Treasure Island.

A little catch up I guess.

I’m kinda bummed that I Haven’t posted anything in so long (and that this is the second time that I’m writing this due to it being eaten by WordPress), I’ve just been troubling myself with the regular stuff. Nothing major. Just the same old muddling through projects and the ever-looming questioning of things like; ‘hey, wait a minute, where’d my motivation go?’ or ‘why am I getting letters saying my water’s going to be cut off due to no one allegedly living in my house?’. Anyway, all silly trivialities aside, I’ve reinstated the use of my own personal ‘I can, I can’ mantra and am currently working on some miniature stage design for Robert Louis Stevenson’s, Treasure Island. Damn, this was one of my most favourite books (/picture books) when I was a kid; which makes it kinda strange that it took me such a great deal of time to recall the story. Maybe I’ll read it again when I get the time, that’d be super nice!

So, after some reading up and careful deliberation, I came to the conclusion that the following ideas are at the heart of the tale:

-  There is an apparent urge for youth (eugh, that’s a horrible word but I’m being all English As level) to attain experience and
   to do it with haste.
- The hunger for monetary gain is a futile exercise.
- There is a lack of adventure in the modern age.

With this in mind, I’m completing in a ‘Kerouac-beatnik-kids looking to the big enchanting places for something they had with them all along’ kind of way where enlightenment takes the place of the treasure. Clear? Probably not. It has also come to my attention that I talk about Kerouac far to often when talking about my ideas. It’s getting a bit weird. Here are the first couple of characters anyhow;

Jim Hawkins.

Israel Hands.

Oh, and I love these Hockney backdrops;

So I guess I should get rolling on with something similar now, huh?

To conclude, the inner child in me that seems to currently be running rampant compelled me to share this with you;

I found it whilst searching for the most excellent trio; Pens. Good god, not cool!

Without a doubt, I can see myself posting maybe a couple more times today, or at least updating some stuff.

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