When The Room Changes – Changing the Conditions is the after the Pause return post on The Litening Room HQ , my men’s practice.
When The Room Changes – Changing the Conditions is a practical note on changing our surroundings, creating space, and how a different environment can change what becomes possible. It can be read at The Listening Room HQ site.
The Polymath turns one year old. After the Pause I’m back writing to that beloved vessel.
One Year of The Polymath – Returning to the Vessel and the New Moon in Virgo is a look back at its first year, the ideas it holds, what stays, what disappears, and what comes next. The post can be read on The Polymath site.
The Intelligence Of The Pause are two slightly different notes on pausing. The Intelligence of the Pause – After The Leo New Moon & The Solar Eclipse at The Polymath, and The Intelligence Of The Pause at The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice.
Posting on The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ will resume in a couple of weeks.
Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane II, my new post at The Polymath
is a continuation of Field Notes – The Architecture Of The Lane.
Other walks through old rural lanes and modern pavements. Shades of green. Picking wild blackberries. An impromptu conversation. Being under a wonderful weeping willow. Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane can be read on The Polymath site:
https://www.thepolymathisme.com/2026/08/field-notes-architecture-of-lane-ii.html
Three Simple Practical Steps to Relieve Stress my new post at The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice – speaks of three simple practical steps to relieve stress: recognising your state, giving your body signals of safety, and releasing physical tension through simple techniques. The post approaches three points: 1. Notice what state you are actually in; Give your body a signal of safety; Release some of the physical tension and can be read at The Listening Room HQ site.
The Aquarius Full Moon: Maps, Readings, and the Architecture of the Next Thirty Years is my latest post at The Polymath .
On 29 July, the Full Moon arrives at 6° Aquarius in precise conjunction with Pluto retrograde, marking a rare structural alignment that invites us to examine the foundations on which we are building our lives.
The essay explores this collective moment through astrology, Human Design and personal reflection, while also introducing the Maps & Readings and individual Sessions available through both The Polymath and its sister site, The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice.
You can read The Aquarius Full Moon: Maps, Readings, and the Architecture of the Next Thirty Years now at The Polymath.
It’s no secret I like photography and to take photos. Photography is one of my favourite visual arts. The other being architecture.
I took some photos of the 21st Mira Mobile Prize exhibition. They are on a photo gallery on Mondo’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/
21st Mira Mobile Prize runs until August 1 at Mira Forum, Porto. Wednesday to Saturday,3-7pm. Free entry.
Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane my new post on The Polymath talks of a late afternoon walk I took through old lanes and modern pavements reveals layers of architecture, class and memory. Abandoned houses, workers’ housing, porcelain swallows, hidden exhibitions and a clearing carpeted with fallen apples beneath a waxing Moon. Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane can be read here.
In New Moon In Cancer, July 2026 – The Womb and the Sanctuary & One Year of The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice and The Polymath sister site – my new post on The Polymath the Cancer New Moon of July 2026 meets the first anniversary of The Listening Room HQ, exploring home, family, sanctuary, sovereignty, creativity, and the slow architecture of belonging. You can read it on The Polymath site:
https://www.thepolymathisme.com/2026/07/new-moon-in-cancer-july-2026-womb-and.html
One Year of The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice, that offers sessions for men, and maps and reads for everyone.
One year after its birth, The Listening Room HQ first birthday post is a reflection on men, mental health, healing, accountability, creativity, nature and the many paths back to ourselves. It’s written from my personal experience and perspective. You can read it here: https://www.thelisteningroomhq.com/2026/07/one-year-of-listening-room-hq.html
To everyone who has read, listened, written, reflected, challenged, encouraged and walked alongside this project: thank you.
