Category Archives: Observation

The Biggest Lie Ever Sold: ‘You are Non-Creative’

Posted on April 19, 2012 by atlumschema

Sometimes life takes over and you lose yourself in the busyness and momentum that throws you off topic and away from the shoreline. It can be like an oceanic current; upon which you float for a while, until before you … Continue reading →

Posted in Independent Thinking, Life-Changing, Observation | Tagged artistic, believe, create, creativity, dualism, inspiration, lie, new, non-creative, restore, soul | 1 Comment

You Don’t HAVE to Do it, You GET to Do it

Posted on March 28, 2012 by atlumschema

When the sun comes out everything changes – the world seems somehow lighter. This week spring has really come through; blossom like snow upon the grass, birds singing loudly and the whirring of lawn mowers rattling into action for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Independent Thinking, Inspiration, Observation | Tagged attitude, chance, choice, circumstance, driving, get to, have to, long journey, michael hyatt, play victim, podcast, spring, summer, work | Leave a comment

I Don’t Think I Can Tolerate This Anymore

Posted on February 24, 2012 by atlumschema

Tolerance is a strange word. It is one I think should possibly be obscolete. As a verb perhaps ‘to tolerate’ shouldn’t really be part of our active vocabulary any longer when we frame it upon an ‘us’ and ‘them’ backdrop. … Continue reading →

Posted in Observation | Tagged attitude, change, fascist, heart, immigration, liberalism, multiculturalism, reality, tolerance | Leave a comment

Rumplestiltskin Still Spins

Posted on November 3, 2011 by atlumschema

The story of Rumplestiltskin is one I thought I knew. I used to read it as a child and enjoyed it quite a lot. It had nice shiny gold, a funny little man, and a lingering threat of death hanging … Continue reading →

Posted in Analogy, Observation | Tagged brothers grim, economy, fairy tale, false, gold, imp, king, lies, money, promises, queen | 1 Comment

Nervous about Performing Live? (Why I Sometimes Put it Off)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by atlumschema

I have posted before about some of the common mis-conceptions of introversion. Since writing that post I have responded to still countless mis-fired comments about how it is a choice, and that you can ‘overcome’ introvertedness and become more confident … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, Introvert, Live shows, Observation | Tagged crowds, fear, introversion, nerves, performing, room full, small talk, stage-fright | 14 Comments

The cost of Information ADHD in the News Industry

Posted on September 21, 2011 by atlumschema

I don’t know if I was the only one who found something deeply unsettling about the reporting of the tragedy at Gleision Colliery in Swansea last week. It took very little time before there were teams of reporters setting up … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Observation, Politics | Tagged 24 hour news, attention, disaster, Media, welsh mining | Leave a comment

The Introvert: Not Weird, Just Normal.

Posted on August 2, 2011 by atlumschema

A while back I hit a link to an article by Carl King, I found the title intriguing, ’10 Myths About Introverts’. I have never really given much thought to the differences between introverts and extroverts, or the space in … Continue reading →

Posted in Introvert, Life-Changing, Observation | Tagged 10 myths, carl king, difference, energise, introvert, marti laney, passion, personality, shy, temperament | 8 Comments

Failure is Cultivated in the Weeds of Success

Posted on July 4, 2011 by atlumschema

In his latest series of TV programmes, Andrew Marr was looking at five Megacities of the world and analysing their impact both on us as individuals and more widely as a collective and historicised humanity. I was struck by something … Continue reading →

Posted in Analogy, Ideas, Lessons, Observation | Tagged andrew marr, bindweed, choke, cities, failure, intrinsic joy, london, megacities, success | 1 Comment

Keep Britain Tidy: Flushing s**t Down Wormholes

Posted on June 29, 2011 by atlumschema

Last week there was some stuff in the news about Jeremy Paxman’s new campaign to clean up the garbage-covered streets of Great Britain. He had the idea after losing support for Keep Britain Tidy, claiming it had been ineffective in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, Observation, Public | Tagged BBC, clean up streets, disappear, ecology, ideology, keep britain tidy, oil, paxman, shit, trash, zizek | 1 Comment

Our Father who art in London

Posted on May 25, 2011 by atlumschema

Our current capitalist ethos comes with a health warning. We see it every day. On a large scale, market bubbles bursting, financial systems collapsing, an increase in the division between rich and poor. On an individual level, widespread mental illness, … Continue reading →