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art in the time of corona

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Some pieces from my collection of naive art:

covid-19 - day 28 wednesday 22 april

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My own resuscitator: Some time ago one of the local chemist shops had a clear-out. I found this 1960's (?) resuscitator, along with a few other handy bits and pieces of medical kit, in the skip. The problem with Marie Kondo's theory is that you never know what you may need - until you need it. So I will keep collecting junk no matter the fashion.

covid-19 - day 27 tuesday 21 april

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"A Bird on the Wire" Time for some music - watch the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire": www.youtube.com/watch?v=boMZEe9v_SA

covid-19 - day 26 monday 20 april

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"The Way Forward"

covid-19 - day 25 sunday 19 april

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"The Vaccine"

covid-19 - day 24 saturday 18 april

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Rangitoto:                                                           In homage to Hiroshi Sugimoto.      This period of reduced outside activity has given me the opportunity to trawl through some of the photographic books I have collected over the past year.      Of particular interest for me has been Michael Freeman’s “Fifty Paths to Creative Photography” in which this very experienced photographer gives 50 brief tutorials on creative approaches to taking pictures. Chapters include: “Mistrust Experience”, ‘Surrealism and the Found”, “Known Subject, Different View”.      I found a good starting point was “Homage” in which Freeman suggests deliberately copying the works of successful photographers as a way of understanding what makes a striking image. As an example he quotes Degas: “You have to copy and recopy the masters, and it’s only after having proved oneself as good a copyist that you can reasonably try to do a still-life of a radish”.      My inspiration for “Rangito

covid-19 - day 23 friday 17 april

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