Tuesday 14th
Head out in evening for a fellow dyslexic artists birthday party (R) in a Local bar, get soaked walking there, but loads turn up and catch up with some friends I haven't seen for ages. meet some more fellow dyslexics too. (dadar) Walk home head buzzing with a new idea, write notes when get in as cant sleep. Still low..others too, must be something in the 'air'. Lack of sun- too much rain?
Saturday and Sunday 12th
Finished my shoe and box for the Global shoe project, have a look at
http://www.globalshoeproject.page.tl/
Orange box with torn words.
why torn words and an orange centre? i was abused badly and bullied at school so i turned inwards. I hid from people for 30 years. I felt 'safe' in my world of rocks, fossils and geology at 12 years old. geology is stiff safe to me. The covering is 'torn' from a geology book i bought aged 12. v personal to me. the orange is the colour of one who has 'self-harmed' but now has stopped. i work with autobiographical themes now to stop this abuse and bullying by publicity, because kids are dyslexic doesn't mean they are 'stupid like i was told everyday, i do this so that no one has to feel they need to hide.
Spend most of the night in garden staring at the sky watching the best meteors i have seen.
Monday 13th
New computer comes (with a few difficulties!) so spend next few days sorting this out and loading software. Dare to make some 'sounds' with new software, unfortunately I am supposed to be preparing forms. (may have to clean house next! anything but forms)
May hear from one of the rail companies this week…..
Wednesday 8th
Head up to London to Meet friends from Dada-South and Brighton. Have a good meeting and we go to look at the Dali expo after. They pick up on fact i am low, so I'm not 'hiding' it to well, something you get polished at (but what people don't realize is its at these times I tend to be very creative) Spend some time with LDC after others leave and have 'creative' conversations for a couple of hours. Write furiously ideas down on way home. I can feel very isolated in Portsmouth sometimes……
Tuesday 7th
Spend day involved with grant applications. In eve go to the informal CIBAS Creative champions meeting, conveniently held in a pub local to the Art College. Good meeting, spend most of the time composing answer to the council about the current cultural strategy. After able to just talk. Like all artists we are prone to get tired and low and meeting others for mutual support really helps…..
Monday 6th
Will not be writing much today.
Today my word and thoughts are dedicated in memory of those 10,000's who died at 'Hiroshima' in 1945.
'43 seconds' is all it took for the bomb to fall
What would you say?
what would you do in 43 seconds if you knew that was all that you had left?
'we all have fallen'
Neurodivergent socially engaged artist/activist/advocate/scientist and interventionist - specialist in Arts Sciences and Visual Arts - Analogue and digital sound maker - modular synthesizer systemiser addict - Conceptual geologist: B.Sc hons, FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Artistic director of Flow Observatorium a ND Creatives Equality and diversity charity Practice issues: Abuse, Access, Diary, Intimacy, Illiteracy, Spoken/written word, science representation, the hidden, personal journey, personal space, touch, inclusion, geological metaphor. Visual and audio illustration: sound, Print 3D, Photography, Synaesthesia, Neurodivergence, Film, Word performance and interview.
