Things Which I Thought About at Work Today

1: (A doodle amongst my work notes. The back of a man. Another man dressed as a clown with a top hat on stopping him, laying a placating hand on his shoulder. A crooked streetlamp to the left. A smoky cloudy sky. Bare branches of winter trees).

This doodle led me to thinking about...

...a Welsh mining village. The village adheres to strict rituals descended from the ancient art of Clowning. Rituals and ceremonies involving various clowning exploits keep the balance of the village. Inside the mine, miners are dressed as clowns. Something bad might happen if the clowning rituals are not adhered to. The clowning regulations dictate every aspect of village life, even as far as how many children families may have. A man wants to leave the village. He is stopped by an elder clown, who implores him not to betray the clowning rituals.

2: Another doodle, abstract and cramped. I called it 'Junkyard Moon',  This doodle made me think about an industrial dockland / harbour. Of approaching this dockland / harbour by boat. Detritus in the water. Something to do with Malta, 1976. A similar feel.

3. On a distant hill seen out of the window at the call centre, I noticed three or four very early street lamps. This was about 3:30pm. It got me to thinking about where these lamps were, some distant road, next to rain-sodden woods. A strange serenity in these thoughts of bleak distances at twilight.

4. A new art form. This would be based upon the concept of smells. Certain smells bring back memories - almost our strongest link to the past. Would it not be possible to arrange for a narrative of smells? One smell might bring to mind a distant forest, another might bring to mind the image of a murder, another the image of a summers day. It would be up to the viewer (or listener) to decide upon the connection, if any. Kind of like an  instrumental album.