This is my first blogger post for a few years. At one time I used it when I was exploring drawing and art and finding a direction. I have been intently focused on the visual side of things for a number of years, learning a set of skills around figurative art. Ideas have been somewhat neglected, although I collect info from the newspapers and from my general reading, as well as from other media such as social and screen. I want to go into greater depth than is possible in the instant world of social media and I want to use text. I have a hunger for thinking. I want to tease out some new thoughts.. I randomly collect articles about farming, rewilding, land use, and also politics, literature and the art world. Architecture has been a big preoccupation. I want to have a look through these articles and gather up a focus. I do not know where it will take me. I love fashion and music and am always drawn to writings on thes...