Austmarka | 8 degrees | grey
sunday morning
a grey day
a thin sweater
one pair of socks
day
have a bit of a plan
cheering…
go into the woods
next to the studio
pursue
the parallel line thing
find the sticks
collected
earlier in the week
make
additions + adjustments
in the trees
breaking
all the verticality
with sets of diagonals
and horizontals
can’t make
a neat knot
tho’
every-time I do
it’s different
straggly and untidy
rub over
the white string
with mud and moss
to hide
the crap-ness
not tall enough
to reach v high
+ the ladder’s vanished
can see the
lines now
from the studio
need about
100 more sticks
to make
it really something
in the studio
plan a small
exhibition
form makeshift plinths
with bits of wood
for the burner
old chair parts
legs and wedges
sidebars and backs
make certain rules
as I go
3 pieces only
a base, a post, a top
on the plinths
balance
spagetti sculptures
…gemütlich
takes all morning
take some
photos
but need the sun
to bring
it alive
a good morning’s work
eat an unmemorable
lunch
sit around
reading, thinking
plan and photocopy
metro maps and
directions for
galleries
and museums
in Oslo
drift in and out
of emails,
Facebook
news items
is there a storm
in the UK ?
internet works
for some things
not others
fiddled around
on security
to get rid of
annoying
norwegian pop-ups
but seem to
have lost
something in the process
from morning to evening
it’s darkish
can’t tell
the time of day
by the light
suddenly goes
from 4 to 7pm and
it all looks the same
some domestic stuff
to do
hoover and clean
a bit
put on some washing
re-charge batteries
then cook up some
pølse into a big
sausagey stew
red peppers, tomatos
beans, chilli
+ mashed potato
fills me up
slows me down
spend the
evening on the sofa
watching all sorts
of rubbishy stuff
on youtube
bit of this
and that
but addicted to
back to back
episodes
of black books
to laughter
can’t believe how
old it is
was quite young
then
