Matthew Land

Illustration

Rain, Blazers and Work

It has been a very rainy and miserable Sunday here in Falmouth. However thats all ok, for I have lots to do and time waits for no man. Also there is something deliciously wonderful about the sound of rain pattering on the window panes as I paint. It is good to be painting again, I feel as though it has been along time since I actually enjoyed painting at all. Two weeks today I will be in New York, in someways I feel as though my whole life has been leading up to this point. I have a very long list of things that need to be done. In an odd way I feel as though I am being flushed down a toilet in slow motion, I am not at all sure it makes sense, but to me it does. 

In other news a new blazer arrived for me yesterday, I was able to justify my purchase to both me and my Mother, saying it was for a wedding I am due to attend in June. Which is partly true, I am due to attend a wedding, and one needs clothes for a wedding, but also I could not resist buying it, I have little or no self control whatsoever. The blazer is of sky blue tweed and fits perfectly. It is the first time in my whole twenty-one years that I will be going to a wedding, I am excited, mainly for the prospect of cake and dancing.

Lastly, this Tuesday I am due to take part in a 24 hour project, it sounds crazy I know! Twenty-four hours in the studio working doesn’t sound that appealing, but I think it will be fun. Though I am anticipating that around half three I will start to cry uncontrollably, not for any reason, but just because that is what happens. I predict I won’t fair well, but I won’t ever get to do anything like this again… never say never, and I also have an uncontrollable urge to please.