A couple of other shots of more permanent homes;
24 Hour Art Challenge - part 3.
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And, the stunning views and atmosphere being enjoyed.
And a final cave shot;
And a final cave shot;
TBH I was very undecided about posting these here. I feel very strongly that those who respect the place (or, perhaps anyone) has a right to live here and live as they like. However, the views are very special and very magical and everyone also has a right to enjoy them.
Absolutely nothing stopping anyone capable of the climb from enjoying them. Safe as fuck. So, where's the problem?
All shot on non-branded 3MP fixed focus cheapo chips digi compact. No cropping. No PP. (for those interested).
Absolutely nothing stopping anyone capable of the climb from enjoying them. Safe as fuck. So, where's the problem?
All shot on non-branded 3MP fixed focus cheapo chips digi compact. No cropping. No PP. (for those interested).
This evenings cheapo chips digi compact scene.
Every night is a beautiful night. Just completed another small dusk painting.
Staying in now to finish my new totalism.co.uk site. Possibly. May get distracted.
No news on evictions. All appears quiet. Hopefully that's a good thing.
Seriously considering giving up all Totalist Angel talk. That may well be my last mention on the subject. It's getting a bit messy!
Every night is a beautiful night. Just completed another small dusk painting.
Staying in now to finish my new totalism.co.uk site. Possibly. May get distracted.
No news on evictions. All appears quiet. Hopefully that's a good thing.
Seriously considering giving up all Totalist Angel talk. That may well be my last mention on the subject. It's getting a bit messy!
I am a Galactic Gateway. So I'm told. That's good to know.
Still no evictions at the caves and I'm now seeing there's no point in evicting them just yet.
I'm also a yellow person.
I'm missing my early morning cafe con leche and tostada de tomata in random cafeterias and bars. Really missing it. I'll be waking early tomorrow morning to find a new cafe and remember the good times even though I don't have to.
Yellow people are creative free thinkers but, that can be a dangerous thing without wisdom. I'll never be wise thankfully.
I have to get out of the routine trap I've found.
Thanks to someone for the Mayan calendar reading. I'd love to believe that everyone born the same day as me is me like but, I can't.
Sense this thread has finally run it's Total course. Maybe?
Still no evictions at the caves and I'm now seeing there's no point in evicting them just yet.
I'm also a yellow person.
I'm missing my early morning cafe con leche and tostada de tomata in random cafeterias and bars. Really missing it. I'll be waking early tomorrow morning to find a new cafe and remember the good times even though I don't have to.
Yellow people are creative free thinkers but, that can be a dangerous thing without wisdom. I'll never be wise thankfully.
I have to get out of the routine trap I've found.
Thanks to someone for the Mayan calendar reading. I'd love to believe that everyone born the same day as me is me like but, I can't.
Sense this thread has finally run it's Total course. Maybe?
Maybe I'll tey and rekindle a bit of interest instead.
Tonight I'm off into the hidden depths of mountain forests to photograph a secret meeting of contemporary hobits. They invited me so, there may even be pics of real life hobit people.
Is that interesting?
Will try and get results posted here by tomorrow. However, may not be possible to shoot digitally so, film processing and scanning may take a couple days.
Tonight I'm off into the hidden depths of mountain forests to photograph a secret meeting of contemporary hobits. They invited me so, there may even be pics of real life hobit people.
Is that interesting?
Will try and get results posted here by tomorrow. However, may not be possible to shoot digitally so, film processing and scanning may take a couple days.
Meeting didn't happen. Caves are being evicted and bulldozed as I write. Really don't want to go and photograph it. They're peoples homes being wrecked for the sake of sterile, artificle tourism and development.
This is a far as I got. Little digger in background has just sealed off one evicted cave.
Despite the hill being littered with police, as far as I can make out only one cave has been forcefully evicted and sealed off. Other cave dwellers are putting up little resistance. Some have even left for a bit of peace.
I suspect the townhall and police put pressure on the legal owners of uninhabited caves by telling them they were responsible for the safety of the caves. Then owner gives permission to have the cave bulldozed to the extent that it can't be squatted.
Many of the safer caves look to be safe from eviction and diggers. I'll pop back up later and try to find out who's still around.
I don't think it's going to be that bad. Three caves are a bit wobbly TBH and there was a minor earth tremmor the other night. It is the scruffiest part of the hill and they are in an area that was fenced off sometime ago.
I also suspect that the more established caves dwellers know this. Hence, they're happy to keep out of the way for the time being.
Had a brief chat with the police in this pic. Simply told me I wasn't allowed to walk up to the caves here but, could walk around to the top of the hill. Lots of onlookers but, absolutely no protest from anyone.
Absolutely no evictions! Apparently the little digger just went up the hill the, then little digger just came down the hill. What was all that about? Anyway - it's good news.
