Thoughts of a minibus traveller

Beautiful Scarlet flash.  Rain is drizzling. Holding the umbrella which is broken on part to protect the laptop rather than me. Pants ball up to avoid getting muddy splash.. easier to clean foot than to clean cloth at the work thing. Place grey.  Bright red, scarlet flash in front of me, I feel like I could touch it. Mind shifts focus and I look. Two scarlet ibis, briefly landing in the swampy empty lot. Brief.. short. Beautiful, in the wet grey, green.  Then Gone. The evening before. Sun going down. Friend visit and we talking. 'Look .. scarlet ibis" and in the eastern sky a flock of them going to the sea walls. Always up in the sky.. flashes of red in blue or dark blue sky. We talk some more and my head swings to the west. Two more flying.  I have not seen any in months.  Sit in the minibus. Hoping that the scarlet ibis is a sign of good things to come. Glad for the last minute work. But feeling the sadness and despair and the stress as the work connects to the violation o

Unnamed piece by Alyce Cameron (The Instructors, Lecturers and Tutors of  E.R. Burrowes School of Art organised an Exhibition of Art Works which runs until 8 July, 2022. This blog is not a review ) The sun is hot, skies are blue in the north and the east. Sounds of thunder far away. Bus man says.. "rain falling somewhere" watching dark clouds in the south and the west contrasting with the clear blue skies over us .  Nice contrasting colours to get my head ready for the art exhibition at Burrowes.   I have not been to any art thing in real life since Covid and the 2020 elections.  Covid stopped some exhibitions but inspired a lot of virtual art events around the world. The PPP have also closed down Castellani House effectively as nothing has happened there , virtually or in real life since they resumed power. Some groups have hosted their own events. Egypt  I walk into a room to look for the exhibition and a man in a coat that used to be white guides me to the exhibition room