/>#drawing #intuitiveart #mixedmedia #notknowing #endofseeking #nonduality #writing<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/83aa15e0a34880bc3a557bc906fcaf7c718646b5911e04d73f0ffc3dfad4935e.jpg"> 2026-04-30T12:57:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5ayn4csy86xgruxl6hzjdshwef5raas5u4mzvm7k0tcr7ll0wjgzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47qa55z3 From a continuing series: ‘the make “me” machine’<br/><br/>‘the emptiness of meaning’ mixed media study <br/><br/>‘Awakening’ to what is ‘true’ is really about seeing the emptiness of meaning - which can feel scary - so scary that many of us just won’t want to go there and prefer to rest somewhere comfortable - which also doesn’t mean anything <br/><br/>#intuitiveart #abstractart #mixedmedia #notknowing #endofseeking<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/454b74dcadb85c8654fbf1321141c3769fbcde1f31003ab3176f4510f1e551b2.jpg"> 2026-04-11T11:47:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszgc9kdneuegf89npw8z29tmcjgyr9f8avnfg2g5wxut4xyhu2c3qzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl479amy5k ‘it’s never in the words’ <br/>mixed media study <br/><br/>Continuing a series of mixed media studies focusing on the nature of self and not-knowing - exploring how a sense of “me” is constructed from raw experience, and what remains when that construction is seen through. <br/><br/>#intuitiveart #abstractart #mixedmedia #notknowing #endofseeking #colurart #wordart #writing<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a1df4275c8ab6065b7f070714f97866cfc0c79c1b5debdd061a12a1d29ba9dc9.jpg"> 2026-04-06T14:07:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdwqdp8sku90wqfncqyfl8w63lsrjsynmfwmd0w9khf5ya0lrjj6czyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47nqtvqc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszdklvs9ssvjnys76d7d83nefcjuw2ll4eseljgrp7rp4pw6zsyugvpju62'>nevent1q…ju62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#intuitiveart #abstractart #mixedmedia #notknowing #endofseeking 2026-04-01T13:29:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdklvs9ssvjnys76d7d83nefcjuw2ll4eseljgrp7rp4pw6zsyugzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47qlpqg3 Studio work/play<br/><br/>Nothing to say about this beyond the title<br/><br/>mixed media study<br/><br/>‘no answer no landing no conclusion’<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/db4b339508589829da8f5f8c6fad3e721f95fc6abdbe244a53ae9697a336c5b7.jpg"> 2026-04-01T13:26:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zcwm3y5rvsmgmqpc9rdz8gsdflfumu3s29ag0pdk3rrw3yqva6szyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47jshsjn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4v5ye86qnevzucutcwcvd6xhevd9m3xmlaas37snumrulp02dzqd4ke4q'>nevent1q…ke4q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#intuitiveart #abstractart #mixedmedia #notknowing #endofseeking #psycholgicalsuffereing 2026-03-27T17:22:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4v5ye86qnevzucutcwcvd6xhevd9m3xmlaas37snumrulp02dzqzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47zefr45 ‘the make ‘Me’ machine’ mixed media study<br/><br/>My focus at the moment, held lightly, is to do with ‘not knowing’, in art and in life, and being curious and open to what shows up<br/><br/>It’s about surprising and entertaining myself - which leads to the question - What is myself? - a question I’ve been engaging with all my life and has taken me on a many decades long ontological, psychological and spiritual search<br/><br/>In recent years this enquiry has led, and keeps leading back to seeing that ‘I’ have no idea what ‘my self’ or ‘Self’ is - or if there even is one in the way we generally think or imagine<br/><br/>In the 90s I made a series of paintings called ‘The Make Wrong Machine’ - about the concept of judgment, of seeing that we, as human beings, have the capacity to make things wrong - a lot! It’s like we put something or someone - anything! - in at one end and out it comes, guaranteed to be somehow ‘wrong’ at the other end of the process. It’s a natural pattern that we can run and I became aware of it back then and ever since I often catch it running, sometimes even in time to stop it before it gets going…<br/><br/>Anyway, to make use of a ‘make wrong machine’ there has to be someone to operate it - a ‘me’ that, consciously or unconsciously, switches it on and puts things, people, ideas etc into it and it simply makes them ‘wrong’<br/><br/>So what I’m noticing and recognising now - or perhaps more accurately what is being noticed and recognised - is this ‘make Me machine’ - the mechanism we all have that interprets raw experience and adds meaning to it with names and labels and stories etc and in so doing constructs this sense of self, of a separate identity, somehow impossibly separate from the rest of experience, and this does seem to be the very root of all psychological suffering - and it’s canny and slippery and uses very clever disguises!