15th october was my last blog entry up until today 10th November, the Day of Remembrance is more than just a day for me for me, these past three weeks has been a Period of Remembrance, it is the time when fallen friends are paid respect to and personal Demons battled, it has been a long 3 weeks bringing an expected though unsolicited change in the 14 paintworks and one print created during this period.
other images are available through the Fan Box link on the right of this page.
In addition to paintwork I have also been working on the Sept 2010 show that is locally inspired, In addition to fotografing and sketching the town I also attended my first Town Planning Management meeting at the Town Hall this evening and what a wonderful experience.
To witness a room filled with individuals each sharing a passion for the town and its future that until now I have been unable to find in my time here, even within the bounds that are the rules for public awareness I was still able to hear first hand changes that were not only expected to be happening around my environment but also the opportunity to imagine how those changes would effect me in the future; while living in a town of around 120 + thousand people, my expectations were that there would be at least a dozen or so other interested citizens, I was wrong and entered as the only insignificant other, my lone arrival however allowed the council members to encourage me to join the table and participate as an observer in the most intimate manner, definitely something to be repeated in the future.
the only negative in the week was a computer crash which destroyed all of my images collected over the past two years and every word document ever saved, such is life, it is said that it is not the number of times a man gets knocked down, it is the number of times he gets up.
Take care and gods blessings
