however, there are some things that i'd like to achieve or at least sort out over the coming months...
firstly, i would like to get back into the monastic habit again (bad pun, sorry...)
starting and ending each day with silence and prayer makes a huge difference and it's a routine that i need to (re)establish i think. also just generally being more contemplative and generous. there's a line in the prayer that we adopted when we started exploring the monk-y business - "god be in my heart, and in my thinking". that's what i'd like to delve into this year - new heart, right spirit.
i also need to reconnect with ian's morning bell, which i kind of lost touch with when the robots took over.
i need to start playing footy again.
and just generally getting out more and being with people. as a family we could take much more interest in the cultural stuff that goes on in leeds for a start...
i need to do more 'art' stuff to balance the commercially driven illustration work that i have on (and to find a way to make that a financially viable objective) - with some of the things already on the desk this year that looks do-able - and i need to make sure that family life doesn't suffer as a result...
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meanwhile, with leeds in mind, there are two things from last year that i've been meaning to recommend for a while now (this is for you, bigdaddystevieb!)
'this city draws maps' is the debut album by the rosie taylor project and it's very lovely in a slightly downbeat, melancholic way.
reminds me a bit of sarah records and some of the "twee" bands on that label (and that's a good thing) - well worth a listen.
and then just before christmas, i got a copy of dakota suite's 'the end of trying' - sort of ambient, sparse, achingly beautiful and sad.
a bit like the dead texan if you've heard them before, only more heartfelt maybe. i think that you have to order copies direct from the band, but it's well worth tracking down.
*'the new year' by death cab for cutie...
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