Monday, 12 July 2010
Sunday, 11 July 2010
End of week three
We have spent the weekend at upcote farm outside withington . Yet
another idyllic place, the journey here was staggering in it's
beauty , feel like I am starting to over egg the landscape and
endlessely wax lyrical , il starting to rin out of words to describe
it . We walked from the outskirts of chedworth down to the roman
villa , it was like walking through a BBC costume drama that had been
perfectly dressed, obviously the weather helps massively. We stopped
for lunch in a lush field with a stream running through it . Ella our
artist managed to persuade Scott ( young man from Stroud ) to pose for
a cyanotype print . Thus involved lying naked for 30 mins on a piece
of photosensitive paper and them washing it in a stream. Unbelievably
he did, Ella took her clothes off for moral support . Very funny
watching from the distance particularly as the donkeys wouldn't leave
them alone , scott would never have done that two weeks ago. We then
took the beasts up to the roman villa which went down very well.
Carried on to upcote farm , again countryside unbelievable, the houses
we passed almost embarassingly large . Have started to think about
privilige and wealth and where I stand in this . Feel very priviliged
to see all this and then start to think about the Money divide
particularly in relation to some if the young people I work with.
Also no matter how much we might pretend it doesn't matter how much a
public school education will stand you in good stead and connect you
for life. Occasionally I feel the unfairness of that and yet I am
relatively priviliged , how must it be for others, actually these
places are so remote and private that you have to search for them off
the beaten track . Upcote farm has been great , lovely lovely farmer
and his wife, the farm has a very open feel , they are preparing for a
big festival next week. Two thousand trees festival , looks great .
Also fantastic skinny dipping in the large spring fed pond as
reccommended by the farmer .
Had to go home yesterday , it was really hard and I hated it . Don't
want to sound sanctimonious or preachy but even living like this for
three weeks has highlighted how crazy our world is and what stress we
are under all the time . The minute I was in the house felt stressed
and fat! Still bloody 10 stone , that stressed me, then the bathroom,
then the post, then the garden , tax bill , mirrors, choices
everywhere , stuff everywhere. Then the cars, the shops, so many
people talking felt almost nauseous by the time we got back , feel we
have lost something that is fundamental to our soul
, I spend so much time stressing about the frantic life that we are
all persuaded to buy into , how we look ,smell, eAt, shop etc etc
think I will need rehab at the end of this . Looking forward to
walking again, plotting a huge walk , Istanbul to London , am going to
manifest it and hope that it can happen . Hope some rich
philanthropist reads this , a travelling art, craft, solar, donkey
powered year ling walk x x x
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another idyllic place, the journey here was staggering in it's
beauty , feel like I am starting to over egg the landscape and
endlessely wax lyrical , il starting to rin out of words to describe
it . We walked from the outskirts of chedworth down to the roman
villa , it was like walking through a BBC costume drama that had been
perfectly dressed, obviously the weather helps massively. We stopped
for lunch in a lush field with a stream running through it . Ella our
artist managed to persuade Scott ( young man from Stroud ) to pose for
a cyanotype print . Thus involved lying naked for 30 mins on a piece
of photosensitive paper and them washing it in a stream. Unbelievably
he did, Ella took her clothes off for moral support . Very funny
watching from the distance particularly as the donkeys wouldn't leave
them alone , scott would never have done that two weeks ago. We then
took the beasts up to the roman villa which went down very well.
Carried on to upcote farm , again countryside unbelievable, the houses
we passed almost embarassingly large . Have started to think about
privilige and wealth and where I stand in this . Feel very priviliged
to see all this and then start to think about the Money divide
particularly in relation to some if the young people I work with.
Also no matter how much we might pretend it doesn't matter how much a
public school education will stand you in good stead and connect you
for life. Occasionally I feel the unfairness of that and yet I am
relatively priviliged , how must it be for others, actually these
places are so remote and private that you have to search for them off
the beaten track . Upcote farm has been great , lovely lovely farmer
and his wife, the farm has a very open feel , they are preparing for a
big festival next week. Two thousand trees festival , looks great .
