I followed my heart to Newcastle upon Tyne where I first picked up a camera while studying photography at College. I wanted to continue my project of photographing the landscape I live close to. The first thing I needed  was a camera, out of curiously I bought a lens converter so I could attach the lens that was broken while shooting “As I Exchange Carbon Dioxide For Oxygen” too the digital camera from “Like Trying To Mix Oil With Water”. I had taken the lens apart to try fix it but couldn’t figure out how the helicoids went back together. This means the front and back elements are misaligned and the lens will only take out of focus images. I found this interesting as I wanted to delving further in to the medium of abstraction that I had accidentally dipped my toes in to when creating the previous instalment of this project. This new camera set up was the perfect tool to reduce the overwhelming appearance of the urban landscape into less literal arrangements. I wanted the place to become more like a material rather than a ready to capture subject. To help combat my mental health problems I take medication that makes me drowsy and I often feel like I am seeing the world through a haze. This controls my perception of the world for large parts of my day which often does not subsiding till the evening. The city is full of noise and vibrant lights which was actually the type on environment I had previously tried to escape. I probably would not have moved to this urban place if I wasn’t chasing a life with a women who was studying and living in the area. This romance provided a relief from the perils of my divorce but in the end it also reduced the time I should have taken to process the breakdown of the marriage. Sadly this meant something that started of so well came too soon. I always used to prefer city life in small doses but I started to feel accustomed to the fast pace while living there. Being in a landscape that is in flux lacks a senses of tranquillity but it’s a place that embraces people from all cultures to come together and this enriches the lives of those living and visiting. This environment provides a positive distraction from your own worries as you explore the offerings from art galleries to restaurants and architecture to cuisines from around the world. You can find stories of people going through similar things to yourself but more often you can find out about things you never knew existed. I find that I can adjust to different location types because at some point the contrasting parts of my bipolar phase with feel in line with the environment I find myself in. Periods of mania feel at home within the pandemonium of the city while my depressive stage would feel at odds with it. This means no matter which kind of settlement I find myself living in, it will at some point aggravate my condition. This is A PLACE WHERE CONCRETE REPLACES THE EARTH which provided a space for a new start but while the pace of the city seemed to match my own speed at times, it did seem to push me to far to soon and my future remained something that was yet to solidify.