January 27, 2010 – 6:56 pm
Icon Artists Display Their Artistry
by Sasha Dee
Two of the great icon artists-tutors or tutor-artists in South London are now displaying their dazzling artistry at the Morley college gallery from 14th January – 3rd February 2010.
This fabulous artwork already has been in many forms and sizes and in many media e.g. in water colour, itching and oil. Maggi rides high on the waves, surfing on various meanings and emotions.
The work by Michelle Baharier brings out the the larger vista of the South London architectural heritages, unique as subject, awe inspiring in its size and grandeur and surprise in the artistry. Her use of photograph to convert it to digital into painting with the riots of painterly colours, is eye popping. Read More »
January 20, 2010 – 4:42 pm
Following Poets Submitted their Poems for the Poets of January 2010:
Charles Browne,
Brian Ring,
Sasha Dee
Tim Jerram
William Ball
Peter Cox
Charles Browne
The Great White Hope
Obama are you for real
or is it just more and more spiel,
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January 13, 2010 – 3:04 pm
Calling all sufferers of psychiatric problems neuroses
By John Story
Would you like to handle these problems without resorting to the medications, drugs (e.g. Hash Ecstasy), velum, E.C.T., insulin, lobotomy, leucotomy, cigarettes, alcohol, the risk being “binned” (put in a mental institution), and even religion? (All of which have side effects as well.)
Following tips may help the sufferers. They are from my bitter experiences. I do understand the “gestalt” that mentions all human beings are different, one man’s meat is another man’s poison. Physical medications and E.C.T. for example may do one person the world of good but have incapacitating effects on another.
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January 6, 2010 – 6:49 pm
Self-advocacy skills training – new for 2010:
CoolTan Arts gained a Comic Relief grant to enable up to 80 participants gain or enhance self-advocacy skills, the courses being repeated over the next 20 months. We’re still on track to get this new course up and running later in January 2010. (There may be a ‘waiting list’ at times)
Places are free or low cost, although if someone is not a LB Southwark resident it is likely we’ll encourage them to access a FACS ( fair access to care services ) assessment via local Council social services, and/or if they are in receipt of a CPA ( care plan approch ) we can accept a referral from a health or social care source – we have other documents if required to enable this. Of course, personalisation and choice may mean modules can be included in a person’s individual budget when enabled by social services.
