So, I have changed my working hours and I now have Monday’s off! This has been my first one at home and I have thoroughly appreciated having this time. The only slight dampener is I have a rotten cold, but that has not ruined the day. The cats have been supportive too, especially when I was faced with the task of sorting through hundreds of discarded furniture photos.
I was shocked, in a very good way, when I walked down the road our apartment was on and saw a discarded sofa in pieces! I still had my suitcase in my hand, and couldn’t believe my luck. I thought to myself, that this was probably a one off situation/a happy coincidence but no! I saw the following sights on my travel:
My friend Simon seriously made my day when he came back from his travels in Thailand with some fantastic furniture finds! (Thank you!) It is extremely exciting to see discarded furniture from other places around the world.
These ones were found in Bangkok near Khao San Road:
This one was spotted in Ayutthaya.
And last but certainty not least, is this wonderful overgrown sofa found on Ko Chang in a place called Lonely Beach.
I wonder which countries would never dream of leaving a sofa outside on the street…
I am working on a project at the moment where I take templates or existing spreadsheets and I remove all the information. I think spreadsheets can be very attractive, and as someone who works as an analyst as a day job, I use spreadsheets on a day to day basis. I think the colours/lines used are important to the over all meaning of a spreadsheet (and in some cases can be distracting too!). I want to create images that are abstract and no longer provide the viewer with data, but instead only visual information. This is my first one:
Here is a section of it:
Not only am I enjoying the process for the final image created, but I find it extremely therapeutic to take away all of the words, numbers, explanation and simplify it. I think people might imagine what it was previously used for when looking at it and wonder why there are certain colours/lines used.
Whilst exploring New York, there were some moments that I wanted to document by video. Here are my favourites:
We have just done our last walk around Central Park in the sunshine. It is so beautiful and I wonder if such a great setting inspires people to walk and exercise more. Seeing couples on the lake is lovely and funny to see so many people in one place taking photographs. It would be incredible to see a montage of them all!
Beautifully disorientating was the sculpture by Tomas Saraceno, located in the roof garden of the Met museum. You booked timed tickets and you could then walk up and around it. There were perspex floors that flexed under foot and mirrors and gaps everywhere. You were not allowed to take photos as people had got distracted.
One of the walks we did today (and my feet can confirm we did a lot of walking) was along the Sky Line. It is an old abandoned railway line that has been renovated into a lovely, leafy walk with art sights along the way. I looked down and took a photo of this street scene, which is my photo,for today.
Our love of aquariums took us to Coney Island and here we walked along the boardwalk. All of the amusements and rides were closed and it had this abandoned feel. There was so much wear and tear and to top it off, there were beautiful butterflies everywhere!
Today we have been seeking out views. On the way I saw this building I really like.
