tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85178222619639652292024-03-13T12:43:05.114+00:00Tinza’s Tiddley-BitsLeah’s little musings, travel tales, art historical news, aesthetic reflections, & creative/design ideastinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.comBlogger596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-7869765730788569592020-07-31T11:09:00.000+01:002020-07-31T11:09:03.271+01:00{tinza's tiny good things #13}<div class="separator"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zA-MwEGEomo/XyPq1iUdjlI/AAAAAAAAiak/Cd7fqWKOI1o2gGmP_U1SsDm13ZXLcM4sgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/16797D7C-5D2C-4AC4-8717-DD47B9707711.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zA-MwEGEomo/XyPq1iUdjlI/AAAAAAAAiak/Cd7fqWKOI1o2gGmP_U1SsDm13ZXLcM4sgCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/16797D7C-5D2C-4AC4-8717-DD47B9707711.JPG" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful British Columbia<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I was born near the ocean and raised on the ocean. So when I thought I'd take a few days off this week I imagined going to the seaside...renting a little cottage and going on long walks along the coastal sea paths. But cottages in the UK are now as rare as loo rolls were at the start of the pandemic lockdown. so instead, I'm stuck in landlocked Bedfordshire, reluctantly on a staycation. I've found this week extremely hard. When I feel blue I normally book a trip or plan a day out with friends.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm normally a person of opposites. I'm somebody who is a recluse and a socialiate. I grew up sailing on a boat around the world, with no access to showers for weeks but I love glitz and glamour. I love the countryside and equally love London. I'm a homebody: I love decorating my home and filling it with lovely things, but I'm also a nomad, never staying long enough to build deep roots and I'll jump on a plane at the drop of a hat. I grew up doing DIY, getting myself messy with varnish and paint, but love to get dressed up in the fanciest dress and go to a champagne party in a Venetian palazzo or enjoy an awards evening on the red carpet but equally will still wield a power tool, rip up floorboards, and paint. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1436" height="396" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JaWi6aNJIgY/XyPpHfhnRrI/AAAAAAAAiaQ/ggt7NATHdEMwR-WDqHgKMo6fbisNcZAjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w275-h396/IMG_7031.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="scrubbing the Haul of the Swift, Australia, 1988" width="275" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrubbing the haul of the Swift, Australia, 1988<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="395" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-urFpYhBYgpg/XyPo0du7jHI/AAAAAAAAiaI/w6FymwQ39M49ORLHNST7ECDU0kXhrRARACLcBGAsYHQ/w316-h395/83B915F9-CC15-42BE-AD46-9CAB53CD30F9.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="316" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Times Higher Education Awards, 2019<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div>But <b>coronavirus puts us into boxes.</b> Well, COVID doesn't but the measures of lockdown do. If you're a single person, you're stuck by yourself for weeks/months, without any chance of human interaction. If you're a parent, you're stuck with those kids 24/7. If you're a working mum-and worse off if you're a single working mum-you can't do both in COVID: you struggle to make those online meetings while your toddler clammers around teetering on some piece of furniture ready to crack their head open. At the moment the only thing I have in my diary are deadlines for the REF (Research Excellence Framework) as I'm Research Lead for the Art History submission: no holidays, no conferences abroad, no keynotes in exotic locales, no archival work in Italy. Coronavirus is making me be only one side of my job: the administrative, tick-the-boxes, side of things, not the researcher who finds knew things in the archives, not the art historian who gives talks around the world, not the innovator who produces films, working behind the scenes in exciting collections. It is also making my job the only thing to focus on, rather than all the other things that I am: apart from an art historian I am also a sister, daughter, friend, adventurer, sailor, traveller... I miss the other parts of me, and I don't like being one dimensional.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DDs8q0EVT4o/XyPrbeHR86I/AAAAAAAAia0/kpfhUOUj2a8v8ptZblLkDr07Dg2lDxdJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9A2351EF-BA6E-43DE-AF5F-5DAA402C0734.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DDs8q0EVT4o/XyPrbeHR86I/AAAAAAAAia0/kpfhUOUj2a8v8ptZblLkDr07Dg2lDxdJwCLcBGAsYHQ/w398-h500/9A2351EF-BA6E-43DE-AF5F-5DAA402C0734.JPG" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">walking near Ivinghoe Beacon<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--s1r7OpMmTg/XyPrbG9Y6RI/AAAAAAAAiaw/DliYpHg22Go26P5vnx4SySXaK1879dtrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/CA88C7D6-4952-4EC1-9963-F05BC51A4345.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--s1r7OpMmTg/XyPrbG9Y6RI/AAAAAAAAiaw/DliYpHg22Go26P5vnx4SySXaK1879dtrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/CA88C7D6-4952-4EC1-9963-F05BC51A4345.JPG" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">views near Dunstable Downs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JuTf8fuzTFE/XyPrbGLE8_I/AAAAAAAAias/UkbjaVjqoHYUX32g-5kNuyVAtOZnq5JogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/E86386D3-9B21-4358-AF65-7BC0B2D0AC1D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JuTf8fuzTFE/XyPrbGLE8_I/AAAAAAAAias/UkbjaVjqoHYUX32g-5kNuyVAtOZnq5JogCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/E86386D3-9B21-4358-AF65-7BC0B2D0AC1D.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><br /></div><div>So what to do? I'm not sure. The only thing that has helped me is to go out to great expansive parts of the county where walking on the rooftops of Bedfordshire has made me feel as if I <i>could</i> be on a cliff looking down at the sea. With the wind in my hair, for a moment, I feel like an adventurer again, reminding me of my youth with the wind in my hair sailing around the world. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIApzXcNCIQ/XyPpe3HO34I/AAAAAAAAiaY/ntJD5lvS9IAMrSDoocvCXug2dLq4rtbJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Leah%2BClark%2Bwith%2Bbird_Swift_1991.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIApzXcNCIQ/XyPpe3HO34I/AAAAAAAAiaY/ntJD5lvS9IAMrSDoocvCXug2dLq4rtbJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/Leah%2BClark%2Bwith%2Bbird_Swift_1991.jpg" title="Sailing around the world, c. 1991" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When a wild bird landed on me somewhere off the coast of Central America, c. 1991<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>So maybe the lesson to learn with COVID and today's #tinygoodthings is to have an imagination: if you can't be where you want to be, try something that makes you feel and imagine that you are there. Of I find another solution, I'll be sure to share it.