Interview over.
Head home feeling slightly sick.
Did I do enough?
by Scooj
Tag: Bristol
1. Park Street
The first in a series of short articles on street art.
Bristol, thanks in part to Banksy, has become a centre for some great street art, so much so, that the tourist information office advertises tours of some of the best. How things have changed over the last thirty years.
Today a new installation appeared at the bottom of Park Street, right in front of one of the most famous Banksy murals (the naked man hanging out of the window one).
It is a protest piece, but the messages are somewhat confusing, and it seems rather out of place in Bristol. Maybe there is some political jibe (that links it to Bristol) that I am not aware of; but it is new, and unusually a sculpture rather than a mural and for this reason I have decided to feature it. It is not clear who created it. If I find out I will update this article.
4/10
Shaun the Sheep
The sheep are in town;
families roam clutching maps –
gotta catch em all.
By Scooj
Following the success of the Gromit Trail two years ago, Bristol is hosting the Shaun the Sheep Trail, which was officially started today.
Princess candy
Bulging eyes, wet skin.
Ma said ‘you’re no oil painting’;
your ship will come in.
by Scooj
30/30 Bristol Frome
Hidden from all view,
ancient brick culverts guiding.
Secret river Frome.
by Scooj
http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWildInfo
This Haiku has special resonance for me, because it relates to some of my work which is to help the citizens of Bristol, and visitors, understand more about the hidden waterways beneath their feet.
How can they care about what they cannot see? I believe that by helping people connect with these hidden secrets, they will care more, and maybe, just maybe, change the way they interact with the water environment.
Use less water, waste less water, stop using toilets as waste bins, stop chucking household waste into the river, enjoy the abundant biodiversity water brings. Water is life.
29/30 Dervish
Pentaradiate;
soft creamy petals unfurl
as if setting sail.
by Scooj
28/30 Warm
A sun-warmed apple.
Pausing for a brief moment
before flitting off.
by Scooj
http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWildInfo
27/30 Thing
What the hell are you
green out-of-focus bug thing?
Do you even know?
by Scooj
http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWildInfo
26/30 Bottoms up
Ducking and diving,
unspoken understanding;
synchronicity
by Scooj
25/30 Urban sill
When we turn our backs
nature advances and thrives.
Fortuitous niche.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 