The Colours of the World

(This is a poem that I wrote a couple of years ago and found again today. It's about racism.)

Some people see the World,
In black and white,
With a neat little line drawn,
Inbetween.

I think it's more,
Like a checkerboard,
All mixed up,
Like coffee with milk.

I see the World,
In technicolour,
There are chestnuts, toffees, caramels, coffees, chocolates, bronzes and creams,
Not just blacks and whites.

In reality the World is grey,
Concrete grey,
The World like a chessboard, it's people chessmen,
Whites against blacks.

All we need is someone,
To come and paint the chessmen.

So this is a picture of my bedside table. It is a jumble of colours and objects but, somehow, they all come together to make a rather nice picture. And it's the best analogy I could come up with for this blog- a mixture of everything, that combines to make something enjoyable. Also, for those who don't already know, at 11:11 you should always make a wish. So this blog should be pretty magical too.  =) x

Welcome!

So I've created this blog as a place for me to share artwork, photographs, musings, opinions and anything that I find vaguely interesting. That's where you come in. At the moment there is no 'you', I am essentially writing to myself. BUT hopefully someone will take some kind of interest in this and will evolve into a reader of this blog. Perhaps after that someone else will do the same and, eventually, I may get myself an audience of sorts. However I have decided not to dwell on followers and who's reading this- I have created this for me. I get involved in all sorts of things; I create all sorts of art forms (and sometimes just a mess); I ponder all sorts of unanswered questions (often when I should be doing something else). Basically, I have lots of stuff floating around in my head and I could do with somewhere to off load it all. And here we are! This is my way of channeling my creativity into something almost productive, as well as just having some fun. I want this to be entertaining, interesting, thought provoking at times and just a bit of light reading. So, let's see if I succeed!