</div><div>xo, </div><div>L</div><div><br /></div></div>tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-32557065422305699512020-07-14T16:57:00.000+01:002020-07-14T16:57:23.099+01:00{tinza's tiny good things #12}<div><font size="5">"That beautiful season the Summer!</font></div><div><font size="5">Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;</font></div><div><font size="5">and the landscape</font></div><div><font size="5">Lay as if new, created in all the freshness of childhood."</font></div><div>- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xjbbnwkr9vE/Xw3U8ChhA3I/AAAAAAAAiYI/27OT1MUx_lk7h-pd3Bv22DRW2546G3mGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/185EBBEC-0A5C-4774-BB21-D01E5262D2E1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xjbbnwkr9vE/Xw3U8ChhA3I/AAAAAAAAiYI/27OT1MUx_lk7h-pd3Bv22DRW2546G3mGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w398-h500/185EBBEC-0A5C-4774-BB21-D01E5262D2E1.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Lately I've been taking long walks in the English countryside...any opportunity I can to take a quick or longer break. I think it is one of the advantages of living in a pandemic where there isn't much else to do, and saving time on not commuting frees up some time in the day... and the long summer days allow for more daylight too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hx8szHzz1CA/Xw3VQ5ordgI/AAAAAAAAiYw/Y6_JSQHRppwjqgZ82C9xkiOUBiWXF2F0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1800/7F393371-8C34-4D72-AD7A-1F1F1460B699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hx8szHzz1CA/Xw3VQ5ordgI/AAAAAAAAiYw/Y6_JSQHRppwjqgZ82C9xkiOUBiWXF2F0QCLcBGAsYHQ/w398-h500/7F393371-8C34-4D72-AD7A-1F1F1460B699.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JuO0wBWz44/Xw3VQiLU1HI/AAAAAAAAiYs/BbRP00zz0GgnHKE2SeRLsLWEyWvza_PmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1794/5AEFC25B-B94C-42E1-834B-A94AD181551C.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="1440" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JuO0wBWz44/Xw3VQiLU1HI/AAAAAAAAiYs/BbRP00zz0GgnHKE2SeRLsLWEyWvza_PmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h500/5AEFC25B-B94C-42E1-834B-A94AD181551C.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F7h2B5vFfL4/Xw3VP9GwOcI/AAAAAAAAiYg/NpT9tkgPLLMVVrAaouZ704qyAO_bXsWrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1800/3967E959-5999-45ED-8332-C255FB4B030E.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F7h2B5vFfL4/Xw3VP9GwOcI/AAAAAAAAiYg/NpT9tkgPLLMVVrAaouZ704qyAO_bXsWrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w398-h500/3967E959-5999-45ED-8332-C255FB4B030E.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NeO3_3uI6B8/Xw3VPyEJbMI/AAAAAAAAiYk/LQv4o85t-Bc4Zv38VFMCIph_p38MqfCJACLcBGAsYHQ/s1800/3F9D7EDF-293F-4ACF-AEFC-F7E1B3530E10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NeO3_3uI6B8/Xw3VPyEJbMI/AAAAAAAAiYk/LQv4o85t-Bc4Zv38VFMCIph_p38MqfCJACLcBGAsYHQ/w398-h500/3F9D7EDF-293F-4ACF-AEFC-F7E1B3530E10.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So today's #tinygoodthings is to get out and take a walk and enjoy!</div><div>x</div><div>L</div>tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-80110742227929792212020-05-11T13:34:00.000+01:002020-05-11T13:34:57.052+01:00{tinza's tiny good things #11}<br />
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Today marks 55 days since I last saw a friend or family member. I'll never forget that day: I drove frantically to Heathrow to get my parents on a flight back to Canada before borders shut...<br />
This weekend I went on a much-needed long walk and as I looked out across the fields, I drew in a deep breath and felt at peace with the world around me and I was reminded of this Laura Ingalls Wilder quote.<br />
In some ways time has flown since lockdown began and although life in grocery stores has changed and there's no commute to work or visits with friends, work life continues & other things are rather normal. Many will say there are benefits to this slower-paced life and the planet is thankful. As lockdown starts to lift slowly (and please do take it slowly and ignore the confusing advice we're currently getting), I want to hold on to the good things this crisis has taught us.<br />
Today's #tinygoodthings is to just stop and reflect on the small things & cherish those, but I'd also urge you to pick up the phone, send an email or a text, or write a letter to someone who you haven't heard from in a while. It might just be that tiny little gesture they need.<br />
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Last night I cooked myself a lovely roast chicken! Sometimes I like to cook a big meal--the kind I would do if I were entertaining--even if it's just for 1. Because the truth is: we should do things for ourselves just as much as for others.... and why shouldn't you, just because you're in lockdown or you're living on your own?<br />
More than ever it's important to eat well and remember the #tinygoodthings.<br />
I did the same for Easter Sunday, and cooked up a big roast lamb.<br />
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The good thing about roasts is they make so many yummy leftovers...& the great thing about roast chickens is the broth, which I use in bolognese, risottos, stews: the list is endless!<br />
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Today's #tinygoodthings is all about reading & books & libraries. I was reminded that a year ago I was in NYC, visiting the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/" target="_blank">New York Public Library</a> and took a snap of this quote. There is nothing quite like a good book... and I'm also in love with libraries. So here are a few pics of some of my fave I have visited. Can't wait to see more once lockdown is over and we've put COVID-19 behind us!</div>
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Perhaps these grand libraries aren't such a 'tiny thing' but a good quote and a good book surely are the little pleasures that make life enjoyable!</div>
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Today's #tinygoodthings is to take out a special china tea cup or crystal (or both) and enjoy! This is especially important on a weekend or a holiday like today, Easter Monday, because it makes it feel extra special. And even if you're only on your own, actually even more importantly if you're on your own: it'll make your day feel that just little bit more special. I had a hot cross bun & a cup of tea (& a sneaky glass of prosecco) and it all tasted just a little bit better.<br />
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Yesterday I made a big roast lamb just for me (& yes the cat had some too). It felt nice to do it, even just for 1, especially during these crazy lockdown times.<br />
