Usualy a combination of love and fear

Profundity that can only come from the BBC.

It has been a trying day but I have to admit these things are minor enough to suck up pretty easily. The problem I have with trying to confront the little problems before me, following my passions is it leaves very little right to complain. Largely I am able to by enough paint to paint with, enough food to give me the energy to paint, I have the support of friends and family without suffocation and even at the worst of times in the last two years I have never wanted to be anyone but myself.

The Gallery project, Calico, appears to be in deep water. Or shallow, you can drown in both. Some times it can be tricky to juggle lots of balls when people keep throwing flaming torches in...

The painting requires a little more work on the fabric and the progress of that is throwing into perspective the inadequacy of the rest of the work. I also need to talk to the model more, I miss her whilst painting it (she is living in Canada and the work is being finished from photos).

Right. Nose back to the grindstone.