Artist in Community
ARTIST IN COMMUNITY In 2002 I came to live here in one of the new ecohouses to start work as a full-time artist. I had spent 20 years occasionally painting in watercolours but
Performance and the Arts in Findhorn
Performance and the Arts in Findhorn I first arrived as a 19-year-old aspiring theatre artist in 1984 when three of the old Lollipop gang, Ike and Maggie Isaksen (now India Brown) and Michael Worth,
Musical Reflections
MUSICAL REFLECTIONS My joining meeting in 1977 was conducted by two musicians Doug Genovia and Gillian Lubach. As I was leaving, Doug asked what sort of guitar I had. “Gibson Les Paul,” I replied. He
The New Troubadours
THE NEW TROUBADOURS The community’s first-ever musical band was The New Troubadours, which emerged in 1971 from Friday fun nights at which people would act, sing and tell stories. David Spangler and guitarist Milenko Matanovic
Desie’s Tiramisu
Desie’s Tiramisu Over the last 11 years I have made this dessert for 100-180 people. When I say to people I’m making it, they smile and look very happy. For the best flavour, make
Welcome To The New Age!
Welcome To The New Age! There is a shadow side. I call it the ‘tyranny of the positive’. It denies illness and suffering and assumes that we are here in the world to have what
Findhorn
FINDHORN Here, walking by the sea, among dune grasses, see how the colours of heaven meet with earth. How the informing spirit lights upon this open land, washed in light as an open hand may
