After the lethargic summer months, September and the first half of October have been pretty exciting. I saw so many things and discovered plenty more. And one day, just as I was drifting away into sleep, I imagined myself upside down and shaking my head out, pouring out all the things I want to write, mention and reflect upon.
What were they? dConstruct and the Brighton digital festival, London Design Festival, the Over the Air Conference at Bletchley Park, my wordpress web site design and learning to customise it, type design, the Ampersand web fonts conference and getting my hands onto the @font-face rule and the beauty of CSS. Cryptology at Bletchley Park, the Colossus, the magnificent Turing Bombe and Enigma. Utilitarian design aspects, from clothing to interior and product design. Of course also my sewing and all that enjoyable bike-riding and swimming training. The highlights of the last two months and my daily activities all shook out and settled on my watercolour.
A couple of days ago a long-time-no-see architect friend of mine from Turkey happened to be in London. Oddly, she mentioned how she still remembered my delicate watercolours from 15 years ago. It was the wake up call I’d been expecting.
So it just came back to me, how I loved watercolour when I was a teenager, how fond I was of its quick, expressive quality and its vibrant pigments, contrasting with its transparency.
So my brush and I will add colours and lines from now on when I have a story to tell you on my blog. Writing makes you alone, as drawing does, but I can draw a story on one paper whereas a story might take a couple of thousand words on many pages. So enjoy your own stories, and live your life creatively!
