On a whim I ventured into the town yesterday evening to catch a glimpse of the fading light as it streamed down the hi-street I found a bigger than normal crowd flocking around the bird-cage, a local meeting point, in addition to the music that blared out through the town there was also an international food market inviting all to sample the delights of a variety of places from around the globe, for the average kendalian ( a resident of Kendal ) a treat for sure and guarenteed to bring the folk from their homes.
For me I could feel little more than a level of contempt while remembering so few that had lined the streets for the recent Remembrance Sunday, are people so wrapped up in their lives that they are not aware or worst still even caring that we are a country at war while our young men fight a daily and constant battle for life, do they even realise that, even in their own country, a third of the world is in starvation, my friends wonder why my life is so apart from society today provides the answer.
The wars continue, Iraq, Afghanistan, Terrorism, the death toll continues to rise, the end never in site, it is difficult to paint such bright and lite paintings while this remains the focus of my attentions but not impossible and something that I need to address if I am to move forward in my paintwork.
