Author Archives: Steve

Some of you quick witted readers will have noticed that I’m not a spring chicken any longer. If you hadn’t, then me using the term “spring chicken” should give it away. I’m not as old as I thought I was though. For the first three months of this year I was convinced I was aContinue reading “Age”

Every superhero has an origin story and although I’m not a superhero (and neither is Batman but that’s for another post) I feel it’s time to share how I became youintheblue. I’ve had a few online identities that reflected the kinds of work I wanted to present but I came to the conclusion that everythingContinue reading “Origin Story”

I often say that I don’t like poetry or Jazz but that’s not what I mean. There are a few poets I like (mostly Northern, mostly edgy) and a fair few Jazz tracks I enjoy (mostly when I don’t know it’s Jazz). What I’m lacking is a map and a guide. Both art forms areContinue reading “Poetry & Jazz”

I love making lists. I have notebooks full of them. I start most of my list items with an asterisk. So much so, I’ve adopted the asterisk as one of my symbols (I have 31 which form my totem but that’s for another post). Each item also has a box at the end and IContinue reading “Everything is Connected”

The tree of life had always been there, swaying in the summer breeze, bathing in sweet rain, exulting in warm sunshine. It was not discovered for it had always been. It was not defined because it was complete in itself. It had no name because it needed none. It had no end because it hadContinue reading “The Tree of Life (a story)”

I have a fascination with how thing flow. Water, electricity, information, trains, planes and automobiles. I like to imagine all these things weaving around each other but rarely inhabiting the same space. The arteries and veins of the city. One day I’ll create a piece of art on the theme of flow. I’m also fascinatedContinue reading “Flow”

Music wasn’t a part of my upbringing but it started to seep into my soul without me knowing. We had a record player, orange with a clear lid, and about a dozen vinyl records that were seldom played. It lived in the living room which was a bit of a no go area for meContinue reading “Technical Ecstasy”

To me faith and art are the same thing but I need to qualify something first; by using the word art what I really mean is creativity. I’m not talking about the buying and selling of work by professional artists and dealers, more about the creative spark inherent in everyone. God is Creator. To createContinue reading “Faith & Art”