Is it a blog? Kind of. Is it a vlog? Definitely not. Is it a collection of thoughts and creative projects? Yeah, I'll go with that.

Rationale

Welcome to "Reticulate" my attempt to delineate my thoughts and expressions creatively - principally through words and images.

As time has passed my creative thinking has become much more focussed on my beloved Warsaw, and Poland in general.

On Warsaw

Over the years I have become more deeply attached to Warsaw than I could ever have imagined. (So much so, that I am currently applying for residency in Poland.) At the same time, my frequent visits have allowed me to truly explore its history, culture and way of being.

“Cultivation, old civilisation, beauty, history! Surprising turnings of streets, shapes of venerable cottages, lovely aged eaves, unexpected and gossamer turrets, steeples, the gloss, the antiquity! Gardens. Whoever speaks of Paris has never seen Warsaw. [...] Whoever yearns for an aristocratic sensibility, let him switch on the great light of Warsaw.”

Warsaw, the city that survived it's own death.

Warsaw, a city that enabled me to be free, to express, to walk, to see, to listen and to create. A city that now occupies a huge part of my heart and soul.

So it is, therefore, that so much of this place on the internet falls victim to my passion for this city.

But as my passion grows yet deeper, I am rewarded with a stronger sense of creativity and a knowledge of who I am.

‍Previously

For years I was an advertiser. A graphic designer and brand specialist. For years I was also a drinker, confused, addicted and lost. A survivor of narcissism. Of mental cruelty and bilious hatred.

And then I was reborn as someone "in recovery". I built a life based on choice, free from the chains of addiction. A life focused on supporting others. Sometimes to the detriment of myself.

Finally I am here.

Able to look back with an insatiable desire for tomorrow.

Able to know that no matter what, I have one true superpower: my sobriety, and the humility to carry the energy and inspiration of a higher power in my veins, in my thinking and in my virtues.

Subscribe for the ride.

D.

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Narrations: For articles tagged "Audio" a narration can be found, usually at the bottom of the post