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Flash mobs are becoming a bore, they really do appear to be just a fad, but my heart warmed to this one outside the Tate Modern on the 1st March. However, maybe I was winned over by the peoples compassion for Tony Hart. Art has been my world ever since I can remember and he is one of the first faces I put to it.
I suppose like any media, where it is relevant it can work intelligently.
Unlike the ridicule of the Liverpool Station’s facebook orientated flash mob the other week, which caused its temporary closure, this facebook group successfully collected together fans of Tony Hart. Group members created a mob of morphs they had made in a tribute to the Hart. It has had press coverage, created conversation and got people together in one place to be creative.
On notcot today I came across a guy called Oscar Woodruff who draws the most gorgeous illustrations, a-sketch-a-day.
I found I have recently got back into drawing and painting, every time I have come across a piece of beautiful design work I pine a little and use the infamous excuse of never having enough time to do anything. So my new mission is to forge time to produce some art worx! Here is a more recent sketch of mine:
On Woodruff’s blog I also came across a youtube clip of Alice in Wonderland that inspired one of his works.
It reminded me how one of Disney’s fantastical creations had fascinated me as a child, my dad threw it away along with Dumbo and I could never understand why! I had loved them! He said I had looked petrified. When I watched the film over a break home in Yorkshire it really did disturb me! However, I realise now the more a piece of film can toy with my emotions the more brilliant I find it 
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