Enjoy! & Happy Easter!<br />
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It's the weekend, it's a lovely warm day & most of us will be stuck indoors because of the lockdown measures to battle COVID-19.<br />
My weekend ritual is to sit in bed & read a magazine with a cup of tea. So today's #tinygoodthings is to read a magazine. Turn your phone to silent and enjoy. If you don't have a new magazine I'm always finding amazing things in old magazines I have around the house. I subscribe to <a href="https://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a> and <a href="https://www.homesandantiques.com/" target="_blank">Homes & Antiques,</a> & I'm always so excited when I get one delivered through the door!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's #tinygoodthings is: plan a trip! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you know me well, you'll know I grew up on a boat sailing around the world. If you know me at all, you'll know that I love to travel and can't stay put long. Both those things are making this time hard, but also have provided me with life lessons that I am taking with me during this 'travel ban' time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Growing up on a boat meant that we were weeks out at sea: these were the days of no internet and the era of mixed tapes. I learned to keep myself occupied by reading (I read the <i>Hobbit</i> in one day when I was 12), being creative (I wrote stories and drew), and finding new skills (like learning how to play the guitar). I learned to find beauty in nature around me, which on first glance didn't seem like it changed much: horizon, clouds, sun, and waves. But taking note of a small change in the weather, the change in colour of the ocean, the change of wind... these become observable and enjoyable. And you look for the exceptional, such as when dolphins decide to play with the haul and swim beside the boat and do flips.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and I learned to plan for the future: to get excited about what I'd do when we got into port, or when we lived on land for a while. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So, I'm trying to do the same. I'm planning for future trips and looking back on amazing trips I have taken. Last spring I was away almost every week: Amiens, Barcelona, New York & lots of travel within the UK...and I spent a fellowship in May in Lisbon. Those were good times.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So here are some pics of travel planning, packing, and reflecting on the good times of travels of the past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> & some of my faves from my instagram account: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{I'm in love with this cross stitch façade in Valencia}</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Golconda Fort, India}</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{streets of Lisbon}</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{celebrating my birthday in Nice}</span></td></tr>
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tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-47424184885207594472020-03-27T14:44:00.001+00:002020-03-27T14:44:05.831+00:00{tinza's tiny good things #5}<span style="font-size: large;">This week has had its ups and downs. Yesterday I was feeling quite low but a quick lunch break on google hangouts with my bookclub cheered me up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I got my regular Friday milk delivery and it made me stop & appreciate that despite COVID-19, some things haven't changed (yet!). So today's #tinygoodthings is just to appreciate the tiny normal things that you've taken for granted in the past. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For me, it's milk on the doorstep from the local <a href="https://www.pecksfarmshop.co.uk/" target="_blank">farm</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Have a happy weekend! (& stay at home!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tonight I'm going to bookclub: not in person sadly but online at least! So today's #tinygoodthings' suggestion is to join a bookclub!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm part of <a href="http://www.poppylovesbookclub.com/" target="_blank">Poppy Loves Book Club</a> which is online and in person and is all around the world. So you can join even now when we're all self-isolating! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's one of the best things I did, and my bookclub friends are now some of the best women I know: we take trips together and go for walks, and drink wine, and oh yes, discuss books too! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">x, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{bookclub in action sketched by the very talented <a href="https://www.missmagpiefashionspy.com/" target="_blank">Miss Magpie Fashion Spy</a>}</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are now on lockdown here in the UK. Stay home everyone and save lives. So I suggest for today's #tinygoodthings is to find your favourite mug or a special teacup and make yourself a cuppa. Maybe even bring out that silver teapot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For me, tea is a restorer. I've written about it <a href="https://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/01/postcards-from-india-chai-beginnings.html">here</a> and its importance to my family. It was on our first trip to India that we gained the nickname the 'gurrham chai sisters'--given to me and my four sisters by our faithful taxi driver Jaya Kumar. Whenever we get the chance, we still enjoy our cups of tea together! We can't now but I'm hoping we can try to achieve this virtually soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I'm going to try to have some tea in the sun in my garden! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">x, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few </span><span style="font-size: large;">favourite </span><span style="font-size: large;">from my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinzarella/" target="_blank">instagram</a> account: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are strange times. At the moment, the sun is shining, the tulips & daffodils are showing their sunny heads in the garden, and I'm trying to remind myself of the simple beautiful things unaffected by the crisis in the human world. Nature is thriving in these times. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So today's #tinygoodthings is a reminder to stop and smell the roses (or whatever flowers might be blooming). If you have a garden, I urge you to make a small posy of flowers to bring that cheery side of nature indoors. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">take care, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">ps: I'll admit that I've not got a very big garden, nor am I the best gardener but somehow these things still thrive! