Feeling nostalgic?

Well yes actually. Most of the time. But that's normal when you live away from your family and your country. Although I know it's just I dream, because I thought my life would be different and when I remember the time when I didn't care because my life was something that was yet to come, it was when I lived at home with my family. But now I have a new family and a new country and my life is still my responsibilty and is still good. So there's nothing wrong. But I do wish I had a garden.

I'm feeling a bit bad about neglecting my blog. Lot's of things are going on at the moment and I'm working on a lot of different projects so the blog has fallen to the bottom of the pile. I'm illustrating a children's story, now this very scary for blocked arty type, but I'm hoping it'll get me back into the swing of it. This Friday I'm going to Madrid with my arty Italian friend Francesca to see the Arco!! So, hoping for oodles of inspiration there.

I'm going to have a piece of work in an exhibition here in Lleida in April so that's got me working and thinking on how to develop my ideas. This is very exciting for me as I've been absorbed in trying to survive for the last 4 years, this means working as a teacher or a translator. But the art bug doesn't just stay quietly hidden in that hole in your mind where you put it when you think other things are more important. It demands attention, and so for the last year or so I've been fighting my inner critic and trying to just do some art. Uff, it's hard, my inner critic sits on my shoulder and whispers discouraging remarks in my ear everytime I do or don't do anything. I'm finally starting to feel a little lighter, I'm starting to understand that it doesn't matter what I do as long as it makes me happy. TAKE THAT INNER CRITIC!! I'm really enjoying the journey I'm on right now with these ideas I'm having (which will be revieled in the fullness of time, promise!).

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THE MIGHTY BOOSH

The Mighty Boosh with Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding is so good, so right and true. I advise everyone with a grain of humour in their souls to watch it.