High Adventures in the Great Outdoors
Be Spunki
No matter if I am traveling or how long my days are, in a bid to balance stress and all that comes with a busy schedule, I try to get exercise in whenever possible.
While it is more …
Dominic Büttner – Dreamscapes
Scheidegger and Spiess
Dreamscapes is a more than suitable term to depict the oeuvre of the Swiss photographer Dominic Büttner, one that is comprised of performances that have been accumulated and captured over an extensive period both at night and day in …
Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction
University of California Press
If you like art but have not come across the oeuvre of Hans Hofmann, I pity you.
Prolific in nature, his body of work comprises seven decades and a consistent output of innovative pieces, be …
Rum is something I am slowly getting into so, well, let’s talk molasses instead of barley and malt for a minute.
A commonality is that not unlike most whisk(e)s, Diplomatic Reserva Exclusive is matured in rather small oak casks for an average of twelve years before being bottled. …
Conscious Experience: A Logical Inquiry
Anil Gupta
Harvard University Press
Empiricism.
Consciousness.
Rhyme and reason.
Now, while the title of Anil Gupta’s book might at first glance invoke the impression that it is one of those airy-fairy esoteric tomes, the opposite is …
Water of Life - Amrut
I vividly recall the whisk(e)y tasting where I was first introduced to the “nectar of the good”, which is what the Sanskrit “Amrut” translates to.
The Amrut Distillery evolved from having a small focus on brandy and rum to a veritable …
Bruce Dickinson: What does this button do?
No matter if you like Iron Maiden or his other incarnation in the field of music, it would be hard to deny that Bruce Dickinson is a renaissance man of sorts as he has reinvented himself constantly, be it as a …
Rammstein – Self-titled new album
The release of the yet untitled upcoming seventh studio album by the entity that heralded the dawn of what has been classified as “German Neue Deutsche Härte”, i.e. Rammstein, is upon us.
My personal relationship with the individual constituents of a band that …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – 3 Ravens
Every now and then one cannot help but think that certain alcoholica are covered. Been there, tried that, the rest are variations. Then you come across an entity that infuses the game with its idiosyncratic twist and makes things exciting …
Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped
Russell Brand
Look at Russel Brand – what an evolution!
I would be hard pressed to claim that his recent emissions do not hold merit. While he has proved entertaining in the past, he has evolved to a stage …
Bret Easton Ellis – White
Panmacmillan
White is in essence a compilation of eight essays based on two central themes responding to contemporary culture: The drawing of a demarcation line between generations and the way people conduct themselves in this day and age, i.e. devoid of …
Water of Life – ArteNOM
Now, if you care for Tequila a tad more than shooting it, there are worlds to discover once you delve beyond the mainstream offerings that are crowding the shelves of your spirits dealer of choice. The beauty with Tequila is that contrary to …
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Launch of Highlander Whisky Bar and Bunnahabhain
My first and long overdue encounter with Bunnahabhain was at the recent opening of the Highlander Whisky Bar at the Sir Stamford Hotel at Circular Quay, an establissement that has established itself as the home of whisky …
Water of Life – Underground Spirits Canberra
There are busier and more happening cities than what has been chosen to become the capital of terra australis. Canberra is certainly embedded in a picturesque countryside and given the wholesome context, it is not further wondrous that it serves …
Water of Life – The Canberra Distillery
Again, despite being the capital of Australia, I have never felt the urge to visit – that has recently changed as more and more high-quality small batch distilleries emerge that are unconstrained by the need to produce volume and can …
Prime Movers: From Pericles to Gandhi
Simon and Schuster
Needless to say that each of us would have a list of what we would deem to be influential thinkers.
Fair enough.
Ferdinant Mount zeros in on his top twelve political thinker and does it …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors
Everyday Carry Essentials pt.1.
“EDC” – everyday carry essentials.
Everyone has them, be it your phone, gum, keys, phone, condoms, what have you.
Fragrances have not been part of mine.
Now, I do appreciate a fragrance that is …
Water of Life – The Whisky Show
Anyone who is paying a bit of attention to this series would have come across the name David Ligoff, a man that has been and is wearing a myriad of hats: Founder of World of Whisky, the only specialist whisky …
Mark Rothko: Toward Clarity
Yale University Press
Let’s start with words from the man himself – words that would have lead to choosing the title of the book:
“The progression of a painter’s work…will be toward clarity; toward the elimination of all obstacles between the …
Slow Art: The Experience of looking. Sacred Images to James Turrell
University of California Press
James Turrell was first exposed to me via his on-going collaborations with MONA, specifically with his emissions focusing on light and him tinkering with perceptions, the interactions between real and artificial …
