lifes journey

the weeks are so busy of late that it seems an age between each blog post, in reality it is barely 2weeks. The survey of the castle continues as I work my way through my own programme of self perceived tasks of importance, being a project of faith I have little more to do really in firm belief that if the project is to happen all those necessary to its success will appear along the journey,; as the Buddist saying goes, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. the third video diary of that research is currently being edited with its narrative and will be posted on the Facebook  Site  (  Kendal Castle Poppy Bid  ) as soon as this is finished while waiting, here is a link to other video diaries from the castle project   Day I.mp4 Of most surprise to me was the number of military related charities who have joined the following some of which I had never heard of before as they were so new, charities such as  Jimmy Jukes  ukhomesfo...

Here are a few images of the Castle, preparation in part toward the survey and estimation of the number of Poppies needed to cloak the exterior walls, they are not of particular use for purpose as it was a bitter day and I was hungry and taxed by the walk up the hill, lack of preparation on my part, lesson learned, coffee and sandwiches!!! 05 February 2011 The work continues albeit slow, Oh so slow!  It is said that, many hands make light work however where a project of such immensity is concerned it is the many hands of involvement that stretch a project out into the years, organisations, manpower, permissions, funding applications and of course, the creative input, the thought of mounting 3million poppies single handedly is one best not imagined and likened to the single monk who created the 'Devils Bible' as it came to be called, Google it if you would like to know. I have a very constructive meeting at the Studio yesterday with a Former Town Councellor and Mayor to di...

Kendal Castle Remembrance Poppy Bid CLICK HEADING TO GO DIRECT TO POPPY BID Facebook Page It is over a week since I last visited the castle, sitting within the grounds the enormity of both the structure and the project overall was somewhat numbing, it has taken me until this week to come to terms with the amount of work that must be done to cloak the castle with poppies; moreso, the number of poppies that will need to be woven into the netting that will hang over the side of the battlements to the ground, in some parts of the structure a distance in excess of 30 metres, only now, having come to terms with the sheer size of the building it is time to get back to start the survey in ernest firstly however a trip to the local library where there might already be records of earlier surveys. Following up on a suggestion from Simon from CMU, the creative co-operative that is responsible for the promotional video currently being put together (completion scheduled for 17th March) I have ...