I spent the day taking a few very big panoramic pictures using my new toy. The first one was near where i live of a palace with a splendid spiral staircase. I have called the image, The Snail, as the palace is called 'the palace of the snail', I have placed an object within the image, which was made by Rachael Allen, a wonderful artist from Newcastle, so the image is a collaboration. I was very happy with the result. In fact this is the first artwork I have done here which I am truly happy with. TO SEE CLICK ON THIS LINK (on this image, pan in and look for the small object behind the bars) Next I went back to the Ghetto area in venice, and I brought myself a child's dummy to place in the square as a kind of tiny still life. I thought the contrast of a Ghetto with a children's object would be poetic. This place is where Jewish people had to live before Napoleon arrived and released them, to have full assess to the city. I spent some time composing a picture and waiting for people to leave the square. I think I outstayed my welcome because a Policeman came over and said I couldn't take pictures. I was annoyed with myself because I should of been quicker and left before I drew attention to myself. Later on reflection I thought that maybe this subject matter was not suitable for my work, but I was still annoyed to be almost forcibly removed from a public area. I got to thinking about: Images, power and a persons right to be creatively free. I knew that I shouldn't dwell on this because I could probably say what I wanted to say another way, and this would ruin my day. Despite my annoyance, I did enjoy the fact that somehow I was acting like a Graffiti artists snatching images when people weren't looking. It's not gonna happen again, I will be quicker next time! I am glad to be out there composing new artworks...the blood is flowing again, must be all the red wine I'm drinking!..This Cassonova will not be repressed.
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