Thursday 19 June 2014

Six Degrees of Separation....




Life sometimes seem to mimic a giant Venn diagram hastily drawn by a team of toddlers.  Overlaps and connections, hidden and then suddenly revealed, these  came to the fore again and again this week.





It all started when the beautiful artist, Sarah Pickstone and her husband came over to have dinner with some friends a few weeks back.  





Perhaps inevitably, a hidden join was revealed and just like that, a whole slew of new connections bubbled to the surface.
 This week, the launch of her new book, Park Notes 





which combines Pickstone's paintings with the writings of artists and writers centering around London's Regent's Park,  was held at the  Daunt bookshop in Marleybone. Delectable writer Ali Smith and  gorgeous Irish actor Lisa Dwan were there giving readings....






and yet more dormant connections were laid bare.

It seems within certain spheres, the whole idea of six degrees of separation is excessive and one degree would be just fine....

It made me realise how successfully the whole Venn diagram/Six Degrees can be applied across our personal universes.  It works seamlessly within the world of inanimate objects and a clear trail can be laid between the ridiculously lovely printed leathers from The Deep Print Movement 


to the waterfall of sequinned fabric I bought in a little shop on the Seven Sisters Road a few days ago,




to the wonderfully named Supermend,





 my  magic go-to glue powder for making delicate, metallic lace overlays on my chiffon scarves, this one silver on grey...





and black on violet chiffon








to the practically perfect new J choos I bought for this weekend....









I suppose the real wonder would be discovering someone or something with whom you have nothing and nobody in common with, when the Venn became a sad set of individual spheres -   surely not possible.  Or is it?
















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