This afternoon I went to Loughborough College of Art to see the final year students' displays. What a fabulous collection of talent was shown. Here we have young people who show creativity in bucket fulls. I asked, 'What now?' ... and, sad to say for the ones I spoke to ... little or nothing other than a large loan to pay off. The idea that they can make a living from their creativity is frightening and this is only one college. The job/career that they would love becomes a side-line or a hobby and they go into the world looking and looking ...
While at Plymouth University I noticed an art exhibition that looked really interesting. It was called 'Leaving Earth' by Jane Grant. As I wandered in to take a look some opaque glass doors in the back of the room (which gave access to the street) opened and in walked the strangest figure. A figure that just fitted the exhibition. He said he was making a statement !