My earliest recollections of creative practice….. Due to the ill health of my mother and her need for many medical operations over an extended period, I lived in a very dark house for the first seven (7) years on my life. With the curtains and blinds drawn shut the majority of the time, and bedrooms doors closed, I...
Category: Narrative
Memory – Age 14
Reflecting, as to how things could have been…. I wonder sometimes how things could have been…. I wonder if I was born into a different family, what could have life been like? I did at different points find sanctuary in other families’ homes – particular neighbours, and a few relatives. I recall when ever I was in these...
Memory – Age 2
My earliest recollection The earliest recollections I have of my life are: I recall darkness and starkness of an empty house I recall the house had little to no natural light….. I recall being alone, and feeling scared most of those days…. I recall there were few if anyone in the house with me….. I have no...
Memory – Age 13
Moving from being a big fish in a little pond…… I had graduated from primary school, and I was now going to high school. The new high school I went to, drew from all the local smaller primary schools from surrounding districts, making the high school population four (4) to five (5) to six (6)...
Memory – Age 9
Another significant event…. I know one of my pet hates in life is the schoolyard pick. Based on my experience on the receiving end, I avoid it like the plague … When I am presented an opportunity in leadership, To split a group, I will use any other method than the schoolyard pick This is...
Memory – Age 7
I have always tried to live straight up and down But it seems that no matter how much I tried, trouble has always followed me, wrong place, wrong time.. dragging me off my feet something always seems to get in my way, and I come unstuck…. That trait seems to have followed me through pretty much all of my life……….....
Memory – Age 14 – 16
This is another in-situated recollection of what I consider to have been a significant period in my life, when I was Age 14 to Age 16. Looking for something (other than where I was..) Looking for something (other than where I was)©David L Page 2016 The house was a lot quieter now, even if only...
Memory – Age 20 Part 1
Desperate Times As my life twisted and turned through so many significant events, there was an ongoing feeling of instability. I had been trying to look forward but could not see anything, It was as if a midst lie in front of where I was standing – a thick blanket of fog as I had experienced in...
Memory – Age 17 – 19 Part 2
This is another recollection of what I consider to have been a significant period in my life, when I was Age 17 – 19 Part 2. Bouncing off walls…. Work I was developing well in my role as an apprentice , but I found that I was actually very good within the management side of running...
Memory – Age 17 – 19 Part 1
This is another recollection of what I consider to have been a significant period in my life, when I was Age 17 – 19 Part 1. Independence Car Licence I had been practicing driving a car for a number of months – most notably since I turned 16 years nine (9) months when I became eligible in...