The view from here

 I realise it has been a whole week since posting, in the same way as the weather has sucked the life out of any sartorial ideas I had for this month maybe it has also dampened my desire to post.

 

Work goes on and life goes on, but the relentless rain we are having creates a kind of mono existence where my day is made up of a repeating cycle of stultifying dull chores. I include the gym in that as it is never a pleasure and always relentlessly dull. And just in case the world’s smallest violin is tuning I should add a small caveat  that June is shaping up to be an amazing month, rain or shine, leading off with:

 

• The Chelsea Flower Show, which for the first time in years I have  been reduced to visiting in the last couple of hours on the Friday as I cannot afford any time off. I will go without an agenda in the hope I can just enjoy looking rather than chasing flowery frocks. I am guessing that they will be safely wrapped up in poly macs as I'm certain it will be a washout.  
• The R.A Summer Show, again I nearly did not go, the pain of knowing I missed the deadline was nearly too great, but a free ticket is a free ticket so I shall rock the Pimm's stand instead!
• Amsterdam & Berlin, guaranteed sun and who could not love those cities, even better Cy Twombly is on at The Hamburger Bahnhof, I seriously can't wait.

Finally the month will end with a very small exhibition of my end of term project, my tutorial went well, only the bar has been set higher than anticipated and so I will for my sins be showing a piece of media art...(yeah, a video.) I had a bit of a stressful weekend trying to unravel how I was going to accomplish this and then I remembered Leyla has an Apple Mac, and lo, it has an editing programme, and so via filming on Kitty's iPad I should be able to realise my idea. Strangely I have always wanted to try making a short film ever since seeing the beautiful Sarah Morris film last year in Berlin, so I am fired up and ready to go. So rain will not stop play.

 

PLUS It is Dulwich Open Studio this weekend if anyone out there fancies walking around some house porn, I know I will, despite my being designated driver ever since Emin's arm op' which I am finding very irritating as Leyla appears to need a chauffeur almost bloody daily.

Finally I have been painting again......

 

 

Back to Scotland, sadly only metaphorically, I don't know why really, I just got the urge to revisit some older drawings and work into them a bit. Someone asked me about where we stayed recently so I had a look at the website and positively ached to go back, one day I hope, one day.

All this is even more amazing if you take into account I have yet another really, really stinky cold, dripping tap, loss of taste, ears popping and the rawest sore throat combined with a deep spiky cough. I am soooo tired..