So, hello to all, how have you been? It’s been a while I know.
We went on holiday recently and if I am honest, I have struggled to get back into the social media side of things since we came back. Do you ever look at it all and just think “fooothe”? Yes, I know that isn’t a word but it is the noise I hear in my head when I think of having to post on all the platforms, which I love to do, but can be a full-time job on its own. “Fooothe”.
The phrase “So little time and so much to do” comes to mind. (I then thought who said that? So, I googled it. It turns out practically everybody has said it in one way or another, from Roald Dahl to Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson. So at least I am in excellent company with my thoughts). Maybe some of my loss of time is my own fault, due to going off on tangents like googling “so little time and so much to do”. Oh, the irony. Back to the matter at hand, did I ask how you have all been? Ok, then I shall continue, and as for you fine people I trust that you will continue with me, for if not I am lost, lost I tell you (too dramatic?). Talking of drama and the dramatic (see what I did there? Smoother than velvet if I say so myself, and I did say, just me no one else) this first image is very dramatic and could be classed as even contentious.
I would love to hear your comments about it on our Facebook page because
a) I/we are always interested in what you think of our work. b) If you comment about the image on our Facebook page, quoting that you have seen it on our website blog, it could get more people to read the blog (how’s that for honesty for you).
Now let me explain my raison d’etre(what can I say, drama, contention and now world cultural terms, what more could you want?), there is no religious connotations, other than the clear visual depiction of the work itself. There is no denying the image content, however I was not trying to offend anyone. I just looked at the original image, which was a gull taken on our recent holiday to Wales. Something about the positioning just triggered the final artwork you now see.
As a child I saw an album cover, I don’t know if the album was called Stone the Crows or the band was, however the image hid itself in one of the dark corners of my mind. It seems it was waiting for this image. Secondly, to me it is an image full of symbolism. It is charting the demise of the wildlife around us, the changes in the environment all sadly caused by us, Bird Flu, Global warming, Overpopulation, Ocean acidification, Loss of biodiversity, Deforestation, Ozone layer depletion, Food waste, Plastic pollution and Poor disposal of waste. I could go on, and on the list seems endless. Oh, and don’t forget wars, sadly we just seem incapable of getting on as a species. I am not a huge follower of world policy and politics and I am sure I could do more to help the situation. I am just a normal person like you, but I am trying and I would implore you to try and do the same. If we all do little things it may just end up being a bigger thing than we think. However, I think that there are many people across the world who are in far better positions to affect change than we are and quite frankly they should be doing more to ensure the existence of the human race, the youngest of our family already here and the generations to come. So, I hope that now I have explained my position and thoughts, you will no longer consider the image as, contentious. Well not contentious in the way you first thought. It is not a religious statement, but rather a damming visual representation of the world we live in.
If you are still with me, I thank you. That really was quite heavy and serious for me, however to lighten the mood a little I can say with all honesty, that no animals/birds were harmed in the making of the artwork.
To continue, I thought I would carry on the holiday theme in maybe a more traditional way. What could be more traditional than a funfair? Erm I should probably say that this one was completely devoid of people apart from myself and my wife. Not creepy at all, but what an opportunity to walk around completely on our own. We hope you enjoy this small selection.
There are so many more images from the funfair alone to use for creations. In fact, between us, we took so many photographs on this one holiday we worked out that it would take approximately 9 years to use and edit all of them. All I can say is we will try our best, and if you like what we do good because you are stuck with us for a very, very long time!
Was that an audible gulp I heard? Whilst we leave you to digest that fantastic fun fact here are a few more holiday creations from around Wales.
These next pieces are from our local town park.
They were originally going to be submitted for possible inclusion in the next Gatehouse Arts Exhibition, which sadly never happened due to the closure of the space. They are entitled “That’s Entertainment 1 and 2”, for the, dare I say it, more mature readers of this blog (due to the fact that you might know what I am talking about) They are referring to the song of the same name by The Jam and a particular line within that song. Now if like myself, you are as wise as Solomon (this is assuming that indeed wisdom is denoted by age, which means I am very wise indeed, if only), then you already know what I am talking about. If you are somewhat younger and thought that The Jam was what you put on your bread, you found in a scone or ended up in on the motorway, you are actually correct. However back in the day shortly after the dinosaurs died out The Jam were also a musical group. So, if you want to know what I am talking about you will have to google, youtube or spotify (please insert the platform of your choice) and have a listen to the song to find out. If by any chance this song then goes viral and becomes a number one, please let whoever needs to know, that it was I, yes I, who had instigated this modern day miracle and that it is I, yes I, who should be rewarded for such miracle. (Well, if Stranger Things can have such an influence on music, then who knows. If it doesn’t come to pass then I will just keep “Running Up That Hill” of life. Ooooh I have said it before and I will say it again Smooth as Velvet).
So that’s it for now, thank you for staying with it, I am truly humbled.
Now though I have to dash, I have a very important date and I am so very late.
TTFN.
P.S. What did you think of the layout this time? Rather than slide shows we went for individual images.
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