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Feel I should do some art, but may well just watch another episode of 'The Devil's Hour' S2. A lot of it is filmed in the dark, no lighting whatsoever. A new trend I detest. Doesn't add to the atmosphere. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #frustration

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Another pic I'll offer to Labour Central Office to use for the cover of their next manifesto. Quite a few dogs out, but didn't get to stroke any. Disappointing, as was my answer tally to an Italian quiz: the subjunctive. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #frustration

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Cotthenge. This is a truly hideous estate. Thank goodness I'm off to pastures new. Luckily the delights of nature still remain just across the road. I don't understand why some like this type of development? #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #frustration

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Good day for snapping. Took over 100 and only dumped a couple. Posted TT reminder. Only ned 10 of you to view it, so I can make another. Promised myself I'll only do new ones when seen by 1000 people. Thanks. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #frustration #peoplewatching

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

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submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

It has been reported that people CANNOT invent a face in their imagination; it must be someone they know, or have glimpsed in the street. Wrong, researchers. I did it in dream last night, and can when painting. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #cake #weird

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Almost given up tea; coffee needs to be stronger. Added milk this morning to go with the pain au chocolat; it looked weak as humanly possible. So not yet turning Italian. Soon, I hope. Want to do another TT, but need 11 more vews. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #italy

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

So I was dreaming again last night, I am lucky (or unlucky) in that ALL five senses are there. I was having sex (!). I could hear his voice, feel his body heat and even tell you how he tasted. Usually not all five things at once. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #dreaming

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Lots more lines to add. It's a faff to have to wait for it to dry between strokes. I used to HATE it when the kids said to me, 'I'm waiting for the paint to dry, Sir'! Get something else to do at the same time. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #acrylicpainting #frustration

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Same plant. Couldn't find any perfect black card, but it's fascinating what effect the swap has. Have begun another circular piece on canvas board. Will have to find another pic of a boy to make a start. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #flowers #photography

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Wanted to see just what the camera dd with white v. black backgrounds. This was in the garden. Looks like ikebana. Just a quick test. Now have Nabakov and Ballard to read. Bit of a change from Thursday Murder Club. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #photography

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Aga had a hard job getting her car out. I don't drive, never have. Wonder if they'll construct today, or leave it all undone until Monday? Orange, purple, brilliant green. Almost a Whistler. off to the deli later. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #construction #worker #frustration

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City in Ruins. 'NewsWatch' on the Beeb. Oh dear, the carping, the foolishness. But the average age of those watching BBC1 is 65 now. I'm amazed it's that young. I fit in the demographic, but not the satisfied. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforsale #artforukraine #frustration

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The other half of the diptych. I have a bit of a headache, but nothing compared to those unfortunates in Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, etc.. Dull out there today, but that makes art in the window OK (no ultraviolet). #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforukraine #artforsale #frustration

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Love this. Very little sleep AGAIN last night. New policy. Propping up pics in the front windows. Had no success alsewhere, so why not. Can't afford Cambridge Open Studios, and will NEVER try to get into the RA ever again. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #workers #construction

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Ukrainian Sky. More tidying the garage and putting stuff into the loft. May tackle booking train to and hotel in Messina. Tried thetrainline, but they were hopeless. such a pain. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforukraine #acrylicpainting #frustration

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The Eve of War. Rather than a visible explosion just a menacing sky. Put free stuff out in the garden. Some things were taken; canes and carboard boxes. CDs left and plastic storage containers. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #acrylicpainting #artforukraine

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Spectacular, March 2022, mixed media on black A5 paper. Another Ukraine image. So much for the Rump promise of solving the war! But then he is mentally ill, or so it appears. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforsale #artforukraine #frustration

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Cutting the panel for 'my' porch roof. I rent; but then no-one owns anything. Better get some art done. Got rid of a very few things from garage. never know what people want. Weird, eh? #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #worker #ferrisphotos

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Minimal, Japanese print-inspired. Would like to do a proper session of a worker disrobing, but haven't the courage to ask. And if they said yes, can't afford to pay them! 26 days to go. Got 9 out of 10 on A2 test. Never knew the Italian for loft. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #workers #ferrisphotos

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Oooo! Happy with the second lot today. Colours great and I love workers. Porch half fixed now. Love it when I contractor says, 'they should never have used that material on an external feature'! More work to be done though. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #construction #workers #ferrisphotos

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Half a horizontal diptych about Ukraine. Bigger, and on canvas board. I suppose I better do a food order from Tesco? Every thing is going up. Thanks Labour for your gracious help! I look like Roger Wittaker this morning. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforsale #artforukraine

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Bomb Blast. Rump has imposed tariffs. The world descends further into chaos. I have James Blunt playing on Amazon Music. New tablet might be useful as screen on phone just too small for an old duffer like me! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforsale #frustration #ukraine

