notes from the drifting spaces
Blair’s art notes…
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Spirit and visual freedom in Jean Vigo’s ‘L’Atalante’
A few days ago, on the Midnight Film Festival website, which is connected to Kineattic – a Japanese organisation dedicated to promoting independent cinema – I watched the classic french film ‘L’Atalante’ from 1934 by Jean Vigo. He created only four movies before his death at the young age of 29. But this is a
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Working on the coast, South Uist
It was great to be out around the quiet lands, lochs and coasts of the Outer Hebrides, there was a lot to get into photography wise and with drawing and markmaking. There was a good spell of weather, with a lull in the usual westerly winds and salty spray, which was ideal for spending time
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Some films by Peter Greenaway
After watching his most famous movie a good while ago ‘The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover’ (1989) I was interested to see what his other films were like, having been inspired by the painterly suffused lighting and grotesquely captivating situations and relationships. First I watched his early film from 1982 ‘The Draughtsman’s
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Climbing Goat Fell and into the Western hills of Arran
roast chicken and arran brie still sea signpost east route supply structures winding ascent moving quickly fresh burn water not a soul or bird in sight through the rockline getting tired need food goat fell summit sudden wind and jagged torn rock vista food stop lying low following companions wild goat and animal howls no
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More images recollected from Arran trip
Found this Calmac staff member supervising the ferry traffic as we drove aboard at Brodick… I stupidly thought these sheep were actually grazing on the Corrie harbour pier, however we realised they were for tying up boats after the nearby seal drying itself on the rock turned out to be another humorously crafted fake by
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Arran Zen Retreat
In July the Glasgow Zen Group had their summer retreat down at Kilmory in the south of Arran. It was great to have a longer sustained period of Zazen meditation over a few days for the mind and body to settle down and drop off whilst tuning in to reality more… being Tenzo again, responsible
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Preparing for some more drawing outdoors
The studio has materials all over the place just now as I have been preparing various bits and pieces for work outside. The weather is pretty good and it is time to push forward more colour linear drawing I think. So the various sketchbooks, newly made bespoke marker pen bag (with an iridescent array of