Richard Butchins's Blog: Angels stand corrected... - Posts Tagged "sadness"

I arrived in Los Angeles after a gruelling 11 hour flight. Gruelling mainly because of a toddler wailing as if undergoing anaesthesia free surgery for most of the time. The child's parents looked fit to drop, or kill by the end of the flight - I certainly was.

I then had a long wait at immigration, the American Homeland Security people seem convinced that everyone want's to come and live in the USA. I love it here but it has a few things that would put me off wanting to live here (unless I was very rich - then everywhere's great) and lack of socialised healthcare is one of them, but the weather in southern California is ace.

I am in LA for a few days before going to Oregon to meet up with the sister of the person I am making this video art installation/film about; to collect her own footage and writings that will form the basis of the work. It's a sad journey but a necessary one.

I will write more about the project later.