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Sammy yesterday. He loves my decking; he's not my cat though. I left the garage open all day yesterday. Yet another goddamned senior moment. They keep coming thick and fast. Hate it. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #cats

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box of freeby CDs. They will probably be valuable in another 25 years, but can't wait, and will almost certainly be dead by then. Got vinyl too. May try to sell to a dealer. No plans today. May do a bit of art-making again. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #nostalgia

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Sammy doing his usual thing. Woke depressed, but lifted by my miraculous setting up of my new tablet. It took almost 30 mins. Why the bleep do they have to make it SO complicated? Esp for old gits like myself! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #cats

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Today's best. I am SO hacked off. Curry night cancelled because 'some had to cancel'! I won't be going to the next one. It's happened too many times. No wonder kids don't understand formality and keeping appointments! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Ukraine 3. I did a whole sketchbook about the horror. But Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Myanmar are all additional catastrophes. War is always useless. The cost is astronomic, in life and rebuilding. Makes me mad. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #artforukraine #mycottenham #frustration

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City in Ruins March 2022, mixed media on black paper, A5. Still deeply contemplating 'Adolescence.' Will make a second TT about it, but only when the first gets 1000 views. It's hard to refrain. But that is a resolution. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #adolescence #artforsale

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Yesterday. Added black menace above him late last night. It's the way the horrid world we live in attacks youth, all youth, not just the vulnerable. And the solutions the adults offer are utterly inadequate. Makes me sick. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #adolescence

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Not quite angled right, but my IT isn't good enough. Innocence. Response to a certain Netflix series. It's 30cms across. Acrylic and gels + enamel. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #adolescence #artforsale

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The Bridge. Yet another band-wagon jumper and art-promoter ripoff. You can post an image on our platform for 23euros. That's a bloody week's food, you parasites. Glad I've got that off my chest. I must have been an April fool to try it! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforsale #frustration

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Hell yeah, Austin.

submitted 6 days ago • 223 comments

Joined up thinking, please! social media companies first. A respect agender for ALL: boys, girls, adults. And isn't the stat still that those most likely to be attacked are 18-25 males? There have been many initiatives, many failures. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #adolescence

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

They muppets in Parliament are also saying they'll ban mobile phones in school. And presumably, having learned their lesson, the kids will refrain from going online in the evening. The elected are SO far from understanding! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #adolescence

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Nuts! Westminster. Knee. Jerk. They are saying they'll introduce anti-misogyny lessons. Only for boys? It'll make it worse, fools! An aggressive potential incel will react by withdrawing into himself and becoming more intransigent. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #endoftheworld

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3/29 ~ Aunty Acid

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

Found in garage. What to do with it? Do Sky collect, or should I chuck it in the bin? I don't like to, but... There's an old printer too, but I guess people need the drivers to make it work. Tech makes many things worse. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #recycling

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

We live in The Age of Greed. Item after item on the News about 'legal' theft: rents near the new Sizewell power station as high as £3000pcm. It's a disgusting racket. And this government sit back and twiddle their thumbs. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Bills going up almost 25%. I owe £1100 to Cambridge water (one of the worst companies in the field). My bad. Never been efficient when it comes to money. Wish the interviewer would say what we're all thinking! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Nationalise the water companies with NO compensation for the parasites. I don't mean micro-organisms in the polluted lakes and rivers, but the shareholders. And they have spokesmen who are intellectually impared. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Conceptual one to end. I feel like dancing. Might get my kit off and Saltburn it in the sunlight. Got Amazon Music to play my likes. Sorted odd pics of the village for the mag. Possibly. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #abstraction #photography

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

And this one, pretending to be a ghost. Need bacon egg and chips for tea. Partly because TPS, TG, and the RA far screwed me further. Liza Minnelli reading sonnet 94 to a backbeat. My fave poem in English. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #cats #frustration

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Snapped this cutie pie while I was out. Just had a nap for nearly 2 hours. The clock change always buggers me up. I love getting old. Don't feel like doing any Italian today, but may force myself a bit later. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #cats #frustration #oldage

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky! Spinning circle of doom to upload images. Please don't do that. Should think about the garden, but it might well have to wait until I get back for Italy. More bad news about youth knife crime on the BBC. Sigh. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #photography #frustration

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

View from the loft. Just lifted two boxes of paintings up there. It almost killed me. Should probably not have done it on my own, but the lodger's away. Had great lunch yesterday at The Chequers in the village. Thanks, guys! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #domestic #springtime

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

My landing. Trying to rationalise my stuff, esp the paintings. Seems I have to make MORE mess to make LESS! Bright outside. Need to pop out to snap. People like the pretty ones, so better try to do some; fewer conceptual ones? #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #domestic #happiness #photography

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

They're all self portraits. Prof. Donald West described me as a classic narcissist, so it's to be expected. Going to try to lift the boxes of sketchbooks into the loft in a minute. May injure myself! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #artforsale #frustration

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments