GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED..........

This blog is entitled "LIVING WITH ART"and I have been wondering if I was ever going to explain my reason for this title. I HOPE to days blog will go some way toward that end.

"SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS SHE'S AN ARTIST, SHE DON'T LOOK BACk
takes the darkness out of night-time .. paints the day-time black" ..Bob Dylan

Today was grey and wet and windy.

I went to town , because I can. …….in a Burberry that is!
Mine is of the very ancient classic variety, a gift from my dear friend Jay who deals in antiques and collectables and who has a great eye for quality .Ok that is chance and not skill on my part but I did choose him as my most intimate friend ... that was skill....art..... o ok ! and NATURE

On a day like today, 17 degrees (warm for mid November), I can wear the esteemed garment over a viscose slip dress and brown suede boots (TK Max)
I don’t mean to show off about the designer label but I do have a need to celebrate those things that make me smile, and my Burberry makes me “smile all over".
The dress is a favourite too, vintage Ghost, a fawn/fudge colour which is perfect under the coat and was also a gift, from my daughter-in-law, Mishca who also has a great eye ...for fashion and a bargain and ..ok yes...that is down to good luck and nature also.

sense alert! looking , seeing ,tasting and.... feeling ..... good

On Kensington High street ,giving the Jimmy Choo's in H&M a wide berth ,I went to Hotel Chocolat (opposite Tesco) for my favourite meal ; a bowl of melted unsweetened 100% chocolate.

I don’t know if it was the wearing of the Burberry and the Britishness of the weather or my tuning in to the zeitgeist but I found this advent calendar irresistible (at £10.00).
There is something a little disconcerting about the gold crucifix on the advent calendar but it is nevertheless rather beautiful and well balanced in colour line and form .I’m sure it’s based on a vogue cover but maybe not, though it certainly looks familiar.

I was given these "union jack" chocs to eat with my bowl of chocolate.
I think the design ,based on the union flag, works better on the chocolates, the horizontal format has more integrity.
It is an interesting concept whose time has come again ,I’m pleased to see Angus Thirwlwell co- founder and chief exec.of Hotel Chocolat being innovative, British ,elegant and stylish .

(Is it just me or is it out there in the zeitgeist?)

Yes a Burberry British day indeed. I am grateful to have been blessed with the ability to enjoy it so thoroughly despite some painful challenges.
…I wonder if Burberry will make a range of chocolates …. They do perfume after all

REFLECTIONs AND PREDICTION

If Mdme. Chanel (the first fashion designer to produce her own perfume), had not had the forename Coco I reckon she might have made chocolates but just how inelegant would that have been ?? Im sure it is the only reason she resisted.
Has any fashion house completed the sensational package of taste,look ,touch and smell??

YET!!!!!! It is an idea whose time has come for sure

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST .

May your inner artist take the darkness out of night-time and paint the day-time any colour of the rainbow you prefer or black which is after all a perfect blend of all the colours of the spectrum

. all comments ,feedback and sharing warmly welcomed .

BRIGHTON BEAUTIFUL

EVERY SENSE CATERED FOR

Normally I don’t go to cafes or restaurants when I’m out and about . I have always considered them a waste of money and would go about my business (usually at a hundred miles an hour and then get back home for a green tea and bowl of rice or something equally nourishing.
Things have changed in recent months. I am “perambulaterarilily” (ok so I’ve made that word up ,…I think ) challenged what I mean is : sometimes I can't walk AT ALL .
I have to sit down somewhere until I can walk again
I still go out and recently I made it to Brighton!
My niece was having her first solo exhibition of paintings so it was a must.
I got there early enough to do some window shopping in the Lanes ,the gallery was open at six and it became necessary for me to sit down but where ?
There are hundreds of cafes in that area and I didn’t fancy any of them .
Almost ready to collapse, I came upon a double glass front, that at first took my breath away and then made me smile all over (yes again !)
Smiling all over is my benchmark for coming to rest /feeling blissful/nirvana.
I beheld the cleanest, whitest environment that ever was.

It is called

ALOKA

To the right, of the space : Pure, clean organic, vegetarian (vegan)food and wine.
To the Left a little curved counter, a wall of coloured bottles ( pictured above )
At right angles to that another wall of cosmetics and toiletries.
I stepped inside and was welcomed by ambient music that was not even weird. I love ambient music but sometimes it is intrusive when it does not accord with nature or is not authentic or something and just not really ambient at all .
When I washed my hands in the rest room I gasped audibly on noticing a splash back on two sides of ROSE-QUARTZ.
It did not end there the hand-wash and lotion was divine.
I almost became dizzy in that little W.C.
After choosing some food I sat at a pristine white table on a pristine white chair and reoriented myself to just what kind of place I was in .
The food I understood. You chose and paid by weight.
Now what were these amazing coloured bottles?

INTEGRITY

Ill cut to the chase here. The bottles are part of the system known as AURA-SOMA ,an ayurveda based chakra therapy using colour. The bottles are made up of minerals(eg rose-quartz) and fragrant plant oils .

In consultation you choose one then two and then a third bottle from the selection in the above picture. The first choice will probably be how you feel ,the second how you would like to feel and the third is the one that will get your chakras back into balance

There are a range of toiletries too in the therapeutic range you need . It was these in the form of hand wash and lotion that I had been intoxicated by in the washroom.

Upstairs there was a yoga studio and a therapy room

If only there were more integrated places and spaces like this in Britain in the world !!!!

If you know of any similar QUALITY OF LIFE places please leave a comment and or follow my blog so we can enjoy these together.