Looking up, I see clouds in loose formation.

{Views in my pocket is a new zine of little views of wonder for your pocket. It can slide into your pocket too.}

Transition from night owl to morning lark all but complete when it comes to working at home on collage creation, zine preparation or words on a page in reply to a question. In the quiet of the morning, with a head full of sleepy visions and thoughts, there is a magical half-and-half moment when, with grace, and perhaps ease, things come to fruition or beg for completion. The net I have referred to previous catches things easily. It doesn’t last all that long, that half awake, half in sleep still moment, but if you work quickly it is golden. In the household quiet, in new neighbours increasingly rare quiet, it is good to be awake, quietly working. Cats curled in snooze, birds twittering in trees and garbage truck lurching forwards then stopping, forwards then stopping, in the distance I can hear the sounds of construction and further still traffic. I am indoors by a window and the day ahead is pleasingly long.

+ A little while ago Alexandra asked some questions of me, and this, on her blog, is my reply. It is for her Art as Business: Interview Series and I am utterly delighted to have been invited to play a part in it. (Thank-you Alexandra.)

+ As mentioned earlier, Louise and I have seven new zines for you to see and all are now available in our store. Views in my pocket is one. Closing my eyes, it is possible to imagine myself anywhere but where I am (I); Closing my eyes, it is possible to imagine myself anywhere but where I am (II); A folded drawing of a Sulpher-crested Cockatoo; A folded drawing of a Southern boobook; A folded drawing of an Australian pelican; and Who are you? are its companions.

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