Last Saturday was another great day for me and the Streetlighters. I pulled myself out of bed after a late night at the pub, dressed in some nice clothing to be presentable to the general public. The Caravan Gallery travels the country taking pictures of people and cities as they are.
The Streetlighter's work was the first to be exhibited in the caravan not belonging to Jan or her partner. The set up was simple, with our names and a quotation penciled in beside the pictures. My quotation was 'I've never seen that before, but I see it in a completely new way'. A classic Lyndaism.
I was on a real high all day, giving ukulele performances to the delight of Isaac (and not so much delight to one of the course leaders). Total strangers and friends of the Streetlighters all visited and made comments on the work, sometimes leaving comments in the comments book. I had a really encouraging comment from a professional artist that I should keep exploring some of the themes my work touched upon, that the perspectives of the photographs completely transformed the space you are looking at. The light reflecting off street signs was another theme she thought I could follow. She hoped I would keep going, investing my dole money in disposables.
I never thought I would get a reaction like that, I was very flattered. The most commented on of my pictures was the reflection of trees in the puddle on Frensham Road. I toyed with the idea of doing a project just devoted to reflections on water. An idea for the future, perhaps.
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