| Hi... Well....What to say... I suppose the simple truth will do. I hit the big five'o last year and I've been doing art and/or photography from a very early age - in fact I got so serious with my photography that in the late eighties I had my own studios and worked as a freelance advertising and promotional photographer but the recession of the early nineties nipped that one in the bud. A change of direction in my life led to my camera's being hung up for some 15 years and it was only about 2 years ago that I started to play with a cheap digital pocket camera.. and well... WOW!, what a difference a decade or two makes! Anyone starting photography now with a digital camera can have absolutely no idea how archaic the mechanical and chemical processes are (yes they are!) and what a liberalising transformation to the visual arts has been brought about by the digital age. For my part I always had a hankering and fascination for fractals but early software and veeerrry sssssllllooooowwww computers (about 16 years past!!) put me right off any further attempts. Not any more though! My introduction to this and other similar sites only eight or nine months ago showed me that these are easily within my grasp and what you now see in my gallery is nearly 20 years of pent up creative frustration. Now here's the rub. having rediscovered my art and photography and having the tools to go do anything beyond what was possible 2 decades ago I got hit with a life threatening condition in June this year that required some minor surgery on the old ticker, a lifetime of drugs and a complete lifestyle change. So far so good but the upshot is that even though I may well be around for another half century I'm acutely aware that the end may happen in the next ten minutes and that puts a unique perspective and urgency on a lot of things including, if not especially, my art. So my philosophy these days is simple and a few well worn phrases can sum it up; Life's too short There's no time like the present Just do it! Keep it simple! Get rid of the baggage cos' you can't take it with you. And that's all there is really because we have no idea how fleeting our lives really are until we have that little dance with the grim reaper Anyway on a happy note Helmut Newton is reputed to have done all of his best work after his first heart attack so here's to a bright and productive future - for all. regards Cluke |
A small celebration
Amazed
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Fire walk with me
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it´s me
thx for the fav
"Turn on, tune in, drop out."~Timothy Leary
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mark
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I miss being a kid. You could cry for no reason only because you felt like it. <3
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I miss being a kid. You could cry for no reason only because you felt like it. <3
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Mark
Carpe Surrealus! (Seize the fish!)
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