I arrive in Ocracoke two weeks today!

Written By stevexoh

The strangest thing about this whole thing has been how quick it has come around.   It was back on 26th October 2022 when Jim sent me an e-mail saying "How is your housing situation. I have a idea for you if you are looking for something in January. It would be a very unique experience."

A big part of me thought “ahh this is one of those things I wish I could say yes to but I can think of so many good reasons it won’t work.” But another part of me thought “Fuck it!” and said yes and it evolved from there.

In less that two months it was all arranged and in two weeks time I will arrive on the island!   On the last video call between Jim, Laura, Jo and myself there was a moment when both Jim and I looked at each other and said "What on earth are we doing?" I often say that I am at my best when I’m not quite sure what I am doing - this adventure will be a real test of how true that is.

Now that the travel is all arranged there is not really any prep to do other than create a kit list and arrange to have the materials delivered to Jim and Laura's house in Wilmington ready to transport to the island.

The next two weeks feel like they are going to simultaneously drag and fly by.

stevexoh

Steve is a self-taught “outsider” artist known for his distinctive black and white drawings, his colourful paintings, his 3D wooden cut-outs and his unusual conceptual art projects such as the globally viral “(Not a) Lost Cat” project and “Sound of Silence”, the world’s first silent podcast featuring special guests. He has held various solo exhibitions around the UK and was Artist in Residence at Glen Dye in Scotland in 2022.

Steve finds the World a fascinatingly bizarre place and creates art to give his hyperactive imagination an outlet. His work has been described as “art which captures so well how weird and imperfect the world is.”

Steve is at his best when he doesn’t quite know what he is doing

https://www.somethingsidid.com
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