we've had a thousand...

we've had a thousand in already, and it's only 12'o'clock!

Working for whitespace today, at the Aberdeen Art Gallery's 125th birthday celebrations... I was making "silhouettes" with the zillions of kids pouring through the door... organised Chaos, just the way I like it. Excellent fun, we made butterflies, rabbits, owls, bats, cats, dogs, men with tilting hats, worms, dolphins, and a myriad of tiny...tiny drawings of blobby things... I also made a plethora of paper moustaches for boys and girls... he he, watching a 3 year old weight lifter / circus strong man was fantastic, his face changed as he got into character. At the end of the day, there were over 2.5k people through the door. Well done AAG, and here's to the next 125 years!

that's a fine...

That's a fine cup of joe right there!

Project slogan opened its doors today as a "pay what you like" cafe - where the coffee is delicious, served by the delightful Sarah J Stanley. I'm sure she'll be like a coffee octopus by the end of the month, a dab hand at serving beverages... or like a tea urn Ganesh... ach, forgeddit, go visit Project Slogan, and have some banter about art and a fly cup, whilst yer at it. pay well, Sarah deserves it.

Urban...

Urban Lobotomy

Reading some of the PnJ comments today, someone linked to a story about a TIF funded scheme in LA to destroy a historical aspect of the city - to build a bigger, more expensive "tidy" version... this phrase comes from this sentence within the story : "This is not a project for the bureaucrats but for the artists to lead the way. Bunker Hill was a CRA project and world planners and architects called it urban lobotomy."

Dear oh dear. Seems business and sterilisation wins again.

I think that clouds would taste like...

I think that clouds would taste like sweeties!

Poppy was lying on her back, looking at the clouds, and she'd said "I'd love to jump into the sky and eat the clouds"..."and what would they taste like Poppy?"... of course! and only days after she'd seen candy floss for the first time.... curse you sugar!

Goodnight old...

Goodnight old ducky!

A rather worryingly glib phrase popped out by Poppy to me as I put her to bed tonight... I was bouncing on the trampoline with her not 1/2 an hour before this... pah.

Can I have an...

Can I have an Agata Bagata Please?

We went to the Peacock opening tonight, showcasing Agata Dymus-Kazmierczak's printmaking, and Reiko Goto and Tim Collins's interesting exhibition about trees amking music... Agata's prints are for sale, but we ended up buying some interactive art... Agata's prints on a bag! Lovely it is too!

We zooted off to see Elaine at Junction Art - as she's got a charity gig on at the moment, for Anchor (A Cancer charity), so get down to Peacock and Junction Art

My favourite bit in the stir fry is...

My favourite bit in the stir fry is the asparagus, the noodles, the carrots, the prawns and the cat

"steady Pops! It's not that authentic!"... Poppy was listing all her favourite things in tonight's dinner, as the cat walked past her... interesting to see how little minds are easily distracted!