Not writing about the riots because
thousands of words are being written and
spoken about the situation and I don't have anything
useful to add. Those who have said the most useful
things are not politicians or pundits but people whose
actions are better than words, people like Camila
Batmanghelidh. Or like the man in the street who
had served time in jail and told a reporter that
instead of wasting money and time to lock young mayhem-makers
in jail for a few months, they should be put to work
clearing up the mess and making amends to the communities,
and individuals they have damaged. And though I'm certainly
not a Daily Telegraph reader, this article
also hit some nails squarely on the head.
I had no intention of making a
word-painting and the image below evolved like this:
first I covered a large sheet of paper with splashy
abstract shapes of the gestural kind. Then I decided
to do a splashy self-portrait over the top. Then I painted
over it with a grid of heavy white brushstrokes. Then
I wanted some abstract shapes to fill each rectangle
of the grid. Then I saw that letters made the best shapes.
Then the words emerged.
Greenyellowbluered Acrylic and
ink on paper
The next picture is not relevant
to anything and I regret falling into the cat-blogging
trap once more but Pushkine (she is female) dropped in
again and is just too photogenic to resist.