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some posts from my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinzarella/">instagram account</a> of flowers from my garden, from other times of the year: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So today's #tinygoodthings is the things weekends are made of: a lovely breakfast with nice crockery. My normal breakfast is a piece of toast & coffee sat at the desk... but for weekends, I try to do something a little different. I sit at my dining room table and try to take a moment to pause and enjoy it. It doesn't have to be super fancy, but something different. So go on! enjoy! ( & I know in these times food is a bit scarce so you might have to make do with what you have; who knows, you might concoct a new recipe!)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bon ap'!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">xo, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few of my faves from my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinzarella/">insta account.</a>..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">so, hello! I know it's been a long time since I blogged. But I've been thinking about compiling 365 days of tiny good things for a while, and with the current coronavirus crisis, I thought it would be a better time than any to fill the world with tiny good things that make life just that <b>little </b>brighter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who know me, you'll know that on the whole I'm a positive person...& I love the tiny little things in life that make life just feel special. For me, grand gestures can be romantic and amazing, but they aren't really real life: life is actually about the small little things. My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in July 2019 and I think the key to their marriage is the fact that they have tea together every morning-2 cups to be precise: it gives them time to talk, to sit in silence in the early morning slumber, & it's this tiny ritual that keeps their marriage going strong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I live alone. I'm happily single (yes, I can tell you that very frequently people ask me why I am, or am I looking for someone, or 'don't worry the right person will come along'). I can honestly say I absolutely love my own company; I absolutely love owning my own home paid for with my own money, not having to make any compromises. But that's not what this is about. What it <i>is </i>about is enjoying everyday and making it special, whether that's just for you, your family, your partner, your parents, your friends. It's celebrating life. What I have learned is that for me, every day I try to find something beautiful in the world around me & it makes me happy. Most days I work from home; most days I spend in my own company (with a Siamese cat, Simla)... and in this current strange world we are living in, when most people are stuck inside their homes, I think now is the time to try to post something everyday that will encourage you to find the beauty in your life & in your home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, starting tomorrow it begins, my 365 days of tinza's tiny good things. I will try to post everyday, but with a very busy working life (yes, I'm still going at the moment) that won't be likely, but I'll try to be as regular as I can.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Feel free to share, but more importantly do try these out. They'll make you a whole lot happier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">xo</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">L</span>tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-84883474465378472572019-01-13T15:49:00.001+00:002019-01-13T15:49:33.291+00:00{postcards from India-Hyderabad}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I had always wanted to go to Hyderabad ever since I read William Dalrymple's <i><a href="http://www.williamdalrymple.uk.com/books/white-mughals">White Mughals</a></i> when I was an undergraduate Art Historian in my early 20s. So when we were planning our trip to return to India in 2018, I said we must go! It is exactly a year ago today that we were exploring the lovely city, and so I felt it was time to get back to blogging about my Indian journey!</div>
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I have always been interested in moments in history where things are slightly different than we're meant to expect...or when there's a glimpse into the past that reveals that things could've gone slightly differently than they did. It was the case in places like Hyderabad in the eighteenth century, when the boundaries of empire could be pushed, or when the rules had not yet been set in stone. It was in Hyderabad that James Achilles Kirkpatrick, an agent for the East India Company, famously fell in love with a Hyderabadi princess, Khair-un-Nisa Begum (a great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Mir Alam).<br />
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Throughout the eighteenth century the East India Company formed political and diplomatic relationships with many of the state polities in India, particularly in the South and in Bengal. During the latter part of the eighteenth century a series of wars resulted in British dominance—the elimination of the French in South India, the Mysore Wars including the famous defeat over Tipu Sultan, and finally the Maratha Wars—which gave Britain control over many states, although a few independent Indian states still survived. This new domination called for a re-organisation of the East India Company. From 1770 to 1825 new positions were created in both civil and military realms for Company servants. Residents were sent to the courts of independent states, such as Lucknow (another one of my favourite cities) and Hyderabad, while other officials sustained central administration in the Presidency towns. The British Government in England realised the need to install a form of legalised government and in 1773 the Regulating Act was drawn, beginning a constitution for India and appointing a Governor General to employ authority over all British possessions in India. Even though this control in the Presidency towns was seen in the building of European edifices, the construction of roads, the implementation of British administrative practices, and the beginning of topographical and ethnological surveys, the Residencies, still homes to the Nawabs (or Nizams in the case of Hyderabad), retained their culture and withstood much ‘Britishisation.’ Many of the British residents at these courts embraced the Nawabi culture and some even went so far as to become what many British saw as ‘Indianised.’ <br />
