It’s a place we usually hurry through on our way from here to there, dodging other pedestrians and those charity collectors, screening out the noise, lost in thought and grabbing food on the go. Street Wisdom sees it differently. The street is an amazing place to learn – an invisible university – if you know how to look.
Street wisdom stories
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Be here now
It was a beautiful spring afternoon when the group members of Writers Ink – Creative Writing Group – based at Coalville Library, Leicester, undertook a Street Wisdom walk to seek answers and writing inspiration. We took the walks slow and steady noticing anything and everything. One member remarked “what is insignificant becomes significant”. Who knew […]
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Contemplation on the streets of Verona, Italy
Am I in the right place? Should I stay here or should I move? This seemed to be the common question for our group as we set out through the various stages of Street Wisdom under a warm spring sun. For one of us the answer came directly from Dante Alighieri – or rather from […]
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A Street Wisdom Adventure – ‘squared’ in Soho
Our session last week in Soho Square involved a group of 5 lovely people Charlotte,Annette, Keiko, Jamie and Ian. Despite the rain at the start, everyone was keen to get involved and really embraced the introduction and ‘street tuning’ exercises. The sun came out ( as if on order ) as the group headed off […]
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Ian Cooper – Soho Square 26th March 2015
I’d have to put myself forward as one of those people who is somewhat sceptical about some (most) of those ‘out there’ concepts and techniques. My wife’s best friend had been a Bowen Therapist for quite some years before I would let her near me despite a catalogue of niggles, aches and pains. I eventually […]
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Maggie Butcher from St James’s Piccadilly
Although I had some idea of what might be involved, I found the experience, under David’s sensitive and kindly tutelage, both more enjoyable and certainly more profound than I expected. Told to ‘go towards what attracts you’ on Jermyn Street seemed like hedonistic licence, and I did indeed wander into a well-known emporium for a […]
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