I’ve found a new job for myself, and the writing I was doing about working in a factory has been put on the long finger, which is dangerous, I know. I’ve been aware that I should write those things down, while they’re still fresh in my mind, but the excitement of the new job, and the extra efforts that inevitably need to be applied, have left me speechless.

Things have settled down with my new job, to the point where I now feel comfortable in my surroundings, the learning curve has levelled a bit and the kind of ‘honeymoon’ period is over.

I’m now working as a graphic designer. Mainly in the print and web fields. The work is a lot more satisfying, and my working environment in incalculably more inviting than previously.

I have begun working towards an exhibition in Sydney, this December, at Gallery Gaffa, Surrey Hills. I’ll be showing in a group, and details will follow, as they become clarified.

I’ve also begun a collaboration with a Sydney based writer, Ismet Redzovic. A very old and close friend of mine.

These new plans and goals have really made me excited about being in Australia again. I had panicked about leaving Korea, and leaving a situation which allowed me to devote a lot more time to art. I worried about moving away from street photography, for the second time in my life. Because I knew once I got to Australia, that I could no longer work in the same way that I had been in Korea, or in Ireland, in the 90s.

Anyway, I’m going on a bit. I hope to document the projects I’m working on in the next few weeks, as well as continue and conclude the writings on factory work.

Watch this space.