Bot vs Poet
Are you disturbed when you read a story or poem that's not half bad, and later discover it was written by a machine? I was there... and...
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Journal
Katherine Davies
- Feb 1
- 3 min
The monk, the palace and the bird
Writing about India requires a caveat or two: First trip (just back), I am not Indian, and I possess no specialised knowledge. As a...
Katherine Davies
- Jul 12, 2022
- 3 min
Our world to make or break
After a solo walk of 900km a few years back, walking through England and France, I came away with the pervasive sense that we routinely...
Katherine Davies
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
palace of learning
Paradoxes abound in the world of mindfulness, a confusion one learns to be relaxed about. Being mindful, I return to the present moment,...
Katherine Davies
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
mighty mercies
Today, the cafes in London are open on the inside, for the first time, in a year. I am sitting in one in Greenwich, and sun is streaming...
Katherine Davies
- Feb 13, 2021
- 2 min
Doesn’t everyone feel this way?
It took a long time for me to realise that I'm an unusually sensitive person. I assumed that everyone else could see the pain in that...
Katherine Davies
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
#nosanctity4dictators
It is very disturbing to see a priest holding a benediction service for the founder of fascism. Rows of men standing at attention, many...
Katherine Davies
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
song from the soul
Italy is waking up. Walkers, energised, make their way up my street. A neighbour exercises in his yard to dance music. Children run, dogs...
Katherine Davies
- Dec 26, 2019
- 2 min
tuning into nature, one day at a time
exploring life as a writer who wants to step more lightly on our planet In my attempts to shift to a life that has less impact on the...
Katherine Davies
- Nov 23, 2019
- 3 min
Fantastico!
Most of my days, I've refused, at least in my own mind, to be 'categorized', as senseless an endeavor as that can be. Humans need...
Katherine Davies
- Oct 29, 2019
- 3 min
walkabout
Review of an essential classic From the lens of today, the film “Walkabout”* resonates powerfully in its portrayal of our profound...
Katherine Davies
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
awe: a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder
In search of awe, some scale mountains, trek great distances or pay to lose themselves in a virtual fantasy. In the silence, slowing...
Katherine Davies
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
and the man gave me cake
Walking back from the café, I held a slice of freshly baked apple pie wrapped in foil, feeling nauseous. New to living in northern Italy,...
Katherine Davies
- Sep 24, 2019
- 1 min
baking bread and pulling stories
On my way here, I saw an image of a woman retrieving a loaf of bread from an oven. She looked delighted and the bread artisanal. The...
Katherine Davies
- May 25, 2019
- 2 min
Amazing Grace
This note to a friend refers to 'Amazing Grace', a film of Aretha Franklin aged 29 recording the most successful gospel album to date in...
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