I watched Dr Harry the other night and decided to introduce myself to the dog next door. I called it and crouched down near the fence so as to appear non-threatening and held out my closed fist for it to sniff. It sidled up inch by inch and seemed friendly, ears back, tail wagging. I felt quite triumphant... it hardly barked at us at all that day. Will keep you posted on how the relationship develops.

The other amazing thing I saw at the Biennale the other day was a work called 'Asian field' which was described to me as 'earth made conscious'. In the upstairs room of Pier 2/3 180,000 clay figures stand staring at you. They are stylised and have a head and body and only eyes. They are only about 10 or 15cm tall. They were made by 350 odd people from China - whose portraits are shown in the next room. I was struck by the smell of earth that wafted towards me as I gazed out over the multitude of clay figures. It seemed as if they were asking me a question...waiting for a response of some kind. It made me think of the earth as a conscious being, with an awareness of our tread upon it and our shaping of it. I've been wanting to create something out of the clay dug up from our driveway and so was inspired to create a few figures of my own - here they are...

Here are photos of the driveway taking shape - I like the way it curves off to the right - and the hole where the drainage pits are to go and the rejected pre-cast pits sitting all forlorn in the front garden...