rambling to encourage rambling

i was definitely just thinking, as i was writing a comment on a previous post, that its really sad that there are quite a few names on this blog who dont ever seem to post anything. and who i miss quite a lot. and who i would like to read some inane ramblings from. so please. do. make a studio smile.

little miss holander and i had a wonderful day bicycling through an alternatively very lush oak forest / dry barren sand dune (holland=landfill) park last weekend, on bicycles they give you FREE at a wonderful national park/art museum (which megan born never visited despite my pleas). we took a bottle of rose (vraiment european) and lay on (fell off) and walked for *miles* to get there. and also visited a WWII war museum with a fantastic video/illuminated map combination (wet dream of landscape dynamic diagramming)
it was all very interesting and sadly unphotographed except for jayons 'friend' who thought jayon and i rather improper (aka pissed).

other than that i am just working real hard at the moment. 2am/all-niter hard. on a show for the venice biennale, on cities, on dubai/abu dhabi/RAK( another emirate)/Kuwait/Qatar/Bahrain ummm, and Lagos (yes, in nigeria, quite randomly). i dont know that anyone cares. but i will continue like you do. v quick. the sh*t going down in dubai at the moment is incredible.



developments creating the palm islands are underway (yes, all that in the gulf is man made). the first palm --with luxury villas on the fronds, is almost complete but it has already started eroding the coast (the sheik --sheik Mo.--says no problem, they can rebuild it every few years). It sold out within days of being on the market (to david beckham et al.) another coastal-fractalizing insane development is the 'world islands' NOTE, israel does not exist (you can't get into the UAE with an israeli stamp in your passport). you can buy any (other) country you want. and rebuild it to your taste. the building there is incredible. an estimated 20% of the world cranes are in dubai. 10,000 of the worlds trafficked sex slaves. They IMPORT SAND. another development in RAK in the DESERT would require 25 million years of UAE rain (at current rainfall patterns of 33mm/year) to sustain it. and you know what, they dont care! they can afford it (for now, till 2010 when the oil runs out) its insanity. we should all move to the uae and start work immediately.
in Kuwait they want to build a tower 1,001 m high. THAT is a KILOMETER! jesus christ.
anyway,
i also wanted to post a picture of the garden i was designing/digging in scotland, cos i said i would, not really a thing to follow the most epic current building scenario in the world. but at least it is not really like a platypus etc. miss you all.