A Tower and A Town

I've been away for a week, first to the Isle of Skye where I ate, walked, smashed up furniture, paddled, burned wood and generally wandered about in amazement. The weather was unusually sunny and fairly warm, which made everything beautiful. I looked at the moon through a telescope for the first time in my life.

 

Climbing the Old Man of Storr

The Old Man of Storr

The Cuillins

The burning of the bracken

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I then headed straight to Abersoch to help my friend Tom make a short film. I said i'd 'act' in it, something i've not done before but that I wanted to have a go at. There was no dialogue, and everything was improvised with little preparation, so it wasn't really 'acting', but it was an interesting collaborative experience that seemed to run really smoothly. 

 The bay

 The bay (photo by Brodie Linklate Abbott)

 Me and Kyle (photo by Brodie Linklate Abbott)

I think this process is an interesting model for collaboration. Everyone has their own job or role, which allows them to focus on and pursue that particular craft whilst also contributing to a bigger outcome. In my case it was to be in front of the camera. For the last shot I had to run into the sea fully clothes several times, becoming more and more exhausted each time, which was actually a lot of fun. The rushes look good, so i'm looking forward to seeing the end result...

More soon...