Odd Boy - Volume Three

Volume Three of an odd boy tells of the foundation course at Farnham Art School from '70 to '72.

At Hatch Mill-the warren of wonders-the author steps out of time into a world of creative camaraderie where every meeting is a scene from a surrealist play. '72 marked the end of the '60s gestalt. Before the final curtain call however, a tumult of bizarre scenes tumble across the panchromatic stage: strange liaisons with transient heroes and heroines of the lost time; the Farnham Blues Festival; and, 'the religion of Art' entwined with burlesque love stories.

He meets with Liverpool Poets - Adrian Henry and Roger McGough.

Poetry and oil painting co-mingle with loves won and lost.

He finds himself-for a bare month-as a rising star on the British Blues scene - but with the death of Jimi Hendrix, it's the end of an era.

He steps off the stage, takes to the road - and arrives, ironically, at the ever-familiar crossroads.