I had every intention of finishing off my painting, and then I became engrossed in The Merchant of Venice’ on TV, I’ve never actually seen the whole thing from start to finish before. Makes you realize what a wonderful story teller the old Bard was, the judgment scene is brilliant, I was totally drawn in believing that the poor old merchant really was going to end up looking like something from the butches shop. I was hooked, just couldn’t walk away until the credits and the music………….and that when I discovered the music was pretty damn good too. What a haunting song, written for the film by composer Joceyln Pook who, ( I’ve just found out) also wrote ‘The masked Ball’ in the film ‘Eyes Wide Shut’And now I really am going to finish my painting, back later
