After a long walk yesterday along the Parkland (from Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace, through a disused railway station complete with platforms near Highgate), today is a day of peace and creativity. There were hundreds of people and thousands of dogs, but we all ambled along amenably, and occasionally spoke to each other. It was a nice way to spend New Year's Day 2023.
I'd had the idea of making a real-time video of Beachwalk for ages, and today we finally did it. There were three takes: it was hard to get the rhythm right, but the second take was The One. It was fun to draw really quickly, instead of slowly and precisely and 'in the zone'; I had to make sure that the correct colours were on hand.
I have finally recovered from the harsh experience of travelling to Glasgow amidst rail strikes and the coldest and most frozen December for years. I'm so glad to have got there, to have stayed with my friends Kenji and Till, and seen so many pals at the gig itself; I got home in once piece and was able to enjoy Christmas with my Offsprogs and a really lovely birthday in Brighton, also with them.
Life will rev up again soon enough. Exciting things will be happening from next week onwards, and there's more culture to come both this week and next. I'll post about the January gigs soon. Meanwhile, here are the three Beachwalk takes:
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