Life – Notes from Ben

Long Hot Baths

Between January 1998 (when I just got back from New Year’s Eve in Spain) and August 1998, aged 25, I spent a lot of time in the bath. Long hot baths, often reading books by Hemingway. I can clearly see myself (you probably don’t want to) on a grey February morning up to my earsContinue reading “Long Hot Baths”

Art and Opportunity, Success and the Now

Being a little enclosed with the kids these days in Madrid (locked in due to Corona virus) seems to be a tremendous opportunity on endless levels. As the outside world has come to a near halt, the inner-world has a great chance to calm down too. How madly we usually live! There is much moreContinue reading “Art and Opportunity, Success and the Now”

Drawing and Change…

Over a month ago I proposed 4 changes I wanted to make; now that a fair amount of time has passed, I wish to hold myself to account! Change 1 is to draw more again. It’s going well! The picture above was drawn from imagination after spending two weekends in a row in Granada (Spain),Continue reading “Drawing and Change…”

They were right all along…

I used to look at Zen Masters and other renowned wise people and think, they must look at us people of the world, running around like crazy all day long, filling ourselves up with food and stuff and every kind of wild entertainment, always searching for the next thing to make us happy… and theyContinue reading “They were right all along…”

Feeling Wonderful About The World

There are 500 ways to get depressed about the world today, and 500,000 ways to feel wonderful about it. Let’s start with the problem. Depending on who you talk to or what YouTube video you watch, the number of existential threats available to us to latch on to seems to be greater than ever. IfContinue reading “Feeling Wonderful About The World”