2020-November
Lockdown ...... again
Within minutes of our government changing its lockdown approach people were complaining of loss of liberty and the possible ruin of our economy and even though this pandemic has cost us less than the banking bailout in 2008 (£650bn v £320bn) we are being warned that hard times are ahead and that this imposition on our civil liberties cannot continue.
Meanwhile, the WHO continues to advise that Covid 19 has not lost potency nor its ability to transmit. All that has changed is that some governments have spent the time since the April spike learning from others so that they are both better prepared to manage the consequences should you be hospitalised and better at isolating outbreaks
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People continue to die and irrespective of the statistics of tests undertaken, the demographics of those affected and current cases of Covid 19, throughout the UK over 44,000 people have died* (within 28 days of being diagnosed with Covid 19) within a 6-month period. (what I’d really like to know where the other people who took longer to die are recorded).
To date 1 in every 1,450 of us in UK has died of this virus this year. When you compare this with a 1 in 35,000 chance of dying in a road accident this year, I don’t like the odds and I don’t feel reassured enough to drop my guard.
So just do your bit, put on a mask and keep your fucking distance!
* to put this into some perspective, 40,000 civilians died during the 7 months of the Blitz in WW2 and although the country was at war, the killing of civilians was indiscriminate and the resulting hardships considerable, at no time did people complain that the government edicts of nationwide rationing, curfews, blackouts and gasmask wearing all for the collective good were unwarranted.
So, I'm now a part of the online magazine and curated exhibition space called FLOORR whose stated aim is to 'showcase and interview talented artists from across the world'. Unlike most online platforms FLOORR requires that you submit work for review before being accepted as part of their community of 132 artists. Go have a look.
Backlinks
An online SEO checker showed that I wasn't using enough backlinks: A quick google image search showed that I was coming up in quite a few searchable databases that I hadn't anticipated.
So, I'm also part of a network that enables creatives to be hired as freelance artists on collaborative projects or to find collaborators for projects : I will use this !
Looks like I can be found via Picuki.com
My painting Silence is used in Create Gallery promotions for their Emerging Artist 2021 award
An online resource for art collectors
some of my red and black paintings can be found here and paintings for sale may be found here
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
My photo of Clevedon pier is exhibited there
VRBO holiday rentals and Hotels.com
My photos of Clifton Cathedral are used on their web sites : presumably taken from Trover?
My professional past life as an architect is recoded on LinkedIn along with my new life as an Artist
Many prezi files including those prepared while at CODA architects can be found on Prezzi
A link to the work I was heavily involved with at the BRI while at CODA Architects can be seen on this Architects For Health SlideShare link
I haven't raced downhill for a while but I used to race all the Dragon Downhill series as well as GB points series and even had a national ranking: my British Cycling UK sanctioned record can be found here and my other results can be found on roots and drains
Hmmm, Expedia have used another one of my photos; First time was my photo of Clevedon Pier (currently exhibited in Swindon Museum and Art Gallery), now they are using my photo of Traunkirchen on the Trausee in Austria
It seems that they can do this because they bought Trover last year !
Unfortunately, although as of July 1st 2020 Trover has ceased to exist, Expedia still has right of access to all the photos without the need to buy a licence.
Its also on an Australian version called Wotif
