Tag: Japan

• More Beautiful For Having Been Broken

  

  I was recently reading about Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing pottery. Other than being aesthetically pleasing and delicately minimal, what caught my eye was the underlying motivation behind it being that gold or silver lacquer is used in the repair process on the understanding that… the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.…

  Away From The Noise

  February 18, 2025

  Inspiring Positive Simplicity, Minimalism, Motivation

  art, beautiful, broken, ceramic, coaching, inspiration, Japan, Japanese, kintsugi, motivation

• What Are Your Forbidden Colours?

  

  Even though I have lived in Andalucia in the south of Spain for over nine years, I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to the fact. It’s 11.30am on a Tuesday morning and I’m having a coffee in a typical bar in Granada. ‘Forbidden Colours’ by David Sylvian and the late Ryuichi Sakamoto has just…

  Away From The Noise

  June 27, 2023

  Granada, Inspiring Positive Simplicity, Music, Spain

  David Sylvian, inspiration, Japan, life lessons, music, personal development, Ryuichi Sakamoto

• How To Move Forward

  

  I’m currently listening to one of my all-time favourite musicians David Sylvian, probably better known in the early 1980s for being ‘the most beautiful man in the world’ and for his band Japan and songs such as ‘Forbidden Colours’ and ‘Ghosts’. However, since he split the band up at the peak of their success in…

  Away From The Noise

  October 30, 2014

  Inspiring Positive Simplicity, Music

  Brilliant Trees, David Sylvian, Forbidden Colours, Ghosts, Japan, music, Scott Walker