our last days #urbanexploration

for the spirit of our collaboration
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our last days #urbanexploration

with thoughts & words in tow
with Ash by my side
I set off at a stride
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on my fast walk
from Putney to Wandsworth Bridge & back
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moving along
by wandsworth dump a favourite place
opposite is B&Q 
the carpark in which houses 
my favourite artists work
a defaced roadsign 
with care & precision
completed by #cletabrahams
under the cloak of darkness 
so no one can see
we are so lucky to have him in London Town
he has disfaced many a roadsign
on Bricklane and the area which surrounds
just as well my studio is now near
I am lucky to see his work #onthestreets
as a daily voice for the dissenting few
Ash
search for him on insta or twitter
you will see
his street work is loved by me & others
but not the authorities of Florence
who do not let him be
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back to our walk
the sky is blue
the first snow is falling
like seeds flung out
to see how far they can fly
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an idea is seeded in my energised thoughts
for a collaborative conversation
maybe there is even time
to do an installation!
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in wandworths park I have another thought
Ash
I am penniless at 53
through this collaboration
I have just found out
it is ok to be me
but 10 years on from my foundation
my Andrew disagrees
unless of course 
I break even
which I know is the least I can do
when joined at the hip....
but that is another conversation
to be had in isolation
when tomorrow dawns I will market my work
as I have promised so many times before
and if that fails
I will be sent round the corner
to Sainsbury's to work at the counter 
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Ash
my words just now were far too personal 
they may be edited 
then scattered 
along with your far flung seeds
...
now we are at espresso time
we have travelled ever so far
tho it is only 10am
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following our walk & talk
words flow thick & fast
I can hardly keep up the pace
they started to flow at first 
in a whatsapp note to Ash
on his way to London for this walk
now my words are cut and pasted 
as they flowed too long
they want to now become
a post for everyone
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Ash
I have an idea triggered
by your morning message to me 
on our decision to make later in our last official blockII day
on what to handover
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I am typing fast without deep thought of editing
to keep up with the stream of words flinging themselves out
they want to be posted on our block
before they are lost
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my idea is good I think
but may not be!
on our morning fast walk
to my favourite place
where on the corner
I can see a view three ways
👀 of the red cranes & containers of yellow
taking our waste away 
out over the thames
this was the site for my first collaboration en-titled #displaced
where I did a video with sound and moving picture of the place
👀 of lotts road powerstation chimneys
mid-distance on my left
another favourite place to go
👀 last but not least & equally as brilliant
in the distance my shard silhouette 
standing fast for everyone to see
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Ash
back to the original point
of these words which are tripping over themselves
now in the moment
in their innocence to be heard
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shoosh words for a bit
Ash is not going away after today
you don't have to say it all now
you can hush a bit
give me space 
let me talk
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Ash
my idea - finally written & bulleted here
take “seeds of dissent”
translate to chinese
work on the characters
for colour space & structure
adding a little bit of me
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but low and behold
much better to do it as a two
with you by my side with intent unknown
as to who does what
​we shall see
for this is the spirit of our collaboration 
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