First Days Are Exciting

First days are exciting, and today - my first working on the groundUP residency, was no exception. Much of my time was spent talking to the lovely people of Burnley, such an open welcoming bunch of people. I have drunk a lot of tea, joined ladies in Scott Park on outdoor fitness equipment, chatted over the garden fence to a family on Rosehill Road and struck up a conversation with an elderly gentleman on the bus. I met with Denzel, who is a working horse and talked to Kelly, the other residency artist about her work and her background as a historian. Not many projects start with such a fascinating set of experiences - my notebook is already filling up nicely...