Creativity

As a law student, I've never felt like I've had the time to embrace one of my other passions - Art. Today I've spent the day with artists - and its been a refreshing experience. In many ways I admire the creativity and passion of somewhat kooky artists - my mother being one of the best of them - and wish I could love my job as much as they do.

First on our long tour of Ireland was to see a Ceramic Artist Ann Marie Robinson who makes a range of ceramics, and some particularly funky teapots (available for sale at the Taylor Gallery see here for examples of her work). Ann Marie is a warm and friendly person, inviting us into her lovely home, lively decorated with some of her pieces. She likes to live in an organised chaos with lots of passion and dislikes a structured style of teaching art. What she dislikes even more (aside from being woken up at 5am by a neighbour on a daily basis) is art supplies in labelled boxes - she doesn't work in a boxed and rigid way but with a go with the flow attitude, and a little bit of chaos mixed in. Art and Boxes don't mix - probably why I was more destined for the law than the life of an artist. Nevertheless it is fun every once in a while to indulge.

Once we had acquire the teapot of our dreams (for a wedding present) we proceeded with a mad drive (across more green countryside) to get wrapping paper and a card (we ended up in what I could only describe as roundabout city with 7 roundabouts in a row and my head was turned. After a quick wrapping on the present ontop of the boot of the car we continued on to the see the bride to be (another art teacher). Felt very secret service meeting on the top of a multi story carpark (as we didn't know how to get to her house) before following her down and out of the town down even more country roads to her house.

Her house, which is really a crazy farmhouse with everyone walking in and out all afternoon coming in for a good strong brew before wandering out again - great family and traditional feel (one of the main things I miss about no longer living in Ireland). They had put together a great spread of cakes, pie and tea, simply wonderful.

Overall a very hectic day, leaving me with a desire to get into more creative things after being asked a million times if I did art too. This evenings tidying therefore has me looking through some old art work from my As and A-level Art.