Mastodawn

What is it about a project like this which makes it so exhilarating? So energising? I think it’s partly the teamwork, building something with a talented group of musicians, visual and spoken word artists, and theatre practitioners. It’s partly the sense of creating something on a larger scale, it’s the sense of community, and it’s the legacy which these projects tend to create.
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/whose-pleasant-land
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Tony Earnshaw Jun 5

I think it was Sukhraj S. Dhillon who said “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day - unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.” Something I need to work on.
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/focus
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Tony Earnshaw May 29

It’s been interesting, though hardly surprising, to see how important music is to each of us, interesting to see the crossover points between different backgrounds and tastes, and good to listen to the choices people have made.
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/the-food-of-love
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Tony Earnshaw May 22

This week’s blog is, in a sense, religious, but is also not really religious but about how we treat each other, and how beliefs (in anything or nothing) impact our attitudes to each other.
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-mystery
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Tony Earnshaw May 8

As we know, there is no shortage of destruction around at the moment – the blood thirsty criminals who rule much of the world make sure of that. And away from the theatres of war the stirrers of hatred attack people for being Jewish, or Muslim, or for the crime of fleeing persecution – and stand in elections, hiding their true nature behind the national flag. Still destruction, if on a smaller scale

https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/minor-destructions
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Tony Earnshaw May 3

Beauty and the Beast - a classic example of redemption through love, specifically the love of a beautiful woman - characters in fairy stories are almost always either beautiful or evil, especially the women.
worthwhile. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/meeting-the-beast #haiku
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Tony Earnshaw Apr 24

Writing has an element of baring the soul and it can feel that reading to an audience exacerbates the sense of exposure. Somehow, despite this, it’s almost always a pleasurable experience, an opportunity to share, to see that people are moved, amused, provoked and that makes the whole business worthwhile. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/on-launching-a-book
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Tony Earnshaw Apr 17

This has been a different few days – the first talks about and readings from my new book, approving proofs for different distribution channels, all culminating in the big launch on Friday.
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-playwright-turns-his-hand-to-blogging
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Tony Earnshaw Apr 10

A powerful story of flight from war and persecution, of disrupted lives. – and a hymn to community, a celebration of life and a reminder to savour the moment.
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/disruption-and-community
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Tony Earnshaw Apr 3

This week seems a good time to be thinking about both sides of humanity as we approach Easter. There is a tendency to see Easter either as a purely Christian festival, arguably the most important time in the Christian calendar, or as a purely secular event…
https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/hope-for-peace
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