Loveliest things about Granada number 209.
You sit somewhere nice to watch the sun go down over the city and within a short time you are guaranteed to be joined by people with the same idea. Some bring drink. Some bring spliff. Some bring music. This guy was playing traditional style Moroccan music.
Staying in tonight. May even finish my new website. Nick Cave recorded live at the Brixton Academy 2001 on radio tres. Nice. I was there. Reminds of good things about London.
Loveliest things about Granada number 209.
You sit somewhere nice to watch the sun go down over the city and within a short time you are guaranteed to be joined by people with the same idea. Some bring drink. Some bring spliff. Some bring music. This guy was playing traditional style Moroccan music.
Staying in tonight. May even finish my new website. Nick Cave recorded live at the Brixton Academy 2001 on radio tres. Nice. I was there. Reminds of good things about London.
I'm listening in on a conversation between the snobby Irish artist and his new friend. Know I shouldn't be but, it is very interesting.
He's talking about a guy who buys his paintings who is part of the monied crew trying to get the caves evicted for development. Says he may be buying a cave to turn into a house.
They would shit on him up there
OK. No more eaves dropping.
This guy is one of the nastiest two faced cunts I've ever met.
e2a; I know it's wrong but, I'm going to tell anyway. He's brought (or, possibly bought) a very pretty street boy back home with him. He does this lots. Girls and boys from the streets and squats and the caves. Feeds them a meal, paints portraits and then tries to talk them into modelling naked. Then you never see them again Sort of short term obsessive, one way relationships. It's very strange.
Much as I don't like him, he is a great character for my book.
He's talking about a guy who buys his paintings who is part of the monied crew trying to get the caves evicted for development. Says he may be buying a cave to turn into a house.
They would shit on him up there
OK. No more eaves dropping.
This guy is one of the nastiest two faced cunts I've ever met.
e2a; I know it's wrong but, I'm going to tell anyway. He's brought (or, possibly bought) a very pretty street boy back home with him. He does this lots. Girls and boys from the streets and squats and the caves. Feeds them a meal, paints portraits and then tries to talk them into modelling naked. Then you never see them again
Sort of short term obsessive, one way relationships. It's very strange.Much as I don't like him, he is a great character for my book.
Lots of conflicting reports from the caves. There are evictions happening and caves are being filled with sand.
One guy who actually owns his cave turned up the other day to find police and a JCB filling his home in. Once he produced his legal deeds the head of police ordered the digger to remove the sand and repair all damage.
I have a plan to go and investigate with camera. I'm going disguised as an artist Pre-armed with canvases with paintings started from a particular view point. I'll do these from memory.
One guy who actually owns his cave turned up the other day to find police and a JCB filling his home in. Once he produced his legal deeds the head of police ordered the digger to remove the sand and repair all damage.
I have a plan to go and investigate with camera. I'm going disguised as an artist
Pre-armed with canvases with paintings started from a particular view point. I'll do these from memory.
Fuck it. Just started raining. So much for the painting plan. I'll take a walk up anyway.
Stanley Edwards said:Absolutely no evictions! Apparently the little digger just went up the hill the, then little digger just came down the hill. What was all that about? Anyway - it's good news.
Loveliest things about Granada number 209.
You sit somewhere nice to watch the sun go down over the city and within a short time you are guaranteed to be joined by people with the same idea. Some bring drink. Some bring spliff. Some bring music. This guy was playing traditional style Moroccan music.
Staying in tonight. May even finish my new website. Nick Cave recorded live at the Brixton Academy 2001 on radio tres. Nice. I was there. Reminds of good things about London.
I hope that emoticin encapsulates what I can not say
firky said:
I hope that emoticin encapsulates what I can not say
Yay. Very cool. Life doesn't get much cooler.
12 caves filled in or, squashed. Mostly uninhabited and very unsafe caves. Although, one legal owner wasn't around to stop the diggers and lost his cave.
All quiet ATM. Will check some facts before reporting anymore because it's all getting a bit hazy. Not sure how you check facts here mind
And tonights sunset from the cheapo chips 3MP point and shoot.
You can't fail to take a good one here
You can't fail to take a good one here
Re; The caves.
Apparently the Mayor has been denounced. Will try and find out what this means exactly and who denounced him later.
Apparently the Mayor has been denounced. Will try and find out what this means exactly and who denounced him later.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Fascinating stuff. We spent a happy afternoon a few years back wandering around the cave area. It's a weirdly attractive place
If it's like the Italian denuncia, it means that either that an official complaint has been made about his conduct to the police, or that the police have filed a report to the equivalent of the prosecution service. Not charged or anything yet, but sounds like things are moving.
