“PHONETICALLY SPEAKING” To reflect the fast pace of world news, my blog is probably best served as a stream-of-consciousness text. Fast and unadulterated. With this approach, and on first encounter, text might not seem to scan. This is because I am dyslexic. Instead of keeping the proof-readers busy, I would rather let my blog updates of my visual work stand as a record of my experience of dyslexia, which I am keen that you now get to enjoy too. Unlike some news outlets, I hereby excuse myself the need for a ‘corrections’ section! The excitement of a new language is something I’m quite familiar with, and it is with this ‘joie de vivre’ that I am delighted to guide you through my thought and work processes, more phonetically (than fanatically) speaking.
Dale Farm
A ten-year struggle between English Law, International Law and basic Human Rights. New English law states that travellers cannot travel as they have done for thousands of years therefore in the late 80s and early 90s they were encouraged to buy land and settle down, many did. Dale Farm is an example of this. The travellers bought some land which was being used as a rubbish tip. They paid for it to be removed properly and safely according to the laws. Time passed and they were refused planning permission and were told that it was green belt land and that they should have looked in the council offices for the paperwork.
So we have a council that was using green belt land for a rubbish dump, which itself is against the rule book.
On the day of the eviction the police took over and marched in like a military operation and used electric and illegal tazers. Again, another act that us against English law.
Dale Farm Artwork is available to purchase part of the Borrington’s Empiricull Almanack vol II of 13 original prints and individually as a archival inkjet print.
(Digital versions are available by request for articles which the artwork compliments)
