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Imagination Can’t Run

Here’s a little selection of pictures from projects I’ve done in schools from last term.

And here’s a short conversation between 7 year olds I wrote down word-for-word:

First child: “I like art because I don’t have to do just one thing. I can do a project, stop and not think. Then I can go back to my work and do something new and let my imagination run riot”

Second child: “But imagination can’t run or walk. It can only get bigger. It doesn’t have legs. It’s not human”

Every day when I get up early to do a day in a school, I feel tired and wish I could stay at home and work on my own stuff. Then I get to school and the moment a child speaks to me I know I’m in the right place and working with children is the best job in the world.

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No Enemy

No Enemy is a song about someone who spent years full of hate. When the hate fades they feel empty, because all that hating had filled their life. But, in the song the scary emptiness the person feels is beautiful and full of possibilities.

It was originally inspired by a wonderful recent episode of Doctor Who called ‘Boom’ about a race of aliens fighting an imaginary army. So it has a touch of sci-fi.

I’ve done two versions that you can hear on the playlist. One has a squillion harmoniums, guitars, harmonicas, layered vocals, drums and digital stuff. The other is just two guitars, vocals, slapped knees, and a blackbird singing.

Hear No Enemy, a playlist on #SoundCloud.