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So it was with great anticipation that we went to Hyderbadad. To be honest, the city itself was disappointing. Now a tech centre, the city has been so built up with concrete it's hard to find much of the old charm and most of the day you are stuck in traffic, BUT the historic sites are still very much worth a visit! ...and for me, the highlights were some of the most amazing examples of Islamic architecture I have ever seen, a nod to the prosperity and refined culture of the Qutb Shahi dynasty in the late fifteenth century and later the Nizams of the seventeenth.<br />
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We started our journey at an old English church, and then made our way to the Residency (1803-6), where Fitzpatrick lived. It is a neo-classical building, that is now part of the University College for women (Koti). We had a very good guide, Sai, who has done tours for diplomats and movie stars, and he was able to get us into the building that was undergoing renovation and restoration.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{my sister in the famous stairwell of the Residency: to think of what parties this hall has seen!}</td></tr>
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While Kirkpatrick's story is the most famous, it wasn't the only one. Studies of Bengali wills of British men shows that bibis or Indian wives appear in one in three wills between 1780-5, however this was soon to decline, and between 1805-10, bibis appear in one in every four wills, by 1830 they have diminished to one in six, and by the middle of the nineteenth century they had completely disappeared. So the story of Kirkpatrick and Khair-un-Nisa for me, has always marked an important moment in time, when an element of 'hybridisation' or cultural mixing was allowed and even celebrated.<br />
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Kirkpatrick, for instance, ensured Khair-un-Nissa was provided with a zenana where she could continue to live in purdah. He built Khair the Rang Mahal (Palace of Colours), a large and luxurious complex that he adorned with paintings and fountains in the Mughal style and which included the Begum’s Garden. Here she lived in the zenana as she would have if she had married a Muslim nobleman. Kirkpatrick converted to Islam, undergoing a formal ceremony to marry Khair, and their marriage resulted in two children.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{George Chinnery, <i>William and Catherine Aurora Kirkpatrick</i>, Children of Lieutenant-Colonel James Kirkpatrick, 1805}</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This portrait was painted by Chinnery around 1805, before the children headed off to England. They are dressed similarly to any royal Muslim child would have been at the time—in full Mughal dress, adorned with jewels, and in Indian footwear. In 1801 a British visitor to the Hyderabadi court described Kirkpatrick, as ‘a good-looking man […] his hair is cropped short, and his fingers are dyed with henna. [At the Durbar he] behaved like a native, and with great propriety.’ His two children, Katherine Aurora and William were both shipped off to England for their education in September 1805, and like many, they never saw their parents again. Their father died a month after their ship sailed, and their mother, now living in the increasingly discriminatory age of the nineteenth century, had no say in seeing her two children again. </span><br />
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We then made our way to the extraordinary Paigah tombs. The Paigahs were a noble family who were well ensconced in the Nizam's court. The stucco work on these tombs is simply outstanding as is the intricate marble tracery. There's a mosque on the premises, which rumour has it, is still maintained by the descendents of the Paigahs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{one of the tombs}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{look at that stucco detail}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{off to prayer}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{more amazing stucco details}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{marble tracery}</td></tr>
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From the quiet of the Paigah tombs we faced the hustle and bustle of the Charminar (literally four minarets) from 1592; the first building to be constructed when Hyderabad was founded. It is still the epicentre of Hyderabad, where I felt the city really comes to life, as it is here that the numerous markets proffer anything from chickens to bangles! </div>
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I know it's been a long time since I posted and I have so much to catch up on, such as my book launch. But tomorrow is my B-day and I'm headed to Southern France!<br />
When I was 17, I moved to France to start my undergraduate studies...I absolutely loved the Midi, and in particular, Montpellier, but I didn't like the approach to Art History, and so I abandoned my French education and moved back to Canada to start a BA at UBC. But it was when I was living in the South of France that I took a trip to Florence, where my love for Italian Renaissance Art History started....and set me on a very particular career path!<br />
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Here I am 20 years later, headed back to the Midi, an author of a book on Italian Renaissance court collecting, a lot of degrees and experience under my belt, although I don't feel much different than that 17 year old, to be honest. On reflection, it's sometimes the risks we take, the things that don't completely work out as we thought they were going to, that are the making of us.<br />
So with that, I shall remember to take risks & remind myself that mistakes are never 'fails' but simply part of the journey of life-long learning.<br />
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I'm off to stay in the Le Beau Rivage, a 19th-century hotel, which was one of the first seaside hotels in Nice in the continuation of Promenade des Anglais. It became a favourite of artists and intellectuals such as Matisse, Fitzgerald, Nietzsche and Chekhov. so I'll be in good company.<br />
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A bientôt, & bises,<br />
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It's beginning to look a lot like autumn here at Chota House. There's a crispness in the air, and the plants are slowly turning...<br />
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I picked up these lovely clippings on my walk along the canal. simply lovely.</div>
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In January, I spent two weeks in India, a land that I have known most of my life either through tales of family history or in summer sojourns. I am finally slowly blogging about the trip. My first post was about my <a href="http://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/01/postcards-from-india-chai-beginnings.html">long-standing relationship with India</a>, my second on our <a href="http://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/03/postcards-from-india-mumbai-beginnings.html">first day or so in Mumbai</a> and I left you with my last post arriving into <a href="http://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/07/postcards-from-india-overnight-train-to.html">Goa after our overnight train from Mumbai.</a><br />
