The words for March were intended to be about live events, long in the planning and designed to showcase creative talent from Europe and Australia. Our new nemesis, Covid-19, has prevented touring and other live activity this month but the sublime words of British journalist Richard Williams, published on his blog thebluemoment.com, will help to assuage the distress that we are all experiencing. Thanks to Richard for permission to re-publish here.

The concept of ‘skin in the game’ was introduced to me by a wise person who sees things that I do not see, and this was in my mind when I created Arts & Parts in 2018. The idea was to have a platform to work with peers that I admire – artists, thinkers, technicians, organisers and organisations – and enable adventurous interdisciplinary creative projects …

Being involved in a creative environment is such a unique experience. Being an artist or a mentor, a curator, a professional, it’s like entering a ‘zone’, an area where dreams, mutations, as well as unexpected turns of events, are not only allowed but even welcome …