Revivalist Music
Posted by David | Filed under Music, My stuff, Video
I found some videos of my old band Barefoot from Glasgow . Head over to the my music section to check them out. You can also find more Barefoot songs at our Myspace
Tags: band, Barefoot, glasgow, Music, punk, revivalist music, scotland, scottish punk, Video
“Times beyond the tree” is available online
Posted by David | Filed under Artwork, Drawing, My stuff, News, Personal, Photography, Writings
A collection of my recent photographs, line drawings, texts and song lyrics are available in the form of a book portfolio called Times beyond the tree (hardback and softback!) Click the cover below where you can find out about the book, preview it and order it online.
Times beyond the tree is a short portfolio selection of my recent photographs, line drawings, texts and song lyrics.
Loneliness, solitude, emptiness.
Awareness, connections, excitement.
Beauty.
A tiptoed journey that turns dead-end glances to next door’s shadows
An awkward, onward struggle that can never be as expected
A couple lie in bed and listen to one another breathe
An old woman is reassured as a flag signals her death
Two strangers find out they have already met and spoken without words
And a windowsill sunset somehow connects it all together in perfect harmony
The title is a reference to Chris Marker’s photomontage La Jétée . A man travels back in time to save civilisation and find his former love. While in a park, the couple stare at a cut cross-section of a giant sequoia tree that is marked with historical dates. The man points somewhere beyond the tree and says “This is where I come from”.
- Preview a low quality selection of the book directly here
Take a pen and paper…and selected short stories
Posted by David | Filed under Artwork, Drawing, My stuff
- Recently it felt like it was time to draw…. Below is a little video snippet compilation of these drawings set to my own song Depth of Winter. Remember you can leave your comments at the bottom of this post.
Onward Upward Struggle by David Shanks
- And here are some of the drawings on Flickr for a more considered look.
- I will also be having the photo below published in the Swedish magazine Utblick in conjunction with an article on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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