Monthly Archives: February 2023

Not a Whit of Difference

26 Sunday Feb 2023

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Two paths diverged in the woods.

I chose the one indicated by the left fork

and that made not a whit of difference –

as far as I know.

Photo and poem by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Accordion Book of Theseus and the Minotaur

22 Wednesday Feb 2023

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Pasiphae and the White Bull; the Minotaur and sacrificial victim,

Theseus in background;Ariadne with sword and twine; death of

the Minotaur; Theseus departs for Naxos with Ariadne; Dionysius

gets the girl!

All acrylic and ink by Candia Dixon-Stuart- after going to the Knossos

exhibition at The Ashmolean, Oxford.

Azzawi Notebooks @ The Ashmolean

17 Friday Feb 2023

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First saw this Iraqi artist in Doha, about 7 years ago.

Had the pleasure of seeing more of his concertina-ed poetic notebooks

today, in Oxford.

Matisse, Picasso and Chagall influences. amongst others.