A Change in the Weather

I was going through the photographs I took during my exhibition and residency in Innsbruck back in summer 2014, when I came across this previously overlooked snap of an old, slightly skeletonic weathercock leaning against a wall. It's a nice enough photo, if slightly oddly framed – it must have been stashed in an awkward corner – but, looking at it nearly nine years later, I thought it had potential to become something a little bolder.

I'm still mucking about with it, but this is the current state of play:

A change in the weather

If nothing else, it's an interesting illustration of the two contrasting creative personalities that seem to co-habit quite happily within me, one in the guise of a photographer, the other a digital artist. The first is an inquisitive introvert, drawn to noticing the odd, the strange, and the overlooked, and the second a show-off with a liking for over-the-top effects and showmanship.

I can't deny that this reflects aspects of my broader personality, too, although the show-off doesn't get out to play in real life these days as much as he used to, but that's probably just as well: he can be pretty intolerable when he gets going. Psychologically, I believe this is not an uncommon combination where performers of various sorts are concerned, and I read somewhere that even Elton John is really just a shy kid behind those ridiculous glasses. Thank goodness I never learned to play the piano. But, offer me a stage, and I will do my best to entertain you...