Matthew Davidge: 2005

Saturday, December 31, 2005

#093 Times Square on New Years Eve

Very nearly a disaster, twice. I knocked over the black ink which left two black lakes on the paper. When I repainted it the first time, the yellow and orange dots (supposedly "lights") looked ridiculous. It came out fine in the end but I had to repaint it many times, resorting to layers of dark acrylics to cover up the ink and the dots and the watercolors beneath, with semi-transparent light watercolors over the top to brighten it up.

Thursday, December 1, 2005

#029 Midtown West from Hoboken

(written in June 2011) December 2005. Midtown, the area between 34th and 50th was where I lived and worked. Now I live on the Upper West Side with my fiance and daughter. Many of the things I did then seem so alien to me now. For example, I leave work at 8ish to go home but I am rarely out during an evening. Rarer still, on my own, that happens less than once a month. New York as a single city was so different to live in. There was so much to go out to at 10pm. Now I need the sleep. And even if I didn't, the idea of going to a bar or worse, somewhere with loud music, seems something so unpleasant. From time to time I miss my friends, politics and conversation but the mean streets, wee hours and singles are comfortably in the past. As I think about it, the word loneliness occurs to me. There are things so integral to a person that one doesn't even consider them until they're gone. I'm thinking about things intelligence, health and company. I see the world now in a relationship with Julie and can't therefore cannot no longer fully fathom or feel loneliness. But I had it back then, even though my appetite and need for company was lower than most.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

#027 59th Street Bridge

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

2005 Staten Island Half Marathon

Half marathon #3. My first in New York. Time = 1:40:09.

Monday, August 1, 2005

#026 Petroleum Pier on Hudson

#025 69th Street Transfer Bridge on Hudson

Tuesday, February 1, 2005

#024 48th Street in Snow

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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

#028 Union Square at Xmas

Sunday, January 2, 2005

#087 Atlanta from a distance

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