Admittedly I haven't written anything for a while, this is mainly down to the fact that I was involved in a traffic accident and so haven't had the ability to think straight or operate heavy machinery for a while. I'm on the mend though now and although the left hand side of me is somewhat incapacitated it is the right side I use the most! The upshot of this accident is that I was able to watch rather more of the Olympics than I initially thought I would be able to - that avid viewer adding to the viewer count of the BBC, although for a large part of it I wasn't totally compus mentus (probably spelled horribly wrong) as they say.... I did however manage to catch the opening ceremony a few days later, and although some opinions are divided - I thought it was awesome! A great audio and visual treat to the senses, a job well done on Danny Boyle's part. A ten out of ten for creativity I would say, and a fantastic transition for the stadium itself from green and pleasant lands, to industrial metropolis a walk through history in less than 3 hours. The flame lighting (something that my dad had already billed as I watched a few days later as the best lighting of the olympic torch ever...) was a work of art in itself, the joining together of the nations in light. The opening ceremony launched the party and as many have already claimed, London 2012 for the few weeks it was in town certainly was the greatest show on earth. Bring on the paralympics I say! As an artist of sorts, I do love it when people embrace the arts, be it music or face painting, or theatre or just being impressed by the posters on the walls of the venues, or saving the ticket you had for an event just because you like the purple. Art brings interest to anything, and everything starts as an idea - the Olympics has shown that anything can be achieved if you have the passion - so go on, give in to your inner artist, try something new. Me, I've got thousands of ideas thanks to the olympics, I may just give them a go...