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Sorry for taking so long with my latest post, but this past week, I've been suffering from one vicious mouth ulcer! It started off a week ago as a nasty toothache, and within a couple of days, it had evolved into a full-blown ulcer, causing the lower-left side of my face to swell up alarmingly! I looked like Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" - 'all these years you disrespect my family, and now you come to me for help'... Went to the dentist, who gave me antibiotics, along with instructions to return on Monday, and to go to the local A&E to get the swelling lanced if it got any bigger... Well, thankfully, that wasn't necessary, and my toothache has since vanished and the Brando-bulge gone down - still got a lump of pus along the left side of my jaw, though - you can see why I haven't felt like doing anything much lately...
That aside, let me begin by saying that no, I didn't attend Pride this year, nor did I go to any grassroots-anti-Pride picnic - after all the noise, it seems no-one could be bothered to organise anything! Motherfucking lazy-ass pseudo-radicals... On reflection, though, I'm pleased I didn't go to Pride, Priscilla-orthodoxy or not; Stephanie went, and according to her, the whole march, not to mention Trafalgar Square, where the rally took place, was so g*ddamn crowded that it was impossible to move! The Devil's own stress-department incarnate - why the hell doesn't Pride take place at Clapham Common like it used to?
Anyway, screw the outside world - I've a helluva lot to occupy me at present, and all from the comfort of my own duvet... Last week, I was delighted to receive a package from friend and artist nirbhao, containing the result of our recent collaboration - a chicken-shaped tile with my very own design painted on it! (Click here to see my original design and here to see the finished tile - wicked likeness, huh?) Nirbhao has created a whole bunch of these tiles as part of her "Party of Chickens" project - and the good news is you don't have to be as talented as me to take part! Go take a look at the "Party of Chickens" flickrgroup, and see for yourself how you can get involved...
My big collaboration of the moment, however, is with dou_ble_you, a truly fabulous artist I've had the pleasure of working with before... Together we're busy playing "Duchampian Snap" - that's defacing playing cards to you! But who cares when the end result looks so good? You can see our latest collab at the top of this post (as well as two more here and here)... Again, if you wanna take part, the thing to do is go join the "Duchampian Snap" flickrgroup; in the meantime, keep checking my flickrstream for further results of my and dou_ble_you's artistic endeavours... Who needs fresh air when you've got Pritt-Stick?



