So whats going on with you? how did yet another week go buy? what are you planning next? I've had an interesting week quiet and informed. I dont think I've written much from the heart in my blog for a while so just though I'd say hello to the world again.Do you feel NI changing? I do you can feel it in the air shifts are happening, alliances being made life moving in different directions for everyone. YOu know there is going to be an election next year? in May council and MLA's that should be fun funny thing is all the budgets will have to be agreed before then and then depending on who gets in different peope will become ministers and then change the way things are allocated again. How are you supposed to plan in an enviornment like that? Focus and keep on motoring along. Maybe people could be a bit more thoughtful about their acts? see how they can benifit everyone not just themselves, that would be a good place to start. A very good place to start. It would be nice if a few more people thought about that. Give a bit of space to creativity in this wee provience of ours. There is tons of it around. I was a judge in the Trans urban summer creativity programme and it was brilliant to see all the creativity and vitality that was being brought forward to the judges. We were only able to give one prize. But the thing that went through my head as it always does is. Why oh why do people in Northern Ireland not support their local talent more? everyone will rush out and spend time and energy on things that are not from here and not made here but when you are local talent people turn their nose up at you?
It goes for all the ART fields or artistic fields very little support and very limited market yet amazing talent and opportunity's. Part of it is many of the support agencys do not have the proper understanding of the creative process and creativity in general. It's seen as an oddity not a necessity.So how to deal with it? smile gently and move away, fill in the forms then move away onto the next person please.
Yet just imagine if the proper support was out there? the proper direction for people the proper nuturing and mentoring just imagine what possibilities there would be.Maybe there would be a real cluster of self supported creative industry, not just a creative industry support structure paid for my tax payers that is supporting no body but the support agancys themselves. Did I really say that?
Anyway that's my rant for the day. I'm going tonight to see Fresh opening at the Naugton gallery where Lisa Malone and a troop of Fresh artists are exhibiting. Lisa was the youngest ever person to get the Banaff residency from the Arts council and has a great history of solo shows under her beltand I'm looking forward to it.
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