 #Portraitsproj Over the last six months I've been drawing people as I go along in my life, enjoying the slice of time talking together whilst creating the portrait. Often giving the resulting drawings in PDF form, I enjoyed this gifting of art, which led me to print them onto specific items as presents. I have also created a set of plates for my own use, which are on display in House of Denna and are being added to through June, along with a (birthday) party mid-month. More info in the below PDF 
      Open studios this weekend.
I've been in my space at Thames-Side for ten years now, but it might be my last one as I'm looking to re-locate from London, so I'll be there all weekend. It also might not be :-) www.thames-sidestudios.co.uk/news/print-studios/2024/woolwich-open-studios-2024 It's nearly four years since I wrote any viewds, heards or beens on this blog. Inspiration bit at last, so here's a new one, No Feeling is Final, a meandering ponder inspired by Lidice: lee-simmons.blog/reviewds/lidice-memorial-and-museum-and-other-things There is a little photo album underneath.  An article I wrote for UKC about climbing in Albania is now available on their website: www.ukclimbing.com/articles/destinations/climbing_in_albania-14411  Here is 'Container Exercise' the last of my contemplation and relaxation recordings added to youtube.. the footage is from Lake Ohrid, by the village of Lin in Albania. I had a bit of a pause before this one, having voice recorded the exercises in Spring 2020, which I shared on soundcloud. Over the next year I also shared them on youtube learning basic editing using Imovie. That stopped working when I updated my operating system but Rush is very similar, which I used for this yesterday. It's great how accessible video editing has become! This series was DIY and self-initiated but designed to be supportive more widely during the covid outbreak and for use in therapeutic environments. I made an extra one along the way of relaxation techniques and coping strategies, videoed on Mount Dajti, Albania quite spontaneously. I'll post that below too. There are also three articles in The Professional Mountaineer that I wrote for similar reasons, which you can access here I'm not sure if I'll keep using the channels, the platforms are free so if I don't add to them I will still leave the material there. Relaxation Techniques and Coping Strategies video below.   Here is the relaxation exercise 'Four Elements', with some video imagery of landscapes I took using a go pro and mobile phone. I'm quite enjoying putting these podcasts to moving image. The next one is safe / special / calm place - whichever title suits your place best. Here is a contemplation on the body I made in the spring of 2020 as a voice recording, now with the lovely moving image of collies in Cornwall, UK. Some voice recordings I made during the first lockdown in the U.K. and shared on soundcloud are heading over to youtube. Though I'm putting moving image with them, they can still be listed to as short podcasts. The first is Rational Positivity. Head over there and give me a follow for updates on when the new ones are available. Before the year is out, I've updated my portfolio to include key works from 2000 - 2020, in my usual postcard format. The images are quite small to keep it light. If you would like a higher quality, printable version email me lee @ lasimmons.com
Below are cards from the last three years, And fun with lava cube... if you click on the image to enlarge it, you can then use the arrow to make me climb at speed, like a digital flip book. Yesterday I received a PDF of my article (previous blog post) from Mountain Training, in their magazine The Professional Mountaineer. You can download it here:
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