Yearning by lockedonradio
This month saw the event of Camden Calling's 3rd birthday party. As each year passes I do like to reflect on the project and think of how we are going to move forward in the next year. I like this to be a positive session with myself, but given that I am stuck with yearning as a starting place for this private therapy session, I think the best way forward is a good bit of what Dr Freud would call transference or displacement. So we are now going on photographic journey of some of the Camden Callers 3rd birthday fancy dress characters. I am going to consider the predicament these characters find themselves in, draw parallels to my own predicaments and empathise with the things these characters may yearn for.
So then, starting with the Big One the man himself Mr Jesus Christ, how do I yearn for the same things? Not gonna start getting all deep about this, although he had 12 followers, and there are 12 Camden Calling members........... eh eh. You see where I am going it is probably deeply offensive so I should stop! Hey that whole Christ complex thing is for middle class boys anyway. I think Jesus and I probably both yearn not to be misinterpreted. Sometimes people do not listen to the actual words I say and choose to hear what they want, I am guilty of letting this pass too often. People think of me as a soft touch and then get all upset when I turn like a rabid gerbil on them. So I yearn to be better at nipping this in the bud. This would be better for me, the Camden Calling members and the project as a whole. So on that, and the whole money changer temple thing, JC and I agree all the way.
Next up we have a Manga Character. Well it is 4am as I write this and I have spent the last hour trying to research these kinds of characters as I know nothing. Without getting too into the whole feminism thing [believe me people have written dissertations on this] I believe Miss Manga and I yearn for a bit of equality. We are fighting the good fight and
kicking some ass but essentially judged on our femininity and all that caper. Here we are in the 21st Century and still I find that I am either assumed to be a male if I use the abbreviated version of my name or worse still I actually often get a swifter response to correspondence that way.
Number 3 the good old Mad Hatter, his best mate was the white rabbit who was forever late. In my opinion that's what drove the poor old Hatter mad! I can say I have actually only ever been late about 6 times in my whole life. Lateness infuriates me and I yearn for people to respect that. My day does not have enough hours in it you see. I spend my life respecting others individuality and trying to work out ways in which it can be embraced. SO PLEASE PLEASE respect that this is my little thing. It is just a small thing but it is mine.
Ok probably losing readers now, those not offended will probably soon be offended, but you win some you lose some. So how does running a small arts collective for vulnerable and homeless people mean I could have anything yearn-wise in common with a prisoner of war? We have established yearning is a bit piss weak in my opinion and I have used this opportunity to whinge into the ether about nothing really. So me and soldier boy here probably yearn for exposure, for someone to see and really understand what is happening and how it is life changing. Camden Calling is not a perfect project, but we are 100% DIY and exist because of the work we put in. This project has inspired people, who had frankly written themselves off, to try, to persevere, and then try harder. So like the Colonel here I yearn for people to look and really see because my unit are doing the most extraordinary things.
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