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  • A pilgrim, a donkey and Jim Morrison walk into a bar

    A pilgrim, a donkey and Jim Morrison walk into a bar

    In a rock and roll bar in Hornillos ‘Turn Your Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don’t Go)’ by Muddy Waters played over the speaker. The line “before… Read more.

  • In Defence of Art: A Response to Ruskin

    In Defence of Art: A Response to Ruskin

    I find myself in the constant defence of art. I am uncertain if this is a result of nature or nurture – but regardless, it… Read more.

  • Grand Tour Diaries: A Call To Prayer

    Grand Tour Diaries: A Call To Prayer

    I sit on the eve of my journey as a pilgrim without a God. This is not to say that I am Godless. On the… Read more.

Alphonse M. Mucha

I did not paint for kings, nor for galleries, but for
my people. This journal is a continuation of that work — an offering to eyes that still hunger for beauty.

The Author

“Ornament is not
excess, but remembrance of nature.”

— Alphonse Mucha

Essays

  • A pilgrim, a donkey and Jim Morrison walk into a bar

    May 27, 2026
  • In Defence of Art: A Response to Ruskin

    May 25, 2026
  • Grand Tour Diaries: A Call To Prayer

    Mar 30, 2026

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