<br/><br/>‘the make ‘Me’ machine’ mixed media study<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/121b73777f8a86dbfe9b4f6cab3ced7f4fe30854ed989246a3f9c53ccfbc827d.jpg"> 2026-03-27T17:18:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspm3wvj5gr6729hwax955ggd5g09w0srandag8aj6tuwqsf3kkanqzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47kchdfg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszn56qhj077wuqwswj0njd65qezmzl420sqxatxmwd78w7lnr88ngqr4pc2'>nevent1q…4pc2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#intuitiveart #abstractart #mixedmedia #notknowing #endofseeking 2026-03-25T18:24:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszn56qhj077wuqwswj0njd65qezmzl420sqxatxmwd78w7lnr88ngzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47v2cpny Answering my own questions<br/><br/>I don’t actually want to find answers to questions any more in either life or art<br/><br/>I prefer to let questions just hang for a moment and dissolve unanswered - no expectations, no landings, no conclusions<br/><br/>I enjoy being surprised and curious and open and the blissful relief of just simply not knowing…<br/><br/>‘i don’t know what anything is’ mixed media study<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b82d2b6fc73c690e138fcef30f1ac3469e9caa2b1f171465dde39bec08a20183.jpg"> 2026-03-24T16:22:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03hn8f6h9qzuceu6e3qtyq03s0j0xtem3tjatzpq0jfxpu3yg2sszyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47pyf6d6 Had just had a PET scan so was literally radio active when I did this…<br/>‘radioactive’ digital and mixed natural media<br/><br/>#art #artprocess #mixedmedia #sketchbook #artjournal #artstr #artchallenge #artjournaling #painting #makingart #drawing<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/2643fcc26b919560b2b9474b58ef296ed26a6f6cc05a52e9ca9a2aeeee27cfb4.jpg"> 2026-02-20T12:10:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdd26rn5g584659exxlkp6fl82aysau4fuff08j9qecz27eutjf5gzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47phha9m ‘time is just a concept’ <br/>digital drawing <br/><br/>Playing with contrast in colour and imagery<br/><br/>#art #artprocess #mixedmedia #sketchbook #artjournal #artstr #artchallenge #artjournaling #painting #makingart #drawing<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/40d8f6ab3da9fa9d521f9228b391554f63205e3a75a07d17616950eb2ba9e3ee.jpg"> 2026-02-07T13:07:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxs4wrw35m86cnljvdzjkqq8uwl9tx45rnspm7k4asuq8hgydcqmqzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47v84qe9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs253afzkjzqjx2hdle7dw4084xkphpaare8ya4xeus72a23ll307cu0yqkx'>nevent1q…yqkx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#art #artprocess #mixedmedia #sketchbook #artjournal #artstr #artchallenge #artjournaling #painting #makingart #drawing 2026-02-07T13:05:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs253afzkjzqjx2hdle7dw4084xkphpaare8ya4xeus72a23ll307czyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47srmfu9 Playing with digital media and complementary colour contrast, shape and size contrast - organic/geometric with varying size dots, plus very low-contrast concealed lettering.<br/><br/>‘fabricated’ - digital image using own photos + dot templates<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/d975fcb08222f20aef6705094408a6f43bb483c6ec2442e72116477e02349541.jpg"> 2026-02-07T13:02:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgn8pqga9v3xu96gu89094uae7rx7n99rhalnhxx7lz2ygrdfksmgzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47cf8ut6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6jfm0x9gu9rq4te3guvklu2krcegf69k9stmxyr8f5lr2y0yeeq29rnff'>nevent1q…rnff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#art #artprocess #mixedmedia #sketchbook #artjournal #artstr #artchallenge #artjournaling #painting #makingart #drawing 2026-02-06T12:46:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6jfm0x9gu9rq4te3guvklu2krcegf69k9stmxyr8f5lr2y0yeeqzyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47j9202s Playing with contrast in colour - red orange vs blue green - and contrast in scale and texture of lines, marks and brushstrokes<br/><br/>‘wrraaaaaghhh’ digital study<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/bbac09592f5f18ccc5d89d502a59a738a906ca997f2fcad3929b3ec2fe94648c.jpg"> 2026-02-06T12:40:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg47jfxg4hqc73pn0nemtejn72qzr5awdnkvdphd27tqswnwr3npszyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl474y70rv Just joined Nostr and exploring how to post my artwork here - moving away from IG + FB…<br/><br/>I work intuitively using mixed media and this is a recent page from my A5 sketchbook. <br/><br/>#art #artist #artprocess #mixedmedia #sketchbook #artjournal #artstr #artjournaling #painting #makingart #drawing<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/eb58f7fd3ba952c5927649f144d6651c87cf52aa2502bb0647a74c968c994a5b.jpg"> 2026-01-29T18:43:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2vm26hjujwfpfnfh4m9k6tw9tlhazt3nzckutug6avnjymp7s50szyqn9j3vm6kvlf4c9s29y82ntt7kj9u5da5llc2l08x8u5ntycxl47fuhldn hello world, I just made this account on <a href="https://nostr.com">https://nostr.com</a>! #introductions 2026-01-29T12:34:52Z