And if the homework brings you down, Then we’ll throw it on the fire…
My 14-year-old daughter, Holly, attended an evening with the poet
Anyway, Benjamin gave a special performance, by all accounts, during which he took questions from the audience and read some of his poetry. Here’s a bit from Holly which stuck in her mind for obvious reasons…
“A young audience member asked if Benjamin could name one star/celeb that he is inspired by and would like to meet and work with.
Initially, he answered by saying how ordinary people inspire him, yet he continued to say that if he did have the chance to meet two stars they would be, (he says without hesitation) David Bowie and then pauses, thinks and says Jessie Jackson as well.”
That’s pretty cool isn’t it? While there is no reason why Mr Zephaniah shouldn’t have chosen David Bowie, you have to admit it’s a pleasant surprise that he did.
Anyway, you’re probably wondering what the Dickens the illustration above has to do with all of this. Well, it’s a detail from a work in progress Holly is working on for part of her art GCSE.
The painting comprises four different images that she has reproduced using acrylics and coloured pencils. I think most of you got the eye on the left and perhaps even the
You may even have realised that the right eye is a detail from
I feel duty-bound to point out that, despite appearances, it’s not Family Blam Blam week here on BowieNet. (03.21.05 REMINDER: LAST WEEK OF MICHAEL PUTLAND EXHIBITION)
Also, contrary to what you may reasonably think, I don’t force-feed my children a diet of David Bowie…quite the opposite in fact. I rarely suggest anything they should listen to…rather they stumble upon the things that grab their fancy, in much the same way I did. Thankfully it seems to have paid off, and they’ve both inherited the very same good taste gene that I did. };-)