This is my first offering at the age of 62
Having been a songwriter since 14 years I ended up channelling early on and an interest in microcosmic activity as opposed to world domination
I realise that for me a song and a painting in the 5th dimension are both images and sound and we are all hit with it, some of us manifest some of us don't
I asked friend and painter Christopher Twigg what I should do and he told me to use my wrong hand as it would set me free from memory and expectation of the education system, this blew my mind as I remember schoolfriend Peter Macadam always being told he was 'not an artist' but they didn't realise he was a conceptual artist, his ideas were mind blowing, it was just his motor skills that were limited, unlike some pupils who could copy a horse or a dog and were told they 'were' artists, such a brutal obstacle to navigate for Peter, when the circus of 77 punk arrived, we both dived forever bonded... also, being a right hander gives me lovely feeling of solidarity with the lefties, who not so long ago 1950's, were brutalised by the education system and forced to be right handed
It's an honour just to have a go, I spent a couple of weeks twiddling with Liddles canvases and trying to mix oils to disastrous consequences, then realised, just like my mild and probable OCD tendencies, found I hate mixing colours just like I hate mixing food or mixing records
I also found I like hand made Japanese paper and love the A5 & especially A6 sizes
This is where Im happy
My daughter Phoebe is going to come up the road soon and teach me how to do Lino cuts
Much love
Martin xx

If there is a wee LH in the bottom right hand corner, it means drawn by left hand from the right hemisphere
If there is a wee RH in the bottom left hand corner it will be my right hand drawn from the left hemisphere
;-) x

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