Category: Retrospectives

  • Retrospective 2019-51

    This is a look back at the week. Blogging This week, I finally got the copying of my tweets to my new microblog done. It took three weeks to figure out how to do the copying, and four days(!) for the computer program to do it. I ran into performance issues. Adding new posts took…

  • Retrospective 2019-50

    This is a retrospective of my reading and programming last week. I started reading From Certainty to Uncertainty by F. David Peat this week. Peat is one of my favorite authors. He writes very well about interesting topics. Previously I’ve read the following books by Peat: A Question of Physics: Conversations in Physics and Biology…

  • Retrospective 2019-49

    This is a look back at last week’s reading and painting. Painting I painted a candelabrum designed by Erik Höglund. The play of light in the low-lying sun caught my attention. Books I finished reading John Briggs and F. David Peat’s Seven Life Lessons of Chaos. The lessons in the book are attempts to penetrate…

  • Retrospective 2019-48

    This is a summary of what happened last week. Painting This is the second week in a row that I have not painted. So many other things have been going on. Training I attended a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training during the week. The focus in Lean Six Sigma is on removing waste and…

  • Retrospective 2019-47

    This is a look back at the week. Microblog Tweeting is a form of microblogging, but my content stays at Twitter. This week I started a new microblog to keep track of my reading. The reason I got it done is that Twitter has started to spam me with “Was this you?” notifications. The thing…

  • Retrospective 2019-46

    This is a summary of my reading and painting this week. Book The Philosopher’s Stone: Chaos, Synchronicity and the Hidden Order of the World by F. David Peat arrived this week. I have started reading the book and will come back with a review. Peat is one of my favorite authors. My series of posts…

  • Retrospective 2019-45

    This is a look back at this week’s reading and painting. Reading Blogs Recently, I have discovered Carolyn J Roberts’s – Fine Artist blog. Carolyn Roberts (@CRJFineArtist) took the decision six years ago to re-ignite her passion for art. I enjoy both her art and writing. Another blog which has caught my interest is Vogel…

  • Retrospective 2019-40—44

    This is a summary of my reading and painting during the last month (week 40–44, 2019). Paintings I published the following paintings at Jan Höglund Art: Reading I finished reading the following books: The Book On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts. Watts explores in this book who, or what, we…

  • Retrospective 2019-32—39

    This is a summary of my reading and painting over the past two months. Painting I mentioned in my previous retrospective that I’ve created a new website where I share my art. Below are some of my recent paintings. Reading I’ve read the following books: Bohm-Biederman Correspondence: Creativity in Art and Science by David Bohm…

  • Retrospective 2019-27—31

    This is a retrospective, not of the last week, but of the last month. New website I started painting earlier this year and love it! While painting, I move into a state of flow which feels very relaxing, enjoyable, and freeing. My new website, Jan Höglund Art, is now up and running where I’ll share…