Mary Blue
@marybluecreates.bsky.social
Visual Artist and lover of life's little mysterious pockets of wonderful.
Cromer Artspace is an exciting contemporary venue in an iconic art deco building on the promenade, which is rapidly gaining a reputation for interesting work and high standards. You can find out more at cromer-artspace.uk
@cromer-artspace.uk
@cromer-artspace.uk
March 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Cromer Artspace is an exciting contemporary venue in an iconic art deco building on the promenade, which is rapidly gaining a reputation for interesting work and high standards. You can find out more at cromer-artspace.uk
@cromer-artspace.uk
@cromer-artspace.uk
Over 50 people came last night to our Artists Salon.
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April, bring friends.
Suffield Arms 6pm
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April, bring friends.
Suffield Arms 6pm
March 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Over 50 people came last night to our Artists Salon.
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April, bring friends.
Suffield Arms 6pm
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April, bring friends.
Suffield Arms 6pm
Over 50 people came last night to our first ever Artist Salon, which I modelled after Gertrude Stein.
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April or any others you can make... bring friends.
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April or any others you can make... bring friends.
Last night I went to a salon style meet up at the Suffield Arms in Norfolk; it is free and open to any artists, writers, filmmakers, poets, photographers, etc to come and just converse. It was so good and I met many people I'd heard of or follow on insta, but not met. One a month over the summer.
March 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Over 50 people came last night to our first ever Artist Salon, which I modelled after Gertrude Stein.
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April or any others you can make... bring friends.
Interesting conversation, laughter, and actually seeing people's facial expressions. What a night!
Hope to see you on the 16th April or any others you can make... bring friends.
Ship sail into a full harbour
#waterpainting
#waterpainting
February 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ship sail into a full harbour
#waterpainting
#waterpainting
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As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
February 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
rsf.org/en/index
Tulips and pomegranates I front of a window. Tomorrow's class demo.
Beauty made better by the dark night of the soul.
#painterly
Beauty made better by the dark night of the soul.
#painterly
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tulips and pomegranates I front of a window. Tomorrow's class demo.
Beauty made better by the dark night of the soul.
#painterly
Beauty made better by the dark night of the soul.
#painterly
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We have five symposiums for 2025. You can either come along to the gallery (limited places) or join us online for free!
Our talks for 2025 focus on art, #creativity and the environment.
Find out more: www.messums.org/exhibitions/
#sculpture #environment #art #artisttalks #ceramics
Our talks for 2025 focus on art, #creativity and the environment.
Find out more: www.messums.org/exhibitions/
#sculpture #environment #art #artisttalks #ceramics
November 27, 2024 at 9:52 AM
We have five symposiums for 2025. You can either come along to the gallery (limited places) or join us online for free!
Our talks for 2025 focus on art, #creativity and the environment.
Find out more: www.messums.org/exhibitions/
#sculpture #environment #art #artisttalks #ceramics
Our talks for 2025 focus on art, #creativity and the environment.
Find out more: www.messums.org/exhibitions/
#sculpture #environment #art #artisttalks #ceramics
Reposted by Mary Blue
Run Boy Run
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London
(Probably needs a click to get the full effect)
#BlueSkyArtShow #Light
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London
(Probably needs a click to get the full effect)
#BlueSkyArtShow #Light
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Run Boy Run
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London
(Probably needs a click to get the full effect)
#BlueSkyArtShow #Light
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London
(Probably needs a click to get the full effect)
#BlueSkyArtShow #Light
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
Reposted by Mary Blue
Trump’s attempted impoundments are a claim to presidential control of legislation, and so if allowed would undo a very fundamental principle of the Constitution. Read this.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025
The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.
www.stevevladeck.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump’s attempted impoundments are a claim to presidential control of legislation, and so if allowed would undo a very fundamental principle of the Constitution. Read this.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
Reposted by Mary Blue
Doing a whole bunch of illegal things to expand executive power with a pliant legislature fawning as he breaks the law is what authoritarianism looks like. This is how it starts.
January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Doing a whole bunch of illegal things to expand executive power with a pliant legislature fawning as he breaks the law is what authoritarianism looks like. This is how it starts.
Reposted by Mary Blue
Everything in the news is terrible. Without minimizing those events (they are terrible), it’s also important to zoom out: here’s why the world isn’t as bad as you think—and why the news aggregates every bad event while failing to cover positive trends.
Why the world isn't as bad as you think
News coverage is terrible at capturing the biggest good news stories: the long-term trends that show vast improvements in human living standards across long stretches of time. We need to fix that.
www.forkingpaths.co
January 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Everything in the news is terrible. Without minimizing those events (they are terrible), it’s also important to zoom out: here’s why the world isn’t as bad as you think—and why the news aggregates every bad event while failing to cover positive trends.
Reposted by Mary Blue
Didn’t make the cut for The Dundies™ this year, but apparently my dulcet vocal tones aren’t *quite* like fingernails on a chalkboard, as FLUKE has been chosen as a finalist for an Audie award (billed, somewhat grandiosely, as the “Oscars for audiobooks”).
January 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Didn’t make the cut for The Dundies™ this year, but apparently my dulcet vocal tones aren’t *quite* like fingernails on a chalkboard, as FLUKE has been chosen as a finalist for an Audie award (billed, somewhat grandiosely, as the “Oscars for audiobooks”).
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Jimmy Carter has died. I wrote about one of his less well-known but arguably most important achievements: saving millions of the world’s most vulnerable people from debilitating disease, blindness, and death. www.forkingpaths.co/p/jimmy-cart...
Jimmy Carter's Hidden Legacy
Carter's post-presidency was transformative. And while he's well-known for his contributions to democracy, he deserves immense credit for his incredible successes with global public health.
www.forkingpaths.co
December 29, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Jimmy Carter has died. I wrote about one of his less well-known but arguably most important achievements: saving millions of the world’s most vulnerable people from debilitating disease, blindness, and death. www.forkingpaths.co/p/jimmy-cart...
Wonder. Pembrokeshire coast.
December 26, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Wonder. Pembrokeshire coast.
Merry Christmas. Simplicity. Wonder, and moments of love.
December 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Merry Christmas. Simplicity. Wonder, and moments of love.
I love the winter contrast between light and dark, cold and warmth.
#wintersolstice
#wintersolstice
December 25, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I love the winter contrast between light and dark, cold and warmth.
#wintersolstice
#wintersolstice
@katieholten.bsky.social
Learning a new language this Christmas
Learning a new language this Christmas
December 25, 2024 at 2:28 PM
@katieholten.bsky.social
Learning a new language this Christmas
Learning a new language this Christmas
Fluke, by @brianklaas.bsky.social, has been my bedside table read for a few weeks now, as its dense, and I often have to re-read phrases to let them sink in. It's utterly compelling and is changing how I see the world.
"The real story of our lives is often written in the margins."
"The real story of our lives is often written in the margins."
December 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Fluke, by @brianklaas.bsky.social, has been my bedside table read for a few weeks now, as its dense, and I often have to re-read phrases to let them sink in. It's utterly compelling and is changing how I see the world.
"The real story of our lives is often written in the margins."
"The real story of our lives is often written in the margins."