Wishing you and yours a fun holiday season and a terrific 2020.
Social Media Free February: Quitting Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn
Inspired by the book, Deep Work by Cal Newport (I’m inking while listening to the audiobook. Oops. I think that may be against the idea of the book…), I’m taking a social media break for the month of February. I don't actually use Facebook and Twitter as much as some people I know, but I do think that I need more time to be focused on some important things this year. I need to do a lot more drawing and writing, as well as get to grips with the garden and learn some new software so that I can migrate away from the iron grip of Adobe.
I will still be updating this blog and you can sign up to my newsletter if you want to know what Is going on with me each month. If you wish to contact me, there is good old-fashioned email (write to me at alexhallatt.com).
Eastbourne and Eric Ravilious
Last week I needed to escape from London and swim in the sea so I headed down to Eastbourne on the south coast. I used to live in Eastbourne and the best things about it are
- the beach is a lot nicer than the ones in Kent,
- you can walk from the town up onto the South Downs without crossing any major roads and
- the Towner.
When I left Eastbourne to move to New Zealand, there was a fantastic little gallery called the Towner. The Towner has got a lot bigger, But it still has a great collection of Eric Ravilious's work that you can see for free.
I like his woodcuts the best.
Back on the Paddle Board
We are having a beautiful summer in New Zealand, but I have been spending too much of it working and gardening. It was good to be back on the water and take my first SUP in Lyttelton Harbour.
