Tim Taylor

Artist in search of peace

Category: Peace

  • The Canvas That Wouldn’t Stay Still

    The Canvas That Wouldn’t Stay Still

    On rushing, letting go, and making peace with the way I’m made In my last post I wrote about a morning coffee with Maui, the small, unremarkable ritual that turned out to be where peace actually lives. This is a follow-on, because something has shifted since then, and I want to try to name it…

  • Morning coffee with Maui

    Morning coffee with Maui

    It is the end of August. Ferragosto is over, and the visitors have left Nardó. I think of this as adding to my sense of peace, and then I had a realisation: This morning I was sitting in Caffè Parisi on Piazza Salandra in Nardò. I had Maui with me, as I usually do, which…

  • Stripping Back the Noise: Painting, Identity, and the Space Between Voices

    Stripping Back the Noise: Painting, Identity, and the Space Between Voices

    The last few weeks in the studio I nearly restarted a painting three times. That isn’t dramatic exaggeration. It’s simply the truth of what happens when you stop performing and start searching. I began with symbols — figures, creatures, mythic structures, tunnels, spirits. The canvas filled quickly. There was narrative, atmosphere, ambition. It looked “interesting.”…

  • Look With Better Eyes……

    Look With Better Eyes……

    I have lots of voice memos that I plan to do something with, and then I do nothing with them. But this is one I am actually using. I am recording it on my morning walk with Maui. It follows my first night sleeping in my new house here in Nardò. Right now, it’s just…

  • Joy

    Joy

    It is in the small stuff, moment by moment. I’ve been experiencing a lot of joy lately. And what is interesting for me is it’s not huge, life-altering events, I find it in the small stuff. Like, watching Maui roll in the wet grass on our morning walk, or the way the sunlight hits the…

  • Loss

    Loss

    I took Maui for his morning walk as I do every morning. I popped a sketch in my pocket, I took my almost never-used binoculars (binocolo – Italian), and off we set. 600 meters later, we left the street to walk across the rocky outcrop that sits about 2 meters above the sea. It is…

  • An awakening

    An awakening

    In the ever-evolving world, the art of forging genuine connections remains timeless. Whether it’s with colleagues, clients, or partners, establishing a genuine rapport paves the way for collaborative success.

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