Tail-end.

It would appear that I can't keep away from Bristol, twice in one month - apparently this is what the convenience of having a car has done to me. Coinciding with a visit from my sister and a need to pop to Ikea, we chose to pop to Bristol for the day. Here are some photos from then, and a Sunday afternoon spent carbooting. They're a bit of a mish-mash but I wanted to share them all the same.






Pretty excited to pop back to Bristol for the Gromit Showcase in July.

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Oh hey, Friday, what took you so long? I'm off to Ireland tomorrow for the Bank Holiday Weekend, which is a little odd because it feels like another country because you have to go on a plane but not for very long. We're visting Moon's dad and Moon's showing me the sights. I've got a lot of ties to Ireland so I've been before but never to this area, I'm excited to be by the sea, but I know it's going to be chilly, I sure hope we see some sunshine.

I'm going to use the extra time off to do a bit of designing but I'm looking forward to a bit of touristy stuff even if we're only there briefly.

Liberian Graffiti.

I've written nearly a page and a very clear plan. I don't know how I did the proposal in the first place, it feels like so long ago, I think I need to re-engage myself with the subject. I think Tim Hetherington will help me, even if I will really only be writing about him rather than drawing out how he inspires me.
I really like how this is put together.

I didn't realise that he also shot "Liberia: An Untold Story", although it would make sense, seeing as the images in his book are almost identical to shots from the film. I find it odd that there are so few photographers that appear to be interested in this subject. I find it more strange, although understandable, that there are no Liberians talking about the problems with the country. I feel like my dissertation needs to attempt to show both sides.

I actually feel like part of my brain is missing - where has my ability to just write gone?

I felt so cultured.

Some of the people in some of the galleries I went to on Saturday were total tossers. Should have seen the way these two guys were crowding third place for the Taylor-Wessing Portrait Prize,
don't get me wrong, it's a great image with a great accompanying text - but these guys, jesus.

Here is what I enjoyed on Saturday. It really was quite a nice day out, even if for all the mistakes and confusion and getting lost. Maybe without the threat of rain, days out like these aren't quite so stressful.

© Ruth Johnston 2009

Definitely would have taken more of me and my sister if it hadn't have been so wet.
Here is what I had for lunch that day:

And this is a slug that was in my sister's room that night...