Also fantastic skinny dipping in the large spring fed pond as
reccommended by the farmer .
Had to go home yesterday , it was really hard and I hated it . Don't
want to sound sanctimonious or preachy but even living like this for
three weeks has highlighted how crazy our world is and what stress we
are under all the time . The minute I was in the house felt stressed
and fat! Still bloody 10 stone , that stressed me, then the bathroom,
then the post, then the garden , tax bill , mirrors, choices
everywhere , stuff everywhere. Then the cars, the shops, so many
people talking felt almost nauseous by the time we got back , feel we
have lost something that is fundamental to our soul
, I spend so much time stressing about the frantic life that we are
all persuaded to buy into , how we look ,smell, eAt, shop etc etc
think I will need rehab at the end of this . Looking forward to
walking again, plotting a huge walk , Istanbul to London , am going to
manifest it and hope that it can happen . Hope some rich
philanthropist reads this , a travelling art, craft, solar, donkey
powered year ling walk x x x
Sent from my iPhone
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Thursday
Peaceful evening , calm after the business. Dangerous start , left
our beautiful camping with luscious views over rendcomb onto a very
steep road with grAvel onto a very dangerous main road, all our new
artists hanging on to the back of the cart , skiing at some points
heading towards a fast junction , quickly moved into vertical hills ,
pushing the cart up , an hour in we were all sweating madly pushing
the cart up up up massive hills . Early lunch break heaven Ella one of
our artists lay naked in a field and made a cyanotype print of
herself , we ate and ate then walked through more glorious lanscape
thankfully flat . We split offinto two groups, I walked on and the
others picked a whole bucket of cherries . Made it to our campspot,
the brilliant cotswold farm shop , cold beer and a great shop . Now
stuffed , annas parents brought gorgeous food over , all great .
our beautiful camping with luscious views over rendcomb onto a very
steep road with grAvel onto a very dangerous main road, all our new
artists hanging on to the back of the cart , skiing at some points
heading towards a fast junction , quickly moved into vertical hills ,
pushing the cart up , an hour in we were all sweating madly pushing
the cart up up up massive hills . Early lunch break heaven Ella one of
our artists lay naked in a field and made a cyanotype print of
herself , we ate and ate then walked through more glorious lanscape
thankfully flat . We split offinto two groups, I walked on and the
others picked a whole bucket of cherries . Made it to our campspot,
the brilliant cotswold farm shop , cold beer and a great shop . Now
stuffed , annas parents brought gorgeous food over , all great .
Sent from my iPhone
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Bagendon 7th July
Feel like we are on a very priviliged journey through villages that
are so beautiful that they are almost unbearable, sleepy , quaint ,
twee , not sure that I would want to live in one of them but lush to
pass through. The thought of re -integration is a horrid one. Know
that time is going to rush through, trying to live in the moment and
not think endlessely about the next thing, jasper has seemingly taken
speed and is running around us all in manic figures of eight whilst we
are trying to eat lunch . The donkeys are not tied up and keep
lurching over us, teddy is trying to eat everything including an empty
crisp packet a chess piece and teddys panniers . Wd are staying in a
huge house tonight at the top of a hill which will be good pushing for
my thighs .
are so beautiful that they are almost unbearable, sleepy , quaint ,
twee , not sure that I would want to live in one of them but lush to
pass through. The thought of re -integration is a horrid one. Know
that time is going to rush through, trying to live in the moment and
not think endlessely about the next thing, jasper has seemingly taken
speed and is running around us all in manic figures of eight whilst we
are trying to eat lunch . The donkeys are not tied up and keep
lurching over us, teddy is trying to eat everything including an empty
crisp packet a chess piece and teddys panniers . Wd are staying in a
huge house tonight at the top of a hill which will be good pushing for
my thighs .
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