Skins. Reminds me of school. PE would have one team play with vests on, one bare-chested. Can't imagine that happening now. Far too suspect! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Panurge. Today I have been painting on top of a large piece of corrugated card packaging. Curved surface with gel and emulsion on top. Looks like rain out there. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

A Little Rough. Another painting rejected by the Royal Academy. I should wear it as a badge of courage! Would like to consign it to the LGBT+ Museum at King's Cross, along with he last copy of my hopeless book? #theferrisfiles #oilpainting #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia #frustration

Gorilla. Only made 2 pics today, but then there are a few under way too. 'Our Ancestors' by Calvina has started really well. Long time since I read anything by him, theough loved him in late adolescence. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #skull

Dandelions have an interesting name in French. I was always told as a child not to pick them because I'd wet the bed. Never happened, but there you go. Loved 'The Dying of the Loght' by Michael Dibdin. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

There is a degree to which taxidermy in museums is a little non-you? Posted a question on fb: Have you been refused by Cambridge Drawing Society? Hoping to stage a Salon des Refuses. Let's see what happens? #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #museum #zoology

I got to he moon before they did. Ok, it's foam in the washing-up bowl, Still no idea why he different froth forms depending on he ration of Fairy to water, and maybe the dirtiness of that water? #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #meaphorsaplenty

Ukraine has slipped into the background because of the obscenity of Iran, so thought I better bring it back into focus. Poster bought in Moscow in 1977, damaged by additions. Time for Tutti Frutti on Rai. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #war

Hunstanton a long time ago. Not really a seaside person myself, unless it be fossiliferous. Blackhall had coal-working waste blackening the sand, but also great pebbles to pick up. Throw out from Dad's I guess. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #frustration #metaphorsaplenty

Out with the DofE kids. Seems a long time ago now. On that particular day the rain stayed away, but there were times when the poverini were drenched. I never did the scheme myself; far too busy with schoolwork! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #nostalgia #metaphorsaplenty

This is where I went to school, on a government scholarship. If I had gone to Longsands instead I would have been bullied, then hung with the bad boys, then got into trouble for not being a good student very quickly. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #frustration #nostalgia

Back in the day I had a film camera, but the price of processing put me off. Dad had a go at developing slides, but showing them was such an absolute faff. This is Hapton Court. Did some good ones, but couldn't bang out loads. #theferrisfiles #nostalgia #frustration #ferrisphotos

An Artist. The padded spport has 'No.1' subtly printed white on white. Van Gogh or Joseph Beuys? Or me. Never really been one for hats, ut when it's so dashed cold I have to don the bobble. Reading another Dibdin at the mo. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #frustration

Capricorn's Daily Song. If I try to work out other possible meanings for CDS, I coe up with weird combinations, especially in that regular waking-up at about 4.00 in the morning! I was born in January, so this works? #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Snowman. Will have to go out. No cereal in the house. Putting off the Tesco order as long as I can. Money down the drain for Coincil Tax and Cambridge Drowning Society. Sorry.. I mean 'Drawing.' #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #nostalgia #metaphorsaplenty

The Boxer. Look at that damn sky again: it's like a snow-filled slab. Spring has sprung, but I see few signs. Astrology said the first 4 months would be awful. Hoping they're right and it'll get better? #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

School Shower. My goodness. A boys secondary with open Spartan 'facilities.' I was shy, some weren't. If I had my time again I would be able to stare and assess. Oil pastel and ink on paper. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #nostalgia #mixedmedia

Probably part of the Endymion-themed works. 9 more examples of what CDS could stand for to find. Not sure if I'll use all of them. Have NOT used Google, dictionaries or AI. Lie awake inventing. May offer a competition and prize? #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #nostalgia

Better post the other drawing. About an hour and a half. The session refined. Thinking about going to the Museum of Classical Archaeology next time. Bit of a schlepp, but I can do it. Was easier when it was near the Fitz. #theferrisfiles #drawing #gorilla #zoology

Chimpanzee displayed skeleton. Weird the relative size of ribcage and pelvis. Many visitors described the specimen as 'our ancestors.' WRONG. Proving that Joe Public doesn't really undersatnd evolution. #theferrisfiles #drawing #evolution #chimpanzee #skeleton #museum

Kunstwollen. My ex, half German, half South African, said this wasn't a word. Erwin Panofsky coined it, and it is sometimes rendered as 'inner necessity' in English. Badly. But anyway... off to the Zoology to sketch. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #nostalgia

Panurge. Listening to the report of art thefts in Parma. Proof, if proof needed, that it's never about beauty.Money is more important in the art world. Has been for decades. I'd like some of it! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Doing batches of 6 on each of my platforms, but not sure if I can sustain this much longer? This harps back to the '70s, when it all started go wrong, but then hindsight is a double-edged sword. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #mixedmedia

The Grappling Hook. I am fascinated by wrestling, but have never been to an actual match. Mason does it, so maybe one of these days...? Rai News24 talking about Trump. Wish the world would settle. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #drawing

The Mechanism. The eminences grises who run the show secretly while the rest of us play in the dark is shown like this. Going to try to NOT go to the deli today. One piece of cake left, and 3 chocky bickies. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Winter pond. I tend to hit a good way to express myself, do a group, then move on completely. Can be caused when someone gives me unwanted materials, or a Christmas present is art stuff. #theferrisfiles #artmaking #mycottenham #nostalgia

A cyanotype of a lay figure. More multi-valent than may at first appear. The ghost of a still-life, the artist literally present as well as metaphorically. Need happy pills because of the so-n-sos at CDS. #theferrisfiles #nostalgia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Bakhmut. Seems that the war in Ukraine has been totally forgotten while the vile enterprise in Iran continues. Gaza forgotten too, but at least 8 million Americans have NOT had lobotomies. I love them all! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #frustration #drawing

A desecrated poster bought in Moscow in 1977. Where did it all go wrong? At least there's one thing coming out of the sh*te of this week: I will Never frame another picture; and in the long term, I must get moved to Italy whatever the cost! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #mixedmedia #frustration

A bit of minimalism. Martin Bax wrote a novel called 'The Hospital Ship.' I loved it, but no-one remembers it now. Thee was a chapter called 'The Cricifixion Disease,' in which much of the populace desired execution. How true. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #ferrisphotos #Ely