Thursday 30 June 2011
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Monday 27 June 2011
Sunday 26 June 2011
Saturday 25 June 2011
Friday 24 June 2011
Thursday 23 June 2011
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Monday 20 June 2011
Sunday 19 June 2011
Hope Road
Rain at Sixty MPH
The moment I elect to go out on the motorbike
the clouds roll in, it starts to rain, I tell it do not like
but a promise is a promise and to Sheffield I will go
with thunder notwithstanding, at least it didn't snow.
A piece of tape secures the satnav there and back again
(It's a piece of paper, really, with directions writ in pen)
I set off in the pouring rain and pootle through the town
hoping for the sun but rain precipitated down.
I rode through Sheffield centre and then out the other side
What is it with the road names that they seem to want to hide?
I made it to the road and parked, then panted up the slope
the Priory is a lovely place, no wonder it's in Hope.
The artwork was astounding, the etchings very fine;
the altered books were fascinating – dare I say divine?
She's just the sort of artist that I wanted to become--
just the sort that I am not, for I sit on my bum.
I wish I'd had the money to support the ladies there
who daub themselves with etching ink and cut off all their hair
It made me feel inadequate, the wonders they produced,
the utterly fantastic works creativity had loosed.
I rode home in the solace that although I never etch
I have at least the training to make a simple sketch
look like the lake I'm sitting by, or splashing paint around
can bring to life the demons whom my books have run to ground.
Top Image:
Left: Transit of Venus II by Catherine Harnett (etching)
Right: 'In My Shallow Grave' by Jan Hopkins (artist's book)
Left: Transit of Venus II by Catherine Harnett (etching)
Right: 'In My Shallow Grave' by Jan Hopkins (artist's book)
Saturday 18 June 2011
Friday 17 June 2011
The Speakeasy
The Speakeasy - Extraordinary Night of Monologues
including
one of my monologues: 'Black Lace Curtains'
Three nights only!
including
one of my monologues: 'Black Lace Curtains'
Three nights only!
Monday, June 27, 2011 to Wednesday 29th at 8:00pm
Upstairs at The Nell of old Drury, London, United Kingdom
Thursday 16 June 2011
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Monday 13 June 2011
Sunday 12 June 2011
Saturday 11 June 2011
Friday 10 June 2011
Thursday 9 June 2011
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Monday 6 June 2011
Sunday 5 June 2011
Saturday 4 June 2011
Friday 3 June 2011
Thursday 2 June 2011
Wednesday 1 June 2011
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