Twixt Twa

I posted 2 images this morning, taken through the windows of where I live, one looking coastwards, a matter of 4 miles to the West and one Eastward toward the Western Edge of the Lower Fells, the contrast was not so much one of landscape but of the sky.  To the West of me illuminated gunmetal blue indicative of a seasonal thunder and lightening storm and to the East, blue and clear sky through the broken cloud painted by the sun, there is but 8 miles between the two and here I sit, equidistant between the two or, as is the local dialect, 'twixt twa'.

This has not always been the case for me, I have always been a warm weather person and often escaped the English winters for sunnier climate, my argument and basis for a life of exploration and discovery, Spain, Tenerife, Saudi Arabia, India, Greece et al how, I wonder, did I ever find retirement living in this sometimes cold and unforgiving environment.

Should I choose to ponder this question I would for sure spend too much time searching for some credible answer and time is too valuable to idle away on questions that are simply not relevant, life is like that, a series of ideas, dreams, plans and decisions all requiring questions and answers.

Though Life is good at the moment to remain so requires constant housekeeping and questions of health, finances and of work, without which there can be no progress, time, energy and, for the best result, a whole brained attitude is needed, finances aside even composition is a left brained activity.

I have now abandoned wax and the Polycaprolactone, I asked and expected much from these materials and though both were interesting in their own right it is a case of horses for courses and despite the fun of experimentation both proved to be unsuitable for the kind of work that I needed it to do, nothing was wasted and much learned.

The studio continues to evolve in preparation for the Polymer Clay work as does the Biomorphics Group which continues to grow, in 3 weeks I launch the contributors Galleries, 300+ albums of biomorphic art in a variety of medium and design from artists around the globe, these are my immediate plans for the future, until then I return to Chicken Wire, T-bags and polish, my tried and tested work of which it is always good to return to between changes of practice and direction, not unlike the weather I sit in the middle, 'twixt twa' and simply enjoy what is.