In Abarat: Absolute Midnight, the third instalment of Clive Barker’s phantasmagoric series, Barker plunges deeper into the mythic archipelago of Abarat, conjuring a narrative both sumptuous and sinister. This volume marks a tonal shift from its predecessors: the whimsical surrealism of the first two books hardens into an apocalyptic urgency. The result is a meditation not … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Abarat: Absolute Midnight by Clive Barker
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
In the sprawling, vividly imagined sequel to Abarat, Clive Barker continues his ambitious journey into the archipelagic world of the Abarat, a place where every island represents a different hour of the day. Days of Magic, Nights of War is a work of dizzying invention, yet it is not invention for its own sake. Rather, Barker constructs a … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Abarat by Clive Barker
A Tapestry of Dreams and Nightmares In Abarat, Clive Barker crafts not merely a novel but a sprawling, mythopoeic world — a fantastical cartography where each island represents an hour of the day and night. At once a young adult epic and a profound meditation on time, creativity, and identity, Abarat transcends its genre conventions through Barker’s singular … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Abarat by Clive Barker
Isolation Fantasy Blues #9
I've started teetering over the edge of boredom and the need to do something is growing into a near frenzy! With dozens of pages left to fill from the music sheets, chosen for these pastel drawings... well, here are a few more... staying with the fantasy of being able to live with quiet, if I … Continue reading Isolation Fantasy Blues #9
Isolation Fantasy Blues #5
I've started teetering over the edge of boredom and the need to do something is growing into a near frenzy! With dozens of pages left to fill from the music sheets, chosen for these pastel drawings... well, here are a few more... staying with the fantasy of being able to live with quiet, if I … Continue reading Isolation Fantasy Blues #5
Isolation Fantasy Blues #3
COVID-19 is playing with my dreams and the concept of isolation is giving birth to a whole new set of fantasies... My subconscious is looking for idyllic locations where I want to be isolated. In this case, I believe it's in the Scottish highlands. The mountains envelop me in a sense of calm and safety, … Continue reading Isolation Fantasy Blues #3
Isolation Fantasy Blues #2
COVID-19 is playing with my dreams and the concept of isolation is giving birth to a whole new set of fantasies... My subconscious is looking for idyllic locations where I want to be isolated. In this case, I believe it's in the Scottish highlands. The mountains envelop me in a sense of calm and safety, … Continue reading Isolation Fantasy Blues #2
Isolation Fantasy Blues #1
COVID-19 is playing with my dreams and the concept of isolation is giving birth to a whole new set of fantasies... My subconscious is looking for idyllic locations where I want to be isolated. In this case, I believe it's in the Scottish highlands. The mountains envelop me in a sense of calm and safety, … Continue reading Isolation Fantasy Blues #1
Isolation Fantasy Blues
I started this series on April 1st, 2020 not knowing what the world would look like by the time they got published. Isolation is having all sorts of effects on my psyche. From mild despair to creative euphoria. I've begun dreaming about isolation in idyllic locations... well, idyllic in my fantasy at any rate. I … Continue reading Isolation Fantasy Blues
Tethered Biospheres
Can you picture a futuristic cityscape, where the communities are vast biospheres floating in the sky and tethered to the earth? That's what I saw when I crouched down into the buggy grasses and looked across this field. Perhaps these are the skeletal remains of one off these fantasy world-scapes. For more of my photo … Continue reading Tethered Biospheres
The New Renaissance Mindset 