Poetry
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Climbing Goat Fell and into the Western hills of Arran
roast chicken and arran brie still sea signpost east route supply structures winding ascent moving quickly fresh burn water not a soul or bird in sight through the rockline getting tired need food goat fell summit sudden wind and jagged torn rock vista food stop lying low following companions wild goat and animal howls no
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Painterly movie and novels inspiration…
Being a fan of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, I was a bit sceptical of watching the film version of his most famous novel ‘Norwegian Wood’. Firstly the romantic human drama element in the book is not quite my cup of tea – I’m more of the type of Harukist that is into the faster
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Abernethy Art Trip 2012 – Part 1
‘Twas an excellent trip up north in the Cairngorms and Aviemore area again this year with the Hamilton College Art Department – very energising, artistically productive and lots of laughs too (mostly at each other, and there was some lazy gentry to paint for too, as well as a sudden escape off Cairn Gorm mountain
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Humming wind through metal, Cairngorms walking and artwork
curving cloud whisps , crumbling embattlements , thin brown steel straight and low , under the horizon cutting space , hum , fresh breeze clear skies , unreal machines whizzing by crow wing , silver-grey-blue biege mud , biege puddles , shadow-lines no signs , below the sheep-line , slow ascent tubes and pipes ,
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Depth of Reflection – notes on David Lynch and Dogen
I made this small visual note after running along the Firth and Forth Canal, the reflections can be so deep, somehow reality is deepened. The space is literally deeper, becoming set further away, almost elusively in another time… …colour and shape so dense, tinged with toned down silvers, greens – the poignant reality untouchable yet
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Tokyo Omotesando Exhibition, Gallery 80, November 2012
I’ve been busy working away on various art projects for this show, which I’m greatly looking forward to. I am grateful to be invited to make new work for this my first show in the buzzing heart of Japan that is Tokyo. Ometesando and Shibuya area are dynamic parts of town which will be inspiring
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Spontaneous Glasgow Haiku
Breezy breezy And four guys Up on the roof びゅーんびゅん 四人の男が 屋根の上 Blue-flashing-grey Rainbow whistles Soaring gulls and swaying trees 青色ー点滅ー灰色 虹の口笛 舞い上がるカモメに木が揺れる
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2012 – The Year of the Dragon
‘When a dragon howls in its hidden cave, The entire universe becomes quiet; When a tiger roars on a cliff’s edge, A cold valley becomes warm. Katsu!’ Master Dogen Going by the lunar calendar we are entering the new year of the dragon, which in Japan are flying creatures of the sky rather than stuck