London inspiration!

In between recording my own album I’ve been doing a little singing work in London and so had to make a few trips there this year so far.  Usually I find travelling carry things is a bit of a hassle and cities can be busy and crowded, so I made myself take some time out when going down this time.  It’s worth it, suddenly when I stopped being in “work” mode I started to notice how beautiful the city actually is!

I think one of the reasons I usually get stressed in cities is because I love colour and I find some of them quite grey and cold looking.  Everyone around me knows I have a bit of an obsession with turquoise, blues and fuchsia pink and purple, don’t ask me why!!

But, if you keep your eyes open you can spot anything, anywhere!  I went over to Acton on the most freezing day of the year I’m sure, so as a stop in between I got off at Notting HIll instead, had lovely fresh food from an independent Italian cafe and admired the shades of blue on these houses opposite!

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Then one day walking through the centre of London near Covent Garden again along the side of a seemingly ordinary street I see this wooden bench plant holder with a wooden piano design in it, decorated with my favourite colour flowers.  People laugh when I say the simple things in life please me, but it really is true.  I don’t need fancy at all.

When you’re constantly in present mind, your mind finds beauty everywhere, where other people simply walk by (or maybe they’ve seen it a thousand times before!).  It’s that whole idea of taking time out whenever you want –  it can be done anywhere, even on the way to work 🙂

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