Stanley Edwards said:
If it's like the Italian denuncia, it means that either that an official complaint has been made about his conduct to the police, or that the police have filed a report to the equivalent of the prosecution service. Not charged or anything yet, but sounds like things are moving.
Dirty Martini said:
Very much the same as the Italian system. Spanish culture is very similar to Italian culture in many ways - very family driven. Like some 'families' are very big and powerful and a little corrupt. This kind of thing goes on all over Spain. Rarely do you find a weekly paper without some story about a town mayor being found guilty of corruption in property deals and planning applications. It's all a bit Mafioso.
Some of the cave dwellers have formed an association and are working with some eco architects and lawyers to put pressure on various council departments and people. They've actually got a blog up and running. In Spanish but, I'll find a link anyway. Need to talk to them first before I say to much here.
They have a tough fight ahead of them. However, I'll bet the mayor wasn't expecting a well organised fight like the one he's going to get!
A little background info; some legal owners of caves have been applying for water and electricity supplies for years. They never get them. Essential services are needed to get a property 'signed-off' as ready for inhabitation. Caves here can be bought very cheaply still - from as little as €3000 for a literal hole in the ground. But, with consent and supplies that could quite easily become €150,000. There's big money to be made. The major owns over 70 properties in Granada!
I want to talk to some people who are in favour of the evictions but, I can't find any
Would be good to report a balanced view. Doubt the Mayor would find time for me. However, he seems to be the only person willing to put his point of view across publicly for the pro eviction camp.
Would be good to report a balanced view. Doubt the Mayor would find time for me. However, he seems to be the only person willing to put his point of view across publicly for the pro eviction camp.
One person who is in favour of the evictions is the snobby Irish artist from Dublin circa 1934. However, I've been keeping well out his way lately. Now he's upto something new.
He has been asked to leave the house at the end of the 6 month agreement. Today I saw him all dressed up in a suit with a smug smile on his shit ugly mug. And, now I'm receiving 'signed for' post from him to the owner (who I don't particularly like today).
So, I should sit back and keep out of it entirely because it's nothing to do with me?
I'll bet everything I have that it is going to turn out to have everything to do with me and all be my fault entirely
He has been asked to leave the house at the end of the 6 month agreement. Today I saw him all dressed up in a suit with a smug smile on his shit ugly mug. And, now I'm receiving 'signed for' post from him to the owner (who I don't particularly like today).
So, I should sit back and keep out of it entirely because it's nothing to do with me?
I'll bet everything I have that it is going to turn out to have everything to do with me and all be my fault entirely
It's snowing 
Will be taking cameras into the Sierra Nevada at the weekend
Will be taking cameras into the Sierra Nevada at the weekend
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Stanley Edwards said:
They like their small town oligarchs in Spain. Does he own the football club there as well by any chance?
Are the evictions getting any national media coverage there yet?
Dirty Martini said:
Don't know who owns the local FC. I'll check it out. They've certainly been going places over the past two years.
At least six TV stations from all over Spain have been filming. No idea what has been broadcast mind.
It's all quiet again ATM. The hill is now very snow covered. Cold and wet - not a nice place to live!
March is usually the time that travelers come and stake a claim to a squatted cave, I suspect that is when the next action will kick-off. Prospectors will be trying to buy between now and then. Or, at least that's my guess.
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Other news.
The snobby Irish artist from Dublin (circa 1934) has sent a letter to the house owner via his solicitor. His solicitor is, of course, an old school establishment type. Basically (and I'm not supposed to know this) he is putting pressure on the house owner to evict me and not pay his rent because of me.
He doesn't stand a chance
Besides, I move in March anyway.
A view from the garden this morning. Not quite as snowy as I was hoping.
The Alhambra with a very slight dusting of snow. The gnomes belong to the neighbour. He has reinforced by opinion that people who keep gnomes in their gardens are control freak fascists.
The Alhambra with a very slight dusting of snow. The gnomes belong to the neighbour. He has reinforced by opinion that people who keep gnomes in their gardens are control freak fascists.
I have a problem.
The snobby Irish artist from Dublin (circa 1930 summat) is at it again. He isn't going to give up.
He is now applying legal pressure on the house owner to make me leave. Says he doesn't feel safe because I am a wrongun and I may steal his paintings or, damage his belongings or something
I'm taking a month off anyway and planning to look after someone's cave for a couple of weeks. It may be easiest to just keep well out of the way until he leaves at the end of February. I planned to leave in the second week of March anyway. House owner has actually just asked if I could leave. She was very embarrassed and said I didn't have to (to fucking right I don't have to if I don't want to). But, he does have a big legal lever to use against the house owner. Nothing to do with me but, he's made it quite clear that I am the reason he is pressuring her.
So, do I just back down and take a couch for a couple of weeks before taking a cave for a couple of weeks before moving back for a couple of weeks. Or, do I stand my ground?
