with the art walk now complete and my emotional calm about recovered, i feel the need to reflect about the process and the outcome. the work was the final leftover creation of a grand and ambitious idea that began about […]
I have been collecting images from walking around Ashburnham estate
is there such a thing as grvity glue holding everything together for us and helping the future to be what the future will be? starting with a question gives me somewhere to begin and hopefully go some way to get […]
when i began this blog i was feeling out of balance. the experience at eden was too wonderful and too much all at the same time. like coming to a rich banquette after living and accpeting bread and water. during […]
all things happen when they need to. tonight i need to write a post to link from this blog to the next. within the framework of reflection, the next blog has come about because of this one. this one […]
i woke this morning, checked my emails and a feeling of excitement rolled over me like a gentle wave on a summers evening. it’s the last day of 2014. i’ve had an interesting history with last days. while still living […]
for sometime i’ve been a member of the isadora user community via their forum. i rarely mention it on this blog as i perceive there to be a gap between the two communities that some how i traverse. the isadora […]
2 days to 15, am i already walking the path i want to be on in 15? today as a family we went out and explored the town and river walk fueled by best chips and good humour. once back […]
i return quickly to add another reflective post because i’ve realised the importance of helping others to understand what it is i do. there is a slight paradoxical situation here. for the wider audience i’ve already set myself out as […]
the unexpected part of this blog has been the emergence of the possibility of this whole thing being a hobby. i know it’s not …….. it has been my full time occupation. however i have expereinced evidence that others might […]
in recent news, belper have won a national competition. part of the prize is mentoring packages for locals. this morning we’ve connected corridor arts to suggesting some mentoring. corridor arts is something i’ve been involved with since 2010. it’s a […]
another conversation with the office of the accountant today. further claification of the hobby senario. further thoughts about the ongoing status of the self employment. this morning i’ve seen mark carr’s blog for the first time. i’ve not […]
today is the day …. sadly not for bears and picnics but for me to count up all the opportunities that i made contact with. i set myself the goal of applying to 12 and imaginatively used this in the title […]
in this third reflective post i aim to unpack the miriad of activity within my thinking this week. a week that began with a conversation with my accountant. he set a body of thought rolling. hobby or business ? it […]
i’m getting better with applying opportunities. i’ve learnt the benefit of putting the application together early and spending time editting and refining. this is in the majority down to my dyslexia. it’s also in part due to finding opportunities to […]
i’m not sure if this is the first bit of reflecting on this blog. i mean i’m bound to have reflected on previous posts, it is after all one thing i do lots of. when i began this blog i […]
My creative reflections were all discussed in my previous blog post. I discovered more than just artistic revelations on my residency. Now I am back from Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn in Cumbria, I am pushed back into city life. I […]
So here I am sitting in a gallery full of art invigilating so the public can have access to it whenever they want to. I am finding that the context of this big white space (No Format gallery in Woolwich, […]
this evening i’m listening to an old favourite. the last couple of weeks have been something of a shock. the shock is subsiding and this evening i’m feeling more relaxed and calmer than i have since being in […]
An investigation into edgelands, non-places and spaces traversed on the way to somewhere else. How can film be used to create collages about such places and how can the limitations of the camera influence what is captured?
