I open this week by commending Warpaint, who performed a brilliant show, last week at London's Hammersmith Apollo. I was bought tickets to a show last year for my birthday, however it was postponed by 4 months, to last week. I remember buying NME several christmas's ago, because I was captured, intrigued by these four new female faces, staring at me. on the cover. The band followed with a super initial album, 'The Fool'. Several successful festival appearances, increased their popularity further. Last year, they released their second, self-titled album, with their main single release 'Love is to die.' I am a big fan of the very tight four-piece, swirly-guitar, rock band. A great performance.
It's been a while, so I plug a few of my photos for you...
Photos for watercolour
Photos for watercolour
When I am at a loose end in a cafe, I read (surprisingly rarely, actually). I have read far too many books/biographies to do with professional cycling (sympathising with many). My current read is a more abstract, philosophical book. Although written pre-war, it is key to the 'New Thought' philosophical movement, and can be applied to modern-life in many ways.
extracts…
New Thought, US 19th century
'Your forces and how to use them' (1913) - Christian D Larsson
Perhaps, an intriguing fact for myself, is the date of writing, and my education/fanaticism of/with Modernist design.
Similar era to avant-garde art & design movements such as Italian Futurism (early modernist movement)
My issue. I have drawn a diagram to help explain my serious frustration, of these poor drivers.
Why, why, why do a ridiculously high proportion of drivers think it is ok to ignore the Highway Code, and be lazy, failing to use their indicator? This happens not only in Surbiton, but everywhere in the world! Ok, they may only be risking their own safety, but they risk me as well. I am in a wheelchair so am therefore disregarded as being able to predict traffic! I begin to feel that I am disregarded as a human being! I cross at a T-junction, that is a crossroads (more importantly). I stop, check if anyone is turning into 'my' road. No, all seems clear, but I continue to wait because a car appears at the junction opposite. No indication, leaves me to presume that the vehicle will come across the crossroads into 'my' road. I stop, continuing to wait. It is becoming the norm that now the vehicle will turn into the main road (safely, having waited for a gap), without indicating!!! I cross safely, but angered, having waited for nothing! If I had been viewed by them as an able-bodied pedestrian, maybe I will have been viewed as a standing, waiting pedestrian, awaiting an indicator...
Hmmm... I read this and panic myself. I hope that I am not too judgemental, or paranoid.
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