Hello listeners, a short pause from normal programming today to give you a teaser for my upcoming book, How to Live an Artful Life, which is out in one month today, the 6th November 2025.

How to Live an Artful Life features quotes by artists and writers for every day of the year, from Tracy Emin to Marina Abramovich, Anna Mendietta to Louise

Bourgeois, with each entry offering insights on seeking out ideas, paying attention and slowing

down, plus daily routines and creative exercises. I write a response to each entry with a short

reflection, offering ways you, my reader,

can apply these ideas to your life.

Each month is based around a theme.

For example, January is about where do ideas come from?

February is about love.

August is about beauty.

September is about time.

But here's a preview from October, a month of transitions

featuring its introduction and the first six days so you can get a feel for this book. Pre-order

your copy now from Waterstones, your local bookshop, or wherever you get your books. Links are in

the show notes and I hope you enjoy this preview.

October. Transformation.

What is a month like October, if not a time of transitions?

Days which begin as late summer and end on the cusp of winter.

A shift in shades as we leave behind bright, dazzling colours,

and enter a palette of browns, yellows, oranges and purples.

Agnes Pelton's painting, Departure from 1952, depicts this perfectly,

two circular shining orbs dislocating from each other

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