Fun is A Relative Concept

Time is being as relative as and everything seems to be fuelled or killed by my mood swings, random ideas or tunes that appear in my head or I come across. What feels nice. As nice as the smell of this odd candle on my desk, Anna Ash'es vintage melodies and the bubble scent of my Aussie shampoo. My hair is a bit shorter again and I feel free and independent with my shoulders with no weight on them.

The money resources I'm in possession for this month allow me not to go to the Goodwood vintage festival at the end of the month or take a random trip to Brighton, but pay my rent, some milk for tea and go to the post office once in a while, but I can't complain. And since Fun, as Alex Noriega puts it, is A Relative Concept, ( his work is freaking fantastic by the way, I love every single card, http://stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com) shall this week be full of drawing (I need to finish 2 illustrations for a book by the end of Saturday, and 1 piece of work for a vintage shop by Thursday), some website-building, some reading ( I thought I'd read every day to be a smart individual, the choice of today is between the Count of Monte Cristo or the latest Vice I haven't read yet?), some crafty stuff, like dress making, tea drinking, listening to Kasabian's latest album (I might have developed a bit of addiction there) and may be rewatching some of the Nouvelle Vague films.

blueberry mornings.

As the twilight came down to my room, my mind was reborn with some new inspiration. Came across one project I'd be quite excited to contribute to as soon as I find a gloomy side of it to work with. The deadline is long after the show though so I shall place this on the top shelf for the time being. While on a bus to work earlier today (having some blueberries for breakfast) I had three incredibly distinct visuals about my ''Truthtellers'' skateboard designs, the second image in the Sögerie / Octavier series ( he's turning into dust every time he falls asleep), and about the Oval Portrait ( for the Poe project). I thought I could draw some more things for the Poe installation (and it's still wouldn't be enough as the visual worlds of his stories are endless, but it's worth trying). Shall be posting some work in progress tomorrow or so.

Germaine Greer.

I found a note about Germaine Greer in my small red sketchbook, the author of "The Female Eunuch" (1970) earlier today.
I think she might be one of those poeple with an atmospheric aura or interesting opinions and ideas.
I would love to read her book "The Beautiful Boy" (2003) - "an art history book about the beauty of teenage boys, which is illustrated with 200 photographs of what The Guardian disparagingly called "succulent teenage male beauty".
I'm sure I can perfectly relate to the contents and concepts, can't wait to come across it on the day I have some time to read a book.

Sophie had another wicked thought while I was hanging around while she was shelving: " ..and you can create a hand-bound book with 15-20 illustrations representing each day or situation. That's what they need in illustration world, right?".