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The last few years I have spent editing a textbook on the <a href="http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526122902/">Global Renaissance</a>, exploring European art of this era in the light of global connections. The book considers the movement of objects, ideas and technologies and its significance for European art and material culture, analysing images through the lens of cultural encounter and conflict. Throughout the book, there are moments when India appears within the early context of Portuguese trade and expansion (before the British East India Company had had its monopoly). A colleague of mine had written a chapter on altarpieces, and included one of the first colonial altarpieces made specifically for export: The Saint Catherine altarpiece in Goa, made in Europe and shipped to Goa. I was thus eager to return with my art historical knowledge to see the vestiges of these early cross-cultural dialogues expressed through art and architecture.<br />
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I had remembered Goa fondly as a child; it was different than the cities that had had a British presence. Indeed, Goa has something remarkably distinct about it. I remembered specifically going to see the remains of St Francis of Xavier and being told by the local guide that his body was no longer displayed to the public as an overly eager pilgrim had bit off the saint's toe in excitement!<br />
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So....we arrived on the overnight train and were taken by State Express to a lovely hotel in rice patties. We were eager to see historic Portuguese houses that we feared wouldn’t be open the next day--Sunday--so we arranged for a taxi to take us to the <a href="http://www.palaciododeao.com/">Palacio do Deao</a> and the <a href="https://www.goa.gov.in/places/braganza-house/">Braganza House</a> in Quepem, about 10 km away from where we were staying. These houses are an extraordinary legacy of Portuguese rule and early exploration.<br />
Palacio do Deao is run by a couple who have spent time and money renovating it. It was built in the eighteenth century by a Portuguese nobleman, who was the Dean of the Church, and founder of Quepem town. You can also book a lunch there, but unfortunately they were all booked up for us. We entered the beautiful house to the sound of old music playing and were confronted by the remarkable altarpiece. The house is beautifully decorated with a clear sense of layers of history.... The pictures really tell you more than I can in words:<br />
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We then took a short drive to Chandor Village to visit <a href="https://www.goa.gov.in/places/braganza-house/">Braganza House</a>, which is still owned by the same family that built it in the seventeenth century. Judith, a descendent, showed us around the house, pointing out significant artefacts such as Chinese porcelain and old portraits as well as detailing the fascinating history of the house and the fates of their family (no photography inside sadly, but check out the link for some interior shots).<br />
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The ballroom was exceptional, with large chandeliers and gorgeous mirrors intended as a mini version of Versailles. The history of the family is one of changing political times. Originally Portuguese, the first owner was particularly favoured by the ruling house of Portugal and throughout the ages, members of the family fraternised with well-known individuals such as Lenin. In the 20th century, the family was largely responsible for the independence of Goa from the Portuguese, but their fortunes were soon dramatically changed when India (now independent of the British) seized control of Goa and in the process took all their lands. The house is the only thing that remains of their former glory, although it too was supposed to be seized by the government. Judith was eager to tell us about her aunt, the former owner of the house who refused to let the house go when government officials stormed into the main sitting room and showed documentation that claimed the house was state owned. The old lady, instead, pulled out her own documents from the archives and told them to leave!<br />
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The next day, we took a taxi into old Goa where we saw the historic Portuguese churches. We started off at the Bom Jesus, also known as the church of st. Francis of Xavier, whose body is on 'display' (although you can't see it) on top of a cenotaph, miraculously uncorrupted. We were greeted by many pilgrims purchasing wax votives and as we neared the basilica, we could hear singing, as there was a church service.<br />
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The facade is rather stunning with the red laterite exposed, this church was built between 1594-1605.<br />
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Attached to the basilica is the chapel (1655-98) of St. Francis Xavier, which most pilgrims really come to see; it is here that St Francis of Xavier's body is on display in a casket, resting on a marble cenotaph that none other than Cosimo de Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany sent over.</div>
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We then walked across the way to the Sé cathedral, which I was particularly eager to see because of the Saint Catherine altarpiece.<br />
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The Sé cathedral (1562-1652) is one of Goa's most important ecclesiastical buildings (Se meaning Bishop's See), with work being undertaken at royal expense during the reign of King Sebastian. I was particularly struck at how beautifully decorated the church is, and must have been, with traces of frescoes still visible. The thing that was particularly interesting to me was just how the altarpieces in the various chapels spoke to a sort of visual syncretism, or the mixing of local artistic traditions with Christian iconography.<br />
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The high altar is an amazing golden structure depicting St. Catherine of Alexandria, and replaces the original altarpiece I had come to see. The original is in the sacristy, which unfortunately was locked when I arrived. St. Catherine was a particularly important saint for the Portuguese in India as it was in 1510 on the feast of St. Catherine that the governor of Portuguese India, Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Islamic sultans of Bijapur. The cathedral thus has a particular colonial history that conveys the complicated history of this time, which brought trade, colonialism, conversion, and expansion all together. </div>
