I was a lucky 2 weeks artist in residency end April until mid May!
I lived in Prospect Cottage in Dungeness. It was once the home of Derek Jarman, a British filmmaker, I’d say experimental, gay activist, and painter and all of all, a gardener. This cottage and the garden around became quite famous. He spent his last living years here … remember when Aids came up in the 80es and so so so many artists, gay artists, died away? He was one of them, died in 1994. 30 years ago. This cottage now belongs to a … read more here if you like!
What was I doing? Sitting on my favourite bench in the sun, dreaming a lot of intense dreams, making super 8 films and pinhole photos (for some reason this time my peppermint camera is better than my Illy!), collecting leaves and flowers, cooking a soup for developing.
2 weeks are short. 2 weeks are long.
A butterfly flutters around me, I say: “Come here, land on my hand, little butterfly!” and what does he do? Land on my hand and look at me! I look back and smile and feel very welcome here.