Hmmm. Can't see myself leaving now he's done that. I have all the same options he has plus some more.
He is very in with the establishment here. More problems will follow I'm sure. He is mad as in very unwell. He also knows exactly what he's doing and he wants me out of Granada pronto. He's not the only one either. Me and my big mouth/typing fingers
The snobby Irish artist from Dublin (circa 1930 summat) is at it again. He isn't going to give up.
He is now applying legal pressure on the house owner to make me leave. Says he doesn't feel safe because I am a wrongun and I may steal his paintings or, damage his belongings or something
I'm taking a month off anyway and planning to look after someone's cave for a couple of weeks. It may be easiest to just keep well out of the way until he leaves at the end of February. I planned to leave in the second week of March anyway. House owner has actually just asked if I could leave. She was very embarrassed and said I didn't have to (to fucking right I don't have to if I don't want to). But, he does have a big legal lever to use against the house owner. Nothing to do with me but, he's made it quite clear that I am the reason he is pressuring her.
So, do I just back down and take a couch for a couple of weeks before taking a cave for a couple of weeks before moving back for a couple of weeks. Or, do I stand my ground?
Hmmm. Can't see myself leaving now he's done that. I have all the same options he has plus some more.
He is very in with the establishment here. More problems will follow I'm sure. He is mad as in very unwell. He also knows exactly what he's doing and he wants me out of Granada pronto. He's not the only one either. Me and my big mouth/typing fingers
Come fly with me in my beautiful, my beautiful Ballooooooooooooooon.
Woke up this morning and the sky was quite literally full of hot air balloons.
Balloons and lemons in my garden;
Took some morning frosty snow scenes earlier also. May post later.
Woke up this morning and the sky was quite literally full of hot air balloons.
Balloons and lemons in my garden;
Took some morning frosty snow scenes earlier also. May post later.
A very strange week. Sort of glad it's over.
Someone I care much about back in hospital in the UK. Snobby artist causing more problems (thankfully looking resolved in my favour). Cave evictions. Then, this mornings sad news about Marco Mark - someone I have never actually met. However, he was the first poster here to reply to my opening post in the initial thread. They were very welcome words that helped me believe this was possible. As a sufferer of asthma myself I sort of feel as though maybe I knew him a little more than I thought.
I was brought up to believe that asthma was not a killer. Many people still believe that. In a sense I'm thankful that that upbringing allowed me to give it my all in all sorts of activities without fear. On the other hand, I've been found on chemist doorsteps a couple of times waiting for them to open and being sent straight to hospital. Not a problem for me these days although, I still need the psychological comfort of an inhaler in pocket at all times. And, the person who brought me up believing asthma was no killer eventually died alone as a result of an asthma attack.
Not all gloom. A few highs also. Especially when the DHL man arrived at the door today with a big parcel for me. To the person who I suspect reads here a HUGE thank you for a most excellent Birthday present;
That is a gift that will be well and truly appreciated for years to come
Not quite my 40th (again!) yet but, I may be staying in tonight with wine and spliff to browse a most excellent book.
Cheers you. Phone call coming your way soon. May be in London briefly for drinks end of March beginning of April
Someone I care much about back in hospital in the UK. Snobby artist causing more problems (thankfully looking resolved in my favour). Cave evictions. Then, this mornings sad news about Marco Mark - someone I have never actually met. However, he was the first poster here to reply to my opening post in the initial thread. They were very welcome words that helped me believe this was possible. As a sufferer of asthma myself I sort of feel as though maybe I knew him a little more than I thought.
I was brought up to believe that asthma was not a killer. Many people still believe that. In a sense I'm thankful that that upbringing allowed me to give it my all in all sorts of activities without fear. On the other hand, I've been found on chemist doorsteps a couple of times waiting for them to open and being sent straight to hospital. Not a problem for me these days although, I still need the psychological comfort of an inhaler in pocket at all times. And, the person who brought me up believing asthma was no killer eventually died alone as a result of an asthma attack.
Not all gloom. A few highs also. Especially when the DHL man arrived at the door today with a big parcel for me. To the person who I suspect reads here a HUGE thank you for a most excellent Birthday present;
That is a gift that will be well and truly appreciated for years to come
Not quite my 40th (again!) yet but, I may be staying in tonight with wine and spliff to browse a most excellent book.
Cheers you. Phone call coming your way soon. May be in London briefly for drinks end of March beginning of April
Slightly snowy view towards The General Life from the garden. Raining now and very wet.
I am officially going to be grown up tomorrow. I'm scared shitless. The whole world is going to change. I'm having all sorts of flashbacks to my youth.
Tomorrow I'm off to the plush cinema with a few friends for celebrations.
Then, I have a whole month free to complete to many projects that have been on the back burner for a long while
