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Jan 21, 2023Jan 19, 2023Michael Carty

Nothing is real?

John Lennon’s Beatles masterpiece Strawberry Fields Forever tells us “nothing is real”. Kevin Barry’s beautiful Lennon novel Beatlebone suggests nothing is real except the present moment.

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Nov 20, 2021Jan 12, 2022Michael Carty

Look with new eyes

Looking afresh at your world can reveal beauty and riches that were there all along. With wise words from John Lennon, Douglas Adams and Rory Sutherland.

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Mar 20, 2021Jun 11, 2021Michael Carty

The natural state of a song

What is the natural state of a song? What is the natural state of any idea when it is first born into this world?

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Oct 10, 2020Nov 7, 2020Michael Carty

Sketchtober TWO (Scribbly Dylan)

The second weekly set of pics from my Sketchtober daily drawing challenge, taking in Cleo the dog, John Lennon and a distinctly scribbly Bob Dylan!

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Sep 26, 2020Sep 25, 2020Michael Carty

The ghosts of Soho record shops past

Soho’s record shops were magical places for me and for so many others. This post takes a saunter through Soho’s record shops and ponders how places change and evolve.

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Oct 26, 2019Nov 10, 2019Michael Carty

#Inktober2019 (IV): Mr Ringo Starr, Mrs Mia Wallace!

Ringo Starr tops the bill in this collection of Inktober 2019 pictures! We also celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pulp Fiction’s UK release, catch up with Mr Skeleton, and enjoy some floral loveliness.

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Nov 3, 2018Dec 21, 2018Michael Carty

Look for what you love (My #Inktober2018 V)

#Inktober2018 is over. I have absolutely loved it! Duncan Hannah. Here’s my fifth and final set of #Inktober doodlings, featuring John Lennon, shadows, a bigshot pigeon and a 60s mod girl.

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Oct 27, 2018Nov 9, 2018Michael Carty

Alice Cooper, Pumpkins and Marvin Gaye (#MyInktober2018 IV)

My fourth weekly #Inktober2018 round-up features Alice Cooper and some pumpkins… plus bonus Marvin Gaye and Doctor Who!

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Oct 13, 2018Nov 9, 2018Michael Carty

Tree of life, essence of autumn (My #Inktober2018 vol II)

Second weekly digest of my latest #Inktober pictures this time featuring John Lennon, the tree of life, the essence of autumn, and a gent with rather a natty top hat!

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Sep 28, 2018Dec 21, 2018Michael Carty

Monochromica (#BlackAndWhiteChallenge 2018)

My week in the world of monochromica. The #BlackAndWhiteChallenge: a black and white photograph a day for a week, depicting no people, (originally) shared with no explanation.

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