‘I see before me, man, nor here, nor here, nor what ensues, but have a fog in them, that I cannot log through’ (Cymb.2/3). For Marius Skaerved & Zara Mandel who are in Stratford….. 31 12 16
Breakfast in Bermondsey. Conversation, reading, good coffee, and rain outside. 4 1 17
Monument to Gt Portland St. Reading on the Circle Line 31 1 17
….would rather be a person of paradoxes tha of prejudices.”
JJ Rousseau (‘Emile’) Watching. Hoping. 29 01 17
24 hour watching people-the crowds across the US fighting the good fight, and sitting with a coffee by the water watching and listening to Londoners at St Katharine Docks. There’s something in the air, and sense that something is happening, and I am back to Margaret Mead again: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; i ndeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” 29 1 1
Practising Westhoff. 27 1 17
He never pays. Wapping 7 1 17
Lineside. From the train window. Tring-Hemel Hempstead 10 1 17
Frost overnight. Practice 4 1 17
Overnight Frost/Van Eyck Lacrimae 3 1 17
A day stalked by Guercino. Euston to Whitechapel. 5pm 7 12 16
Nostalgic morning/blast from the past. My parents have this little watercolour that I painted about 20 years ago. I had forgotten about this Claude Lorrain phase, but never forgotten, that there was a poster of one of his paintings over my cot. . 26 12 16
A day stalked by Guercino. Wapping Station 730am 7 12
Talk. London 1 12 16
Green Underpants Shad Thames 1 12 16
On the Train. Oslo 29 11 16
The smile. Smithfield 27 11 16
Turning Face in Restaurant 27 11 16
Posted on December 2nd, 2016 by Peter Sheppard Skaerved