As I look at this I can't help but think of David Hockney. Over the past few months I have become more aware of his work - especially his later work around the Wolds of East Yorkshire. Now I don't at what level this may have influenced me, if at all, but I feel it is there. Perhaps Calke Abbey has a similar effect that the Wolds has on Hockney, my family does have deep connections with this area - although I suspect the game keepers of old may have been less than charitable about my ancestors - but that is a whole new story.
Back to the present. This has been a great start I hope that it's a portent for the year. This, of course, is nonsense but you always have to live in hope. One final thing about blogging. The earlier blog entry I wrote live, actually in the woods and I found this a very powerful thing to do. Whether the prose were any good is not the point. It helped me clarify what I was experiencing - always important when dealing with any artistic endeavour. Anyway onwards and upwards.
