lifes journey

It never ceases to amaze me when I overhear conversations, either of peoples own sad and sorrowful situations or of general conversation about ' The State of the Nation' ,  why are people surprised at the cut-backs, for me the only surprise is that they have come so late. The High Tech War that is being fought in Afghanistan is costing the country millions of pounds each and every hour, the cost of the war by far exceeds that which is available through the general public, cuts in policing, health care, education, the selling off of assets, most recently the channel tunnel link, it is innevitable that there has to be a source of funds to keep our troops in Afghanistan, the reality of life at the moment is that this country is slowly but surely heading toward total bancruptsy, add the cost of war to our National Debt and the mathmatics is simple, we are spending much more than we can afford., current war cost estimated at around £2.5billion weekly, The National Debt around £96...

Final Video 11 minutes, or there about! warriors walk final film cut [HQ] The cards will all come down today though my inner self would like to see them remain in situ they have done their job, fantastically,  the comments from the public, the press and the Royal British Legion have been more than enough to leave me lingering between humility and embarassment. I have no doubt that from today, the number of poppies on people lapels will slowly start to diminish as will, though not entirely, the strength of their emotions regarding the the sheer weight of loss that this country burdens in relation to our lost heroes, the grieving for the families will go on in the background as the country settles back into their own lives and personal issues. Sad though it is it is a fact that there are few in this great country of around 70 million people who do not live their lives without one problem or another, each one battling their own issues in modern day stressful lives. while I move...

the time it takes to download the film clips of the day to Blogger is so very slow that I publish this blog merely to notify and to direct you to my facebook site, having a camera does not make me in any way a film maker, nor can I even aspire to having the basic ability to grasp the intricasies of video editing software, so little in fact that I found it impossible on this occasion to splice the clips together for publication,  still, in the words of a great artist whose name escapes me at present, ''I am always trying something new in order to learn how to do it.'' truly the story of my life ........... Film editing in the old days was, for me, far less time consuming and fun, there were little frames that you ran the film through cutting and splicing together tiny strips of cellulose with small sticky bits of sellotape, then, back to the monitor to wind the film through with a small handle to make sure you had cut and spliced at the right frame, absolute fun. last ...

The catalyst for the installation was a flippant and ingnorant comment overheard in a shopping quiere, while two women argued over a donation to the 'help for heroes box'.                                  '' ..... they joined [ the services ] knowing what they had coming, it serves them right!" My slant on this very different of course, not just an ex serviceman myself but moreso, a brother who has been in every conflict since and including, the Balkans and a son who has just joined the Royal Artillary, my slant was that by that simple act of knowing, or at least having some idea what they might be getting into was an action that which separated the men from the boys, noone, not even an experienced battle hardened soldier can know  what ti expect;, rather than get into a conversation where two opposites would never find common ground, it set me off in search of some retaliation, what does an ...