Luna Park, Sydney and I am thinking about the time I took a ferry out of Sydney Harbour to Cockatoo Island for the Sydney Bienniale. It was just one of the most fantastic experiences of my life. The whole island was taken over as a huge art installation site and you have no choice but to embrace it, and I have loads of pictures of my visit. But as I look through the pictures, this image (above left) I snapped on the way out of Sydney harbour catches my eye, just for the sheer fun of it. The idea that you can open these theme parks all over the world dedicated to amusement and a laugh appeals to me. We should have universities dedicated to amusement and fun, that sounds like an idea, I think I might propose that next semester when I return (which gets sooner every year). But if the Luna Park face is the full smile of a mischief maker you have to be ready for the rest. The picture on the right was taken at the high point of my year and its hard to believe it was only a couple of weeks ago, when ,e, my Dad and Alex Sharpe drove over to Falkirk to see the Kelpies. Another artistic endeavour, they have been called 'a monument to Scottish industry,' and there is something about that too. I have often said that 'work is what we do but art is who we are', these, surely, are evidence of the two coming together and that is what I try to teach, the combination of creative and critical thought and action coming together with hard work to create a better world, what more can we wish for? I stole this next image (below) but I am sure no one will mind, isn't it great:
I am getting ready for 2014 when there will be lots of changes but there is no point in being alive for the crescent, c'mon, bring on the whole of the moon - happy hogmanay.
