“We’re all a little weird and life is a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” - Dr. Seuss
Exuberant Scottish man in kilt, spotted amongst self-conscious fashion glitterati at Art Stage! 2013 (Marina Bay Sands, Singapore). Refreshing and tres adorable!
Strange woman who was filing her nails while waiting for the train to come. She had half a dozen pink curlers in her hair; an arm stacked with bangles from wrist to elbow; wore shades in the dark tunnel and had a sausage-like red lip. Intense.
An Italian mother-daughter couple were giggling behind my back, watching me frantically sketching her, as discreetly as I can. It was the heights of London Olympics and insane crowds - ah, memories.
(Metro station, London, UK)
Worksheets designed Ministry of Education’s ‘Character & Civil Moral Education’syllabus. For seven year olds.
1) ‘Drawing’ Worksheet - Boy with left ear missing drawing a page of esoteric symbols. Homage to Van Gogh re: ear.
2) ‘Spelling’ Worksheet - Thepun between ‘spell’ & Harry Potter. Left side means ‘God’s kingdom’ in ancient Greek. Right side means ‘the truth will set us free’ - Latin.
3) ‘Counting’ Worksheet: When Spock and hippy culture collides.
4) ‘Sport’ Worksheet - Math joke & footballer Leo Messi’s hair.