Matt Hopper

Me striking a cute pose in the spring of 1974. Crazy to think this was taken before Star Wars existed and even before the Sex Pistols had formed! The early 70s seem so distant. Just warm, hazy flashes of random stuff. This was at Grandad's. In 2010 me and Sonya went for a drive and I realised we were near to where he used to live. He'd just died and the house was up for sale so I parked up and we both went and sat on that wall. It was a fantastic day. Warm and peaceful. I think about the past all the time. The future just scares me and the present feels empty and dead. But I still have a burning drive to create. I'm incredibly lucky to have this. The emptiness is actually a gift. It's a blank canvas of infinite potential. Everything else is just an endurance test. Also: the size of 70s 7 Up cans 😅