And now, dear Reader, I take you away from the officious reportage of my public life and down to the level of intent and motivation. I have been doing the record-spinning gig for the past two years – initially for a bit of a laugh, a bit of fun… and have seen an incredible impression being made upon the people with whom I work. Flashes of inspiration, moments or realization, expectations being blown away… whatever you want to call it – there appears to be some sort of communion with the divine, the creator within, that scarcely is unnoticed by anyone who sees it – participant and spectator alike. There is something amazing, magical, that transpires in the ten minutes or so that I am with someone. They open up a space within themselves and touch something.

I have a growing and devoted following here around town where I live and, following recent dates ( such as the Small World festival), I can see that others too are recognizing the rare genius contained within the work I do – and not a moment too early!

As put so well by an art therapist “What you do in ten minutes takes me three days to do. Oh, btw – I’m stealing your idea”. Oh well, mimicry is the best compliment.

Since October last year I have been working to take the Viz-Usual Spin on the road to share it with the European continent, meh, the whole world, to cut a stencil of each of the localities I visit, to paint limited edition pieces only at those locations and, to promote the creative inspiration I see as a light in the eyes of someone who ‘gets’ the work I am doing. Most importantly of all, I want to promote MY creativity, the work that I do! I’ll bring along a canvas or two, a portfolio and some business cards… here’s hoping my phone will keep ringing long after the tour is done! Winter work as an artist living in England is a blessing!

Let me tell you a little bit about what I’ve organized so far.

I have saved up on records, and now have about 6,000 or so, with more sources available. I have researched locations and laws and have found no real restrictions in those. I have looked on eBay for a suitable van – 3.5t will be necessary at the very least in order to carry people and supplies, and an ex-community bus or crew cab unit will be ideal, with tinted windows please, and then there’s insurance to throw in on top of that, plus fuel, breakdown kit (fuel filters/ fan belts/ spare light globes), plus food…PLan is, to sleep in the van

We will also need some paint supplies. I do have quite a pile of offbeat colours yet require a palette of basic, standard rainbow and girly and boyish colours; ROYGBIV, black, pinks, purples, a couple of fluro’s just for good measure.

From the time I am financed, I think it will take me 2 weeks to get everything ready and together – to pack the van in such a way that I can cut stencils on the run, modify it if necessary, and make any servicing and repairs and to book a ferry.

Wish me luck!

So what do I hope to achieve from all of this activity? A fun holiday? No. I hope to achieve notoriety for what I do, to sustain my family on it’s wave long enough to improve our life situation which, ultimately, would arrive at our finding a rural plot of land and living simply, networking with others to live a simple and low impact life without the confusions of money to dictate whether or not I live or die, eat or starve and all that.

**I have been making a video log of this entire process, from the when we were going thru the eviction and move out, to all the way along. I intend to make a video documentary with a little help from my good friends at Bat On Ball Studios.**

Kickstarter has been a great thing for me to help me to put my ideas together, in a straight line format which every day becomes clearer. Wish me luck!