An Artist Flowering in Her Nineties Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her fifties. Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.

For too long, the Italian artist Isabella Ducrot looked to others to tell her who she was. “I think life, for women, begins at 60,” she said. “Because then we begin to be free.”

Just listening to Shostakovich while I’m working and wondering how humans have the power to write symphonies. I wonder what my equivalent could be. I’d definitely be doing less admin.

I’d love if you could give me tips on how to get the most out of Bluesky. I feel like I’ve got a new veg patch and I need to give it a dig over and plant seeds. But what to grow?

I haven’t quite found my groove, but we can make our own fun!

Trying to remember, as tempting as it is, that I’m using a bottle of water each time I use Chat GPT. Maybe I should be asking ‘how thirsty am I for slightly polluted knowledge?’

Are You an Artist? The creative life is shrouded in mystery. Two new books try to discover what it takes.

How do artists sustain themselves year after year? Two recent books ask a wide variety of people—dancers, writers, filmmakers, architects—why they keep creating.

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Used Elnett hairspray today. Probably one of the only brands I can think of that takes me straight back to the 80s.

First post on BlueSky. Starting strong. I had the great fortune of winning a clown nose yesterday.