This year Terence Roy Waterfield would have been 90. We lost him when he was 78. It takes a long time to process losing a loved one. I am making seven posts between my dad’s birthday and Father’s day. This is the sixth post in the series. Gate Six: Work, Play, Family. Gate Six is about Dad the painter and …
Little Blue Man: Gate Five
I am making seven posts between my dad’s birthday and Father’s day. This is the fifth post in the series. This year Terence Roy Waterfield would have been 90. We lost him when he was 78. It takes a long time to process losing a loved one. Gate Five is about The Navy Club. Dad was entertainments secretary and ultimately …
Little Blue Man: Gate Four
I am making seven posts between my dad’s birthday and Father’s day. This year Terence Roy Waterfield would have been 90. We lost him when he was 78. It takes a long time to process losing a loved one. Gate Four is called Sea Is Meadow. It is about coping with illness. In this section I work with participants embodying …
Little Blue Man: Gate Three
I am making seven posts between my dad’s birthday and Father’s day. This year Terence Roy Waterfield would have been 90. We lost him when he was 78. It takes a long time to process losing a loved one. Gate Three is about about Naval Training. My Dad served in the Royal Navy between 1948 and 1956. However it felt …
Little Blue Man: Gate Two
I am making seven posts between my dad’s birthday and Father’s day. This year Terence Roy Waterfield would have been 90. We lost him when he was 78. It takes a long time to process losing a loved one. Gate Two is about Dad’s flat, though the holding image here would suggest the seashore. When I worked on the project …
‘Little Blue Man’ Gate One
Early this year I lost my mum. It’s been hard coming to terms with that. Funnily enough part of that process has been to re-visit the creative ways I dealt with grief when I lost my Dad in 2009. It’s his birthday today. He would have been 90. Over the next seven days I will post a re-edited version of …
Follow the Stone: Pre-amble
Follow the Stone: Pre-amble Preamble[1]:before a walk begins. A thought pathway in two parts: 2021 and 1961. Part One 2021 Now Whenever I leave the house I am always going ‘Somewhere, there’s a place for us’ It’s clear, simple and obvious. How I go is the question. Why I go is the other question. I am “going to …
Follow the Stone Part Four: Stopping Places – the aerodrome
Follow the Stone Part Four: Stopping Places – the aerodrome I became conscious in re-working Follow the Stone for a short film edit after Virtual Strata [1] that the piece represented the inner and outer world of Lockdown[2] for me. I think the strands for further development are in the film, and in the continuous working of the 8K walk …








