Category: Retrospectives
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Retrospective 2019-26
This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week, including some reflections. Reflections I made the following notes to myself this month: Life is self-creating in a dynamically alive universe. Generative organizing is autopoietic. Allopoietic operating principles are “poisonous” for living systems. Organizing between and beyond is about moving beyond the…
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Retrospective 2019-25
This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week. Reading This week I started reading Mae-Wan Ho’s The Rainbow and The Worm and Living Rainbow H2O. Mae-Wan Ho takes the reader on a fascinating voyage of discovery through the physics of organisms, which explains why water is so remarkably fit for…
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Retrospective 2019-24
This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week. Reading I finished reading Safeguarding Our Common Future by Ingrid Leman Stefanovic this week. Ingrid Leman Stefanovic argues that our environmental actions will change only when we see our world in a different way. Our basic beliefs and value systems frame the…
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Retrospective 2019-23
This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week. Reading This week I’ve read Energies (1964), How We Do Things (1974), Transformation (1974), Intimations (1975), Creative Thinking (1989), and Way To Be Free (2006) by John G. Bennett. John G. Bennett always returned to the idea that there are more inward…
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Retrospective 2019-22
This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week. Painting I enjoy painting trees and flowers, water and sky! It’s meditative. Reading I’ve read David Abram’s The Spell of the Sensuous this week. I’ve also read, or rather re-read, Elisabet Sahtouris’ EarthDance during week. I was reminded that what Elisabet Sahtouris…