Phew! Got past that one!

And what a relief to wake up and still be here.
I'm thinking that maybe the Mayan prophecy was simply about my internet connection; hmm, yes, must have been. It had shrunk from bad to non-existent in line with the old World order and now it is back and fast(ish).
And my SKYPE is working too, so you can call me and discuss which of our wonderful, inspiring and
powerful retreats you would like to sign up for in 2013.
In, the meantime, may I wish you all the very best of all good things in your lives.
E Buon Anno !

Michael

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BIG painting

BIG painting

This is Michelle

Two retreats with Michael and Michelle Rumney where you paint BIG and become Big again by doing so (these things go together you see) May and September 2013

Painting BIG

Big brushes, big colour and big canvas

BIG YOU!

Michelle says...

' I see so many people try to paint without letting themselves really get into the physicality of the materials - the session includes painting with your non-dominant hand and painting on BIG surfaces with long handled brushes to help get over the tidiness and get into the fun of it'.

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Four more

Four more workshops planned for 2013.
Here's one with Jeff Shapiro. I've watched him in action, he's quite something.

LIVING WORDS: WRITING THROUGH THE BODY
A seminar in Creative Writing taught by Jeff Shapiro
Seminar description:
To make written words come alive and breathe, the writer must first notice life—its rhythms, inflections, tensions, rewards.  The body’s senses (all five, six, seven, eight of them) are the key to perceiving.  Once awakened to fuller awareness, the writer is free to create, savor, explore.  

Then we have Michelle Rumney with BIG painting, Eleanor Sara Darley with Mexican prayer wheels as healing art
and Rebecca Taber with Simply Drawing (nice)
All up on site soon.

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Missed me have you?

Doubt it..
But have been offline for past six weeks on account of this is Italy. Nuff said!
But here to cheer you is a photo of Mauro Magrini photographing I think a spider in our soon to be available studio/ seminar room at I Cigni, during our Wild Photography weekend

A meditative image, don't you think?
the rain has stopped

2013 Calendar is up

Yes it is.
And here it is.
Got everything hasn't it.
Look out for our Master Classes up soon too.
Here's something to inspire you in the meantime. Great Planet, great Planet
http://vimeo.com/45858333

Ciao ciao

Makes you wonder

This was our Wild Photography weekend.
And what are they photographing?
Tadpoles? Wild tadpoles?
I don't think so

In a few days, we'll post up some of the images our guests created on the weekend.
Agog with wonder we were at their risk taking and their open hearts.
Agog

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We're here

Yes, here we are in the glorious sunshine of I Cigni.
Our wild photography Workshop.
Great people and, my, am I learning a lot.
Yesterday, we spent at La Gola d'Infernaccio, 'The Throat of hell'
Wild!

Wildest thing ever.
More to come.
Like, how's this for wild?

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