When we abandon ourselves

At the exhibition Found, at the Foundling Museum, Anthony Gormley has created this tiny newborn baby sculpture lying on the Continue reading →

Colour and Calm – new art therapy group for 50+

Feeling inspired by participants in my new on-going art therapy group at Hornsey Lane Community Centre, who take creative risks, explore arts material, and Continue reading →

Beware the Inner Critic

This 2 min film, with Anthony Hopkins, shows the toxic role the Critic or Censor can play in our internal cast of Continue reading →

Viridissima – the “Greening Power” of Nature

The Greening Power of Spring that makes both plants and us blossom. I went to a brilliant lecture by Professor Continue reading →

Tears that tell stories

A friend told me about photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher’s project “Topography of Tears” in which she takes pictures of dried tears Continue reading →

Why art isn’t just for Artists

Art therapy and art – all tap into one of the oldest gifts of humankind. Be it image, materials or Continue reading →

Reviews on ‘Journey Within’

“The Journey Within creative workshop provided such an anchor. I felt as if I was taken on a journey of Continue reading →

TEDx Whitehall Women – Pia’s talk on using art as a compass in times of transition

If you’d like to find out more, here’s a short TEDx talk by Pia exploring how the arts can be Continue reading →