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Travelling in Place

Oct 31, 2004 | Chronicles, Out & About

Or When Does Going Back Turn Into Going Around in Circles? I used to keep a diary. Regularly. Or at least until it became clear that I was using it to carry on conversations with myself. (I used to be schizophrenic, but we’re better now…) So I eventually gave it up...

Hurry up and Wait

Oct 23, 2004 | Chronicles

Or “That Was Great! Could You Please Repeat It, But Louder This Time?” Back in the thick of the second documentary. Talking about yourself is like handling a sharp sword – you can just as easily stick yourself with it as parry questions and strike deep to the...

Memory Lane

Oct 10, 2004 | Chronicles

Or Where I Illustrate Walls, Inhabit a Ghost Town and Impersonate a Frenchman, In That Order An old acquaintance just sent me three memories out of the blue from 30 years ago: “One was your bedroom in your parents’ house in Ollalla – you’d wallpapered it in...

Behind the Rain

Oct 3, 2004 | Chronicles

Or Under the Ridge-Line How I wish I had invented that title.* The month of October is going to be about as full as it can be and still squeeze myself into it. The art book project is nearing completion, I have a painting of Beowulf to do, sketches to deliver, the...