2012 for me is going deeper down the rabbit hole of creativity.

Immersing myself in it fully. Being utterly selfish with my time and needs in the pursuit of wonder. It means I will pull back from quite a few things. I have an exhibition coming up this year and six months of long nights and fucking hard work ahead of me. It’s not going to be ‘talent’ I so loathe that word. It’s sheer hard work and time. I can’t scoot around that reality.

What drives me is pure passion and all the things I do combined what makes me, well, me. In solitude I find those spaces to create. I’ve yet to stumble across any other being who can bring this out in me more than solitude does. The people I love understand my hermit side. Maybe not ‘understand’ it but they accept it for what it is. And every now and then I’ll come out of my cave and share that passion. Every now and then I’ll let someone in if only a little.

The first thing I did this morning? On the first day of the new year? I grabbed my sketchbook and began drawing and writing. Then i went for a walk down by the sea.

Hello 2012 I think I like you.

A lot.