by Patrick | Jun 10, 2023 | Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Travel, Uncategorized
End to a long hot day. A trip into Eastbourne to see the Hepworth exhibition again. On return the drive around the road passing Beachy Head and Birling Gap. When empty it is a delight to drive quickly, but today is slow, rubber neckers behind tourist buses. The padre...
by Patrick | May 15, 2023 | art, art as language, Lifestyle, photography, Travel, wilderness
In Such is Life I catalogued my adventures in the NHS over the years. That was written two years ago, and deterioration has continued. As a result, so have the operations. Maybe because of the removal of part of my blood circulation I have been becoming increasingly...
by Patrick | Jan 27, 2023 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance, Uncategorized
Attracted to the glamour of a career in art and design, new students would arrive in college for their Foundation course, in effect the first year of a four-year degree programme. There are (or were) over 46 disciplines offered under the banner of art and design...
by Patrick | Jan 10, 2023 | art, art as language, Environment, Lifestyle, painting, photography, Uncategorized
It is now over 50 years since I started at art college. It was also a different world as change has been and continues to be so fundamental to life and time passing. This is a little bit of a ‘look back in anger’ at the waste of opportunity led by generations of...
by Patrick | Dec 20, 2022 | art as language, Environment, Lifestyle, photography
I opened the curtains on greyness. At least this morning the weather image would not involve a soaking. The cat takes priority and I fill his bowl, the first of numerous feeds for the greedy furball. Then I lean against a warm radiator and take in the light quality...
by Patrick | Nov 26, 2022 | art, art as language, Environment, Lifestyle, photography
I’ve had a bad month. COVID fading more into the background meant I was able to see my doctor at 4th attempt, resulting in a series of referrals mostly dealing with that curse of ageing – arthritis, but also to deal with recurring reminders of the cancer. For me pain...
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