Ikea

The week before last I went to Ikea. Walking up to the familiar blue and yellow box like edifice, it does put you in a certain mood. (fear?/excitement?)

It´s a place that you can live (almost) so it seems natural to eat there (even if it is not a meal time).

I spent about 3 hours immersed, drawing and observing. It´s a kind of chilled out place - people wander about, take off their jackets, feel at home. I got a good few drawings and spent around 6 pounds - I don´t think it is possible to leave without buying something.

I love how there is such an abundance of stuff there. We can all go and buy all the same stuff in their catalogue if we want. We can mix and match and create our own piece of it.


Books on loan from the library - between 12 and 9
Kms run week before last - 32
Kms run last week - 25

2nd into 3rd

Time passes quickly and the schedule fills up.

Experimentation with gloss paint and collation of images dictates the studio work, otherwise writing a "study plan" for the year. (I see this is indeed included in one of the learning outcomes - organisation...)

Today I bought a juicer a little like this, but yellow. The plastic molded shape is just great. I also got some colourned lanterns, the colour not so pure and striking as plastic things, but more like the distressed look, good as an opposite to the shiny colours.

15 books on loan from the library
75km run this week