© Alison Day
Friday, 17 April 2015
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Off the Wall
The original mural by Alison
Day
For me, the question had always remained: What was the story behind the mural?
With that in mind, I'm about to self-publish—the story behind the mural as a children's book and one that I have written, illustrated and designed too.
Currently, I am working towards self-publishing the story, via a crowdfunder. So, watch this space and my other social media...
© Alison Day
Saturday, 21 March 2015
The Queue
At last, the first day of Spring and there's already a queue in the garden ;)
For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and coverBlossom by blossom the spring begins.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909)
© Alison Day
Friday, 13 March 2015
Gold Springtime
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
—William Wordsworth
© Alison Day
Sunday, 15 February 2015
Sad Troll
Troll by Alison DayWhen I was a kid I had a troll - they were ugly, plastic and came in a variety of sizes with coloured hair - mine had orange.In Internet slang, a troll is:OR: Being a prick on the Internet because you can.Early morning, on Valentine's Day, I discovered a rather surprising and very misguided message had been left for me on my Facebook page: 'FUCKING PHOTO THIEF'. It came from a woman, of self-professed, deep faith and spirituality, living in the USA and although I won't name and shame her, because unlike her action, I'm not in the habit of stooping that low - it is, worthy of a blogpost.These days, with the internet playing an increasingly important role in our lives, for a plethora of reasons - social contact, work and love - I feel a certain amount of decorum should be maintained. This verbal attack not only crossed a line, it was completely unfounded.For those of you who may not be familiar with it, my Facebook is a place where I share my personal art, design and written work. It contains links to my website, and other social media and wherever my work gets featured. My work generally carries a copyright watermark, for the simple reason that I don't want it to suddenly turn up somewhere as a t-shirt design without my permission! Also, I feature the work of other artists on my page - out of mutual interest and support, as well as things that interest me, such as ecological and environmental ideas, re-cycling, up-cycling etc. In all cases, posts and photos link back to the artisan or creator!Unable to see the troll's point, I decided to report said post to Facebook, via their support. Unfortunately, in my haste I clicked on 'Hate speech' instead of 'Harassment/bullying' by accident, but I'm sure they were able to make an educated evaluation and sort it into its relevant pigeon hole, for processing.Twenty-four hours later, a reply came from Facebook. They didn't see this as a breach of any of their community standards and had decided not to remove the offending post.OK...Honestly, I was surprised. I didn't expect them to delete it - I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself and did, but no cautionary email to the purveyor saying that this wasn't acceptable behaviour - on the Internet, off the internet or even from one adult to another?!Oh, the devolution of it all!I find it pitiful that someone, without bothering to find out anything about me or my work, feels the necessity to launch an unfounded, verbal attack. Initially, jealousy came to mind, but I think it is more a case of a lot of unresolved issues from a very sad troll.P.S. Photo by ME — illustration ALSO by ME by Alison Day© Alison Day
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