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I remember this altarpiece the most out of all of the chapels. It's intriguing to me as it is a common subject one finds in Renaissance altarpieces but the style in which it is rendered looks like St Sebastian would be more at home in the Gitagovinda--an indication of the syncretic nature of artistic styles at this time. Christian subject matter but rendered in a local style.<br />
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Our next stop was the church of St Francis of Assisi (1661), with a remarkably beautiful interior built for the Franciscans.<br />
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Nearby to the cluster of gold churches, are the ruins of the church of St. Augustine (1602), reputed to have been one of the most beautifully decorated churches of old Goa. Not much remains but a slowly eroding bell tower, yet walking the grounds you can get a feeling of how big the church must have been, and the presence of tiles everywhere you look, suggests it would've been a colourful interior indeed!</div>
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Our final stop was to the Church of Our Lady of the Mount (1557), perched on a hilltop, the church was closed but the main attraction is the stunning view of Old Goa from here!<br /><br />
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...& with that, our time in Goa was up and we headed to Kochi (formerly Cochin) next.<br />
stay tuned for more soon!<br />
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tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-45359007696313796852018-08-23T16:09:00.000+01:002018-08-23T16:09:13.533+01:00{quotable thursdays}<br />
This week I've been leading a social media campaign on #whyarthistorymatters. You can follow the blog posts on <a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/openartsextra/">Open Arts Extra</a> and can watch some great films on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GdNAysI60Q&list=PLpclTT4h1JnG35OtOEtywyRU4Tf47XsIqhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJqt0MEvDKXNxOlgRy3MDwA">Open Arts Archive youtube</a>.<br />
so today's quote is all about creativity!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/meganmatsuoka/6580228499/">matisse</a>}</td></tr>
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Ltinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-75421902419973920252018-07-28T16:10:00.000+01:002018-08-26T12:39:42.661+01:00{postcards from India-overnight train to Goa}<br />
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It has taken me a lot longer to blog about my India adventures than I would like. It's been a busy year, but my book has come out & I'm starting to feel on top of things again!<br />
So, if you recall, I blogged about my long-standing <a href="http://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/01/postcards-from-india-chai-beginnings.html">relationship with India</a>, and our first day or so in <a href="http://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/03/postcards-from-india-mumbai-beginnings.html">Mumbai</a>. Now it's time to turn to the adventure that is train travel!<br />
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At 7pm we took a taxi from my sister's hotel, through thick traffic to the train station. Luckily we left early as the traffic was terrible and the Mumbai drivers were keen to blow their horns and not follow any signs or lanes! We piled out of the taxi to be affronted with all sorts of smells and sounds: millions of passengers were making their way to the station to commute out of the city. Luckily State Express had arranged for a man to meet us, with our tickets in hand, who knew what train and carriage to get on. Dragging our bags through 100s of years of dirt, we were confronted with 1000s of bodies on the platform. Men and women squatted on the floor with their bags, while Hindu mendicants chanted behind us, pressing us forward to our carriage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{Dadar station, Mumbai}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{passenger list}</td></tr>
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Having travelled on trains in India in previous years, we knew this wasn’t going to be a luxury cruise, but still, once on board, confronted with bunks spread out across the carriage and slightly dirty bedding, we were all a little wary of sleeping through the night. After meeting out neighbours, however, we soon realised that we were on an adventure and embraced it as such. My Dad, having grown up in India and having travelled his youth on the trains, could hardly contain his excitement—he chatted away in Hindi to our fellow passengers and eagerly looked out of the window, waiting for our adventure to start. The three women (mum, Julie & me) squished into two seats for a couple of hours, chatting away and observing our fellow passengers’ routines.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{my sister, not so sure of this set up!}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">{My Dad (right) ready for an adventure, and so is my Mum (left)!}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">{fellow passengers}</td></tr>
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Train travel in India is for all castes and creeds—we were in the most expensive carriage one can get, but it is still very basic. Men change in the aisle under a wrap; families distribute their precooked meal from tiffin boxes while the chai wallah distributes tea for anyone who wants it; passengers wash their faces and brush their teeth at the communal sink; and when it’s time for bed, prayers are said to their respective gods. In some ways, train travel is like a microcosm of Bharat, Mother India, where diverse religions, castes, classes, all live communally together, and for the most part, respect one another. At about 11 we all settled into our bunks and braced ourselves for a sleepless night. Surprisingly, to all of us, the train rocked us to sleep and at 530 we woke up fairly refreshed and ready to arrive in Goa! Our train was about an hour late, and so we all sat up in the two bunks close together and chatted away about the experience of the night before.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{early morning arrival into Goa}</td></tr>
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This video shows the men who come to the train to sell anything from pani (water) to poori bhaji to chai:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{Goa arrival in the early morning light}</td></tr>
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State Express to a lovely hotel in rice patties, the <a href="https://www.alilahotels.com/diwagoa">Alila Diwa-</a>-a birthday treat from my sister. We certainly welcomed showers, pool, and luxurious surroundings after our train adventure: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So after a little relaxing, we headed off to see some amazing colonial Portuguese houses, but that'll have to wait for another blog! until next time...</span></span></div>
