Losing the magic

 

I remember the exact moment when my childhood toy soldiers and self-made shoe-box Dodge City would no longer play for me. The magic had gone. Who would guess that such moments, when the magic disappears, would reoccur throughout life?

all artwork & text copyright ian gordon craig

An empty seat & Childhood in Thoresby.

This month’s sketchbook video diary is about empty seats:

Above: Dukeries Childhood, was to be part of a triptych, but it looks better as a stand alone item. The person is from an old black and white photograph of my brother. The house is Three Gables, Thoresby Park, in which we lived as children. Magpies will take small treasures away if you're not careful.

 All text, pros, poetry & artwork, copyright Ian Gordon Craig.