The last 5 weeks has seen my life has been in and out of a shadow, struggling stay in the sun, where life grows. My work has been going and I feel my video work has helped to push through the shadows, and see a new light.

I've started to notice how organic my work is starting to become, more to do with empty organic vistas rather than the urban vistas seen in some of my college work. Watching 'Memoirs of a Geisha' on Wednesday got me thinking, how much my work is about taking me into zen like worlds. Worlds that can transport me away from the real. So I decided to read some ancient Chinese poetry. I read some very beautiful pieces, but I was drawn to this one poet from the 8th Century, Li Po (Li Bai). This one poem seem strike a chord with me but most importantly with my recent video work.

"Amidst the flowers a jug of wine,
I pour alone lacking companionship.
So raising the cup I invite the Moon,
Then turn to my shadow which makes three of us.
Because the Moon does not know how to drink,
My shadow merely follows the movement of my body.
The moon has brought the shadow to keep me company a while,
The practice of mirth should keep pace with spring.
I start a song and the moon begins to reel,
I rise and dance and the shadow moves grotesquely.
While I'm still conscious let's rejoice with one another,
After I'm drunk let each one go his way.
Let us bind ourselves for ever for passionless journeyings.
Let us swear to meet again far in the Milky Way."

A new inspiration.