Brain coral. Looks like one of my drawings. Didn't have a nap, so now I feel shattered. I hate getting old, and that libido thing - it's too much. So weird, so unexpected. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #museum #zoology

Frottage of a piece of street furniture nicked by one of my language students. We became lovers later. It didn't end well, because I was an inadequate idiot. Missed opportunity never to be repaeted. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #frustration #nostalgia

Naked Jungle, Naked Youth. Was very good today; only bought 7 postcards, some by Shrigley. Coffee and chocolate from Oxfam too. Ink and oil pastel again. Be nice if Cambourne offered me workshops! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #frustration

Chacmool. Improv on paper. I worry about the ones stored in the garage: rail and snow could come to destroy. Saatchi has proved to be rubbish; I have given up on the jumble sale that is the RA Summer Show. Sigh. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Glossolalia. I am losing money hand over fist, because I have not found a cotenant. £1000+ per month down the toilet. My friend is telling me to sell some work. I WOULD! Oil pastel and ink on paper. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #sotalgia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

The Angel of Mons, oil paint on an old door. Thanks Ann for the gift. I exhibited this in a church in Chesterton. Someone asked why the anatomy wasn't right? It was made from photos, so... #theferrisfiles #oilpainting #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

Garden. Year 10 boy made a self-ortrait. I used the outline to make this maze. Off for pizza later. Want to get back in touch with my favourite model, Simon T, but don't know how to do it now. #theferrisfiles #drawing #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

Box. I look at smudges and stains made on top of a background, and let an image emerge by itself, unbidden. Frued wouldn't agree, but I can't split myself into patient and shrink! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #acrylicpainting

A foldder called 'Ferris's Ferrises.' Ones I won't give away or sell. Ready for the Foundation on my death, rather like Picasso. Yeah, right! Could churn this style out, but didn't. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

That's the 14th. I got another 10 in the meantime, but I'm chickening out. Will see what tomorrow brings. A new lodger? 1000 views on stupid TikTok? Some glimmer on the horizon? This is Camazotz. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Furnace, acrylic on paper. Started as a way to show how real artists go through life, literally with burning desire to create in their fingertips. Turned out my biology was telling how arthritis would get me. Weird, eh? #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

No dea how this happened. aybe I went on holiday and forgot it. If I photographed it now, I'd get in much closer, zoom. Now desparate to get a cotenant. Losing money like a fool... #nostalgia #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Gosh, 12 likes. That means I need to do 13 posts. May have to do it in 2 tranches? Am picking from a folder called 'Ferris photos.' This is the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

Caravan. We used to have a fixed six-berth at Crimdon, up north, so we coukld holiday near our grandparents. The sea changed hourly. I used to lift the curtains lying in bed at night, to watch the sequence of lighthose flashes. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

A post with Sammy on it. He's not mine, but he comes to say hello often enough. Stroking him and tickling his tum is very therapeutic. The world stinks otherwise at the moment! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #cat

Gosh! Three whole notifications this morning, so I'll post 4 things. Yesterday I spent a bit of time snapping pigeons on the fence. Listening to Rai about AfD. Will put the BBC on at 8.00 to see what they have to say. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty