The Artist as Pilgrim

Letting go. This is something we all need to do at certain moments in our lives. It implies that we need to relinquish something that we might be attached to. It is all part of the natural proces...

https://carowoods.com/2023/08/15/the-art-of-letting-go/

It has been too long since I wrote my last post.  But recently, I have been itching to get some thoughts written down as they have started to bubble up to the surface for an airing.  It is such...

https://carowoods.com/2022/12/16/home-is-where-the-heart-is/

Following on from the watery theme of my last post (Strand Lines), I would like to share some more ‘watery’ insights from my pilgrimage with Tommy. Chapter six of The Rainbow Ribbon Way relat...

https://carowoods.com/2020/07/17/in-the-flow/

For many people, this period of confinement in lockdown has been a profound experience.   A welcome period of contemplation and reflection, perhaps, to alter our understanding of time and space....

https://carowoods.com/2020/07/09/strand-lines-a-pathway-into-meditation/

Someone once asked me, ‘why don’t you just position your horse in the direction of travel and let him find the best way home’?  Well that’s all very well and good, and if he is familiar ...

https://carowoods.com/2020/07/01/have-horse-will-travel-10-things-to-consider-before-hitting-the-trail/

Be Creative: That is the number one challenge I set myself in ‘7 Steps back to Health’.  For me the question is: do I lock myself away in my studio making ‘art’ works?  Or do I knuckle ...

https://carowoods.com/2020/06/22/be-creative/

Caro’s Covid Journal No 4  (11 weeks post op / 9 weeks post lockdown) Warning: This post might tickle your taste buds!! ‘Through the Wound comes the Salve, We can find meaning in suffering.�...

https://carowoods.com/2020/05/22/food-for-thought/

Coronavirus Journal No. 3. (5 weeks post op). As promised, I would like to share with you the 7 simple steps I have devised for my journey back to health, joy, vitality and wellbeing.   Each one...

https://carowoods.com/2020/04/07/7-steps-back-to-health/

Whilst I was contemplating this, my next post (Coronavirus Journal, no 2, four weeks post surgery), I happen to turn my back for a moment and discover Willo in the process of destroying one of th...

https://carowoods.com/2020/04/01/torn-apart/

Strictly speaking I am not home alone. My two whippets are constant companions. Their playful antics keep me amused and there is an unspoken, unconditional love and understanding between us. Even...

https://carowoods.com/2020/03/23/home-alone-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/