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One of the last lines from a Ralph McTell song that I’ve remembered since the days when I learned to play some of his music goes “Out through the door marked ‘Exit’, into the world outside”. He wrote well about saying goodbye, moving on, changing state, getting on with life. The setting was a railway station, hence the title, but it was also about the final moments of a relationship, which I thought then (and still do) was the clever bit.
I was in a reflective mood just before taking a few days holiday last week. I chose to leave computers and cameras alone for a while, to better make space in my work-cluttered head for new thoughts, then unformed, to crystallise.
Yesterday, Dave and I were relaxing in my garden, testing out some comfortable sun loungers, chatting casually, as friends do. We were exploring some of the similarities between us, particularly our constant need for new challenges to conquer, fresh subjects to explore.
Picture of the Day was once that sort of a new challenge for me. I wanted to see if I could make a photograph every day for a year, come rain or shine, regardless of my mood or state of health. It developed into a blog of the same name. After a few years, I felt I’d explored that self-imposed deadline sufficiently, so I altered the format to this one at Intervallic.
I realised yesterday morning that, once more, I require a novelty to make me learn, to satisfy my drive to find a different outlet for my creative energies. Currently, I’ve a feeling it might be drawing, because I so enjoyed a whole day spent getting reacquainted with a pencil during an art workshop at the weekend. I’m waiting to see if there’s a place available on a similar course next month.
Today Intervallic has arrived at the end of the line, though these archives will remain until such time I feel they are no longer required. I might turn them into a book one day, or I might not. It all depends on decisions I haven’t yet made.
Thank you for watching this space, for reading my words, for studying my photographs, for participating silently, or interjecting when you’ve felt like it. I have genuinely appreciated your encouragement. I’ve also had a lot of fun playing on some of your blogs, thank you.
Today's picture: Door, Coxwell Street, Cirencester, Circa 1650.