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tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-61064719191952203742018-07-19T16:39:00.000+01:002018-07-19T16:39:33.397+01:00{quotable thursdays}This week I blogged that <a href="http://tiddley-bits.blogspot.com/2018/07/book-published.html">my book</a> came out. I have a good quote for that one:<br />
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I had a lot of times I didn't think it would happen. I've had a lot of frustrations in academia; it's an institution made of people who keep failing, but keep trying until they get what they want. It's not an easy world to live in, but I've learned to believe in myself, surround myself with supportive people, and reach high.<br />
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Ltinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-75137893041494133862018-07-18T14:06:00.002+01:002018-07-18T14:06:56.899+01:00{Blenheim Palace Garden Party}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Is there anything so glorious as a sunny English summer? Combine that with an old fashioned garden party at <a href="https://www.blenheimpalace.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwyrvaBRACEiwAcyuzRGrctRvfC0zLHxF0lMAR0kzk6tsWu-Cuuo4dBaZ0EyPa7KdfE4Ns2RoCsVIQAvD_BwE">Blenheim Palace</a> with fabulous company & you've got the recipe for a perfect evening (and weekend in the end).<br />
Last Saturday I had the Great British Garden Party at Blenheim Palace booked but realised it was going to be a really long journey home late at night, so I decided to treat myself to an overnight stay in an old coaching inn, in Woodstock, which was the best decision.<br />
I spent Saturday afternoon perusing the lovely shops and enjoying a pint in a beer garden, before walking the 4 minutes to Blenheim's gates!<br />
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<br />& then the gloriousness that is Blenheim Palace:<br />
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The interiors are just as striking, with this lovely library (although I couldn't imagine actually living in a place like this (birthplace of Winston Churchill)) :<br />
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& then it finished with fireworks playing to all the Proms favourites, including Jerusalem!<br />
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Now that things are starting to slow down with teaching, I'm hoping I'll have some more time to catch up on blogging, life, and other things!<br />
x<br />
Ltinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-54337431539940740572018-07-18T13:43:00.000+01:002018-07-18T13:43:33.296+01:00{book published!}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I realise I've been frightfully absent from blogging... but since my last post, my book has come out!<br />
So it's very exciting news. Thanks to all my faithful followers who have come on the journey with me: from reading about frustrations in academia to accompanying me on my research trips to Italy!<br />
The book is finally out in the UK and will be out shortly in North America! (apparently even <a href="https://www.target.com/p/collecting-art-in-the-italian-renaissance-court-objects-and-exchanges-by-leah-r-clark-hardcover/-/A-53590723">Target </a>is going to stock it!)<br />
So you can have a look at <i>Collecting Art in the Italian Renaissance Court</i> over at <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/arts-theatre-culture/western-art/collecting-art-italian-renaissance-court-objects-and-exchanges?format=HB">Cambridge University Press</a> (where you can use the 20% discount code: CLARK2018) or you can preview it on <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8LNdDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=collecting%20art%20italian%20renaissance%20court&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=collecting%20art%20italian%20renaissance%20court&f=false">google books</a> & <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collecting-Art-Italian-Renaissance-Court/dp/1108427723">Amazon</a>!<br />
My official book launch isn't until October, but I've been celebrating ever since it came out at the end of June!<br />
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xo<br />
L<br />
<br />tinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-56390004492049210292018-06-14T15:07:00.002+01:002018-06-14T15:07:21.757+01:00{quotable thursdays}On the weekend, my Dad sent me this poem that he wrote about the famed Globe Inn on the canal, near Leighton Buzzard. It's been a historic coaching inn for bargees for centuries. I often take guests there and we were lucky enough to have a Sunday roast there right off the barge, when we rented one from the Wyvern Shipping Co. in March.<br />
So today's quote is the poem:<br />
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The Globe</div>
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Oh to be at the Globe,</div>
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That ancient canal-side inn,</div>
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To watch the barges gliding past,</div>
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The ducks and dabchicks swim.</div>
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Oh to be at the Globe</div>
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With bitters firm in hand</div>
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A gentle breeze across the fields</div>
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When Spring is on the land.</div>
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Oh to be at the Globe, </div>
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When the sun is surely set</div>
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To dine on beef and yorkies</div>
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Washed down with choicest 'wet'.</div>
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Oh to leave the Globe at last</div>
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And wend the long way home</div>
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By bridal path and working lock</div>
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No more this day to roam.</div>
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xo, Ltinzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686815223120999586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517822261963965229.post-47068227364311501222018-04-19T17:14:00.002+01:002018-04-19T17:14:21.465+01:00{quotable thursdays}I'm not going to lie. I'm overwhelmed. I've got too much to do.<br />
But the sun is shining so here's my quote for today:<br />
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xo<br />
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