This weekend I was treated to an early x-mas present, a trip to see a talk by sir David Attenborough!.
It was fabulous, we had front row seats so I was able to make some sketches of my childhood hero while he talked.
I was captivated for the whole time, as he spoke he gesticulated extravagantly with his hands, his eyes sparkled, I'm used to seeing him deliver information in a subdued tone so as not to spook the subjects of his films but given an audience he practically danced.
The theme of the presentation was "Life in the undergrowth" which is the title of his new TV series and book and the most extensive documentary ever made about insects, arachnids and other such "mini-beasts" I've been waiting years for someone to tackle the subject but apparently the technology just didn't exist before to film the lil' bugs without frying them under studio lights.
The show airs on BBC1 tomorrow night
but our TV is dead 
,oh well I've already seen the highlights and I'll surely catch a re-run or see it on video soon.
Too many of my heroes died before I got to see them in the flesh (Kirby, Dali, Burroughs, LaVey etc...) so I'm thrilled to have seen sir David up close, thanks to my kitten
for the prezzie now all I have to do to repay her is get her an audience with David LaChapelle or Pierre et Gilles or........
It was fabulous, we had front row seats so I was able to make some sketches of my childhood hero while he talked.
I was captivated for the whole time, as he spoke he gesticulated extravagantly with his hands, his eyes sparkled, I'm used to seeing him deliver information in a subdued tone so as not to spook the subjects of his films but given an audience he practically danced.
The theme of the presentation was "Life in the undergrowth" which is the title of his new TV series and book and the most extensive documentary ever made about insects, arachnids and other such "mini-beasts" I've been waiting years for someone to tackle the subject but apparently the technology just didn't exist before to film the lil' bugs without frying them under studio lights.
The show airs on BBC1 tomorrow night
but our TV is dead ,oh well I've already seen the highlights and I'll surely catch a re-run or see it on video soon.
Too many of my heroes died before I got to see them in the flesh (Kirby, Dali, Burroughs, LaVey etc...) so I'm thrilled to have seen sir David up close, thanks to my kitten
for the prezzie now all I have to do to repay her is get her an audience with David LaChapelle or Pierre et Gilles or........VIEW 11 of 11 COMMENTS
Hope yr having a fab Xmas by the way!
That's a cool early Xmas present- ain't it great when yr work sells? Even better is holding the shiny cheque in yr hands, mmm *drools*