The cold woke me up this morning and I had to roll out of bed to get the  fire going. I used to have a free supply of driftwood but 'Artists' have been hoovering every decent piece from the beach and selling them off to tourists while the cleverest have exhibitions of 'Discovered Art'. Shaped by nature and eroded by time etc. The usual conceptual bullshit. I sometimes believe Benyon was correct when he said 'Art is a virus and being artistic is a symptom"....or something