9 playlists to listen to while writing.
Unless you have just landed here (if you have then by all means, welcome!), you know how important music is to me. In a previous post, I have compared writing […]
Category Archives: Music
Discover the world in music… PART II, The Middle East
Music, like proverbs, is the mirror of a culture. The aim of this series if to take you around the world in music, to help you discover authentic melodies, foreign cultures […]
Discover the world in music… PART I, Eastern Europe.
Music is an integral part of my routine. I wake up to it, drink coffee to it, write to it, daydream to it… You get the gist. A few months […]
The world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as…?
Four days ago, Dean Podesta tweeted the statement above. Two days ago, David Bowie passed away. A dark coincidence yet an opportune moment to reflect upon the great minds surrounding us. I […]
Perfection – are you friend or foe?
Yes, there are a few mistakes. No it isn’t perfect. But it’s all work in progress, right? Perfection. Aren’t we all striving for it? Some of more than others perhaps, […]
My piano can talk.
A cherished object is by definition… an object we hold dear. Well, I have had a little trouble with this definition because as soon as I entered the CHERISHED blogfest […]
The phantom of the opera is here.
Never has music been more important than it is in this post. So make sure you press play and dive in the memory of (perhaps) the most moving two and a half hours […]
My piano is my best friend.
Today, I am home. Not home-London, but home-home – Sofia, Bulgaria. I have spent a full 24 hours here and already, I feel recharged. This beautiful piano above is my best […]
If writing is a life buoy, music is the air that fills it.
I have often compared the importance of writing to that of a life buoy. It is incredible to think how many times I have found refuge in my notebook, how […]
A writer's caravan 