Come and meet with me at the Mind Body and Soul show

So it’s that time of the year again its the  Cambridge Mind Body Soul Exhibition , Chilford Hall, Linton. We love this fair because it’s a nice sized show in a great venue and it always has a friendly and relaxed atmosphere . I’m looking forward to what will be our best show of the year so far, It’s a great chance for you to see my work as it’s meant to be seen. I will be bringing my whole stock line to the show (over 95 images) and I will be on the stand both days and would love to meet with you an answer any question on my work you may have. So come along this weekend and say hi.

Below are the full show details plus a link to a pfd of the program with info on free demonstrations and paid workshops -
Finally If you have never watched or heard tim Wheater or Barbara Meiklejohn Free perform this will be a great opportunity.

Show Program :- http://issuu.com/pievents/docs/mbs_cambridge_09

Over view:- The Mind Body Soul Exhibitions offer a vast array of therapies and products, from Aromatherapy, to Reiki and Reflexology, Meditation and Yoga. These are just a few of the things you could see and experience at the Exhibition, together with lectures, workshops and stage demonstrations, not only are the events informative, but a great day out.

Information:-

Mind Body Soul Exhibition
,Chilford Hall,
Linton,
Cambridge
,CB21 4LE

Exhibition Opens:

Saturday 21st November 2009
, Sunday 22nd November 2009
Opening Times: Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 5pm

Admission Prices:

In Advance On the Door

Adult Ticket Sat or Sun £5.00

Conc Ticket Sat or Sun £4.00

2 Day Adult Ticket Sat & Sun £8.00

2 Day Conc Ticket Sat & Sun £6.00

Children under 16 are free but must be accompanied by an adult.

Athenia – the best kept secret

I met so many wonderful people at the winter mbs fair in Lincoln a week ago. I just wanted to mention a group who played at the show called Athenia. They have produced a wonderful album called ‘the best kept secret’ This CD made the long trip home to Clacton Essex a joy. In fact it has a very apt track on it which has become one of my favourites called ‘coming home’. The other track that deeply resonates with me is ‘goodnight, sweet dreams’ It is quite beautiful and just perfect for a cold winters night cozy by a crackling fire. September song is also very special.

I greatly admire any musician that has the dedication and patience to both write, perform and record a whole album. As a visual artist, I never have to stay in the creation process for more than a few days at a time. Musicians often have to keep returning time and time again to their composition until it is finely tuned perfection, something I simply couldn’t do. What’s more Athenia have dedicated all this time to producing a cd that is both positive and uplifting which demands praise in a world where so many wish to dwell in the negative.

I hope to see Athenia at more MBS fairs very soon.

Why not take a look at Pete and Sarah’s website  www.atheniamusic.com to find out more about them and listen to their well crafted tracks.

Hanging Man by Peter Ulrich and co

Finally I can show you  the short slideshow/video I put together for my good friend Peter Ulrich.

For more info on Peter see my previous blog:-
http://tonypinfold.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/hanging-man-art-work/

 

*Video quality thanks to the mashing machine at Youtube.

Winters Night

Winters Night by Tony Pinfold

below are the words that this image inspired :-

The world is quiet and frost begins to form, this is the depth of winter that I love,
The moon reflects in yet another puddle, it is all so simple yet so unknown.

Do you dare venture out after midnight and see the beauty?
Is the wonder of night lost on you, my anxious friend?

Man declares himself king of all yet where is he now?

Tucked up in bed so self assured with his books of science to keep him warm.

A billion stars mock these deluded children of the universe.

The trees chuckle in agreement – they know nothing these bringers of machine and mayhem.

Are you transfixed by the mystery of life, lost and so forgotten?

Then come stand in the moonlight and be found, know your place and that everything is just as it should be, how could it be any other way?

The world is quiet and frost begins to form, this is the deep of winter that I love,

my soul reflects in yet another moon, as my life dances on, so simple yet so unknown.

 

 

unconditional love 2009

Today is a day of peace and love at  11/11 at 11.11am  send a Song, Prayer or Mediation out into the world in a attempt to to heal the planet, focus on unconditional love. Even if you missed the 11.11am time slot in the UK don’t panic, spend some time right now dwelling on love peace and harmony. I have posted my short video once again to help you get focused.

For more info on this see http://www.myspace.com/thewave1111
Namaste Tony

Life

A week or so ago, I created a work called ‘Life’. It was unusual for me in that it was not created from photos I have taken but by mixing a number of photoshop filters together. While some of my works take days, even weeks to created this at the most took an hour or so. I found it amazing how complex the image was and yet for me anyway easy to create. It was so simplistic a creation that my ego demanded that I not put it in my range of work as it wasn’t creative enough. Well as you can see I have brought it to you for that very reason.

Life just is

This image is like most of my work a visual metaphor. From a state of mind, life is very complex but from a state of being, life is easy, it ‘just is’. I find that when life becomes over complicated it stops being enjoyable and stress builds. We fight against the simplicity of life at every possibility, as a result the problems we find our selves up against are caused by our simple inability to ‘just be’.

Let’s go a little deeper

Why do most of us do whatever it takes to make life more of a drama then it needs to be? We at times pick verbal and physical fights with friends and loved ones or even complete strangers. Despite all we know most of us will have times in our life when we start down routes of self destruction via too much booze or drugs or we simply push the sexual boat out further and further until what we believed was fun becomes a nightmare. Humans do all these things and more to scupper our chances at being at peace Why? Do we even know?

Natural beauty is rarely enough, a picturesque view can seldom still the heart for long. Many beliefs and religions refer to this restlessness as suffering, sin or ‘Dukkha ‘ monkey mind. It really doesn’t matter what we call it or why we think we act this way, we just do.

Life ‘just is’, but the human mind has made a game that layers over life that makes us believe that we are small, separate and lost. This as a concept would appear totally ludicrous to even the smallest cell that relies on and is part of everything. Not one thing in the known or unknown universe can function without anything else. Yet Humans stand in direct opposition to what ‘is’. We believe that we are apart from life, that we are separate from each other, the elements, the planet, the sun, the universe. It is no wonder we all feel so ‘wrong’ – how absurd we are. Life is visually very complex but it all works with the greatest of ease. Even death is perfect life in action, It is not a failing, a separation, it is but more food for life. So above as below we are the cells of the universe in this never ending dance of life.