I’ve been brave
Published by on December 24th, 2006
After posting the rough watercolour sketch of the volcanic rocks in the sea at Pedra Furada, Madeira (last post, below), I plucked up the courage to put up the rest of the drawings and sketches I did while out there, on my Flickr account.
These works are highly personal, produced for more for me than anything/anyone else. So presenting them to the world like this is, believe it or not, a bigger and more difficult decision for me than getting up in front of a hundred people and not being funny. Odd that. You may like one or two, you may dislike them all, but that is partly the point. For a moment you may just grasp a hint of my most personal relationship with the physical time during which each was created. At the very least, having them posted up means I’ll get to see them more often than tucked away in a sketchbook on a shelf.
7 Responses to “I’ve been brave”
December 25th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Neil, I love ‘em!
I really wish that I could draw and I’m always in awe of folks who can.
December 25th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Paul, you CAN draw; you merely have to get over the natural tendancy to measure your own work against others. Your work is your work.
December 26th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
It’s weird because I’m arty, I love calligraphy, music etc etc… but my drawing is shameful. My art may be purchased by some plonkers who think I’m a modern arty type, but your stuff has lovely perspective and is something I’d seriously hang in the office / lounge. Mine… erm… isn’t!
December 26th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Thank you, Paul, that is a very encouraging compliment.
December 30th, 2006 at 1:04 am
The good thing about your blog entries lately Neil are that I’m seeing a side to you I haven’t ever seen before.
I meant to tell you how much I enjoyed the Blues stuff too - I’d not seen that one coming either!
December 30th, 2006 at 11:54 am
That’s what you get for me making some room in my life to do things other than work
I used to have a two-hour weekly blues show on Live365 a few years ago - way ahead of podcasting, so for me a blues related podcast was almost inevitable.
December 31st, 2006 at 1:38 am
Check out Paul Rose Neil - awesome player from Newcastle. He’s on the PMN, but I have some tracks I can send to you too. There’s some video of him playing live on my blog somewhere…