A bit of culture of a Friday afternoon

I was late leaving Zac's because an Iranian asylum seeker asked for some goods. I managed to meet some of her requests and said I will try and get some more for her from Cwtch Mawr. 

I said I was sorry she'd had to leave her country then realised that might sound unwelcoming so said, "I mean, you're very welcome here but I'm sorry you had to leave your home." I think she understood. I hope.

What sounds right in my head often comes out completely wrong.

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I got tooted and grinned at, and thought, "Yay, I've still got it." Then I caught a glimpse of myself in a shop window. "Ah, he must have been tooting at someone else."

So I didn't make it to the writing group meeting. Okay, I could have gone in late but decided against it. However on my way to the train station I passed the art gallery and, on an impulse, called in. I don't get a lot of art I have to confess. There's an exhibition currently called Out of This World by Heather Phillipson, ". . . a sequence of sonic and atmospheric conditions that conjure airspace, aerospace and outer space." 

I walked in and gasped, much as I did at the slug trail in the lounge but this time with Wow attitude. I didn't understand it but it was amazing.

The gallery has a permanent collection of war images by Welsh artists.  First two from 1941 when Swansea suffered the Three Day Blitz and much of the town centre was destroyed.

Castle Street by Will Evans

 

Demonic by Ceri Richards

From 1916, Mametz Wood by Edward Handley-Read

The Mametz one is a large canvas occupying one wall on its own and the beautiful light and colour isn't properly captured by this photo. At first glance it looks like a simple painting of a beautiful forest but if you look closer you see the damage to the trees as well as human bodies and broken armaments.

Another current exhibition is Voice Figures by Margaret Watts Hughes. "Forms produced by the vibrations of the human voice." A bit of a step-up from the basic experiments we did as children.

I came away amazed, bemused, delighted, and with the feeling I must visit these places more often. I also found out there's a free mosaic class every Friday from 1-3 pm. I'll have to see if anyone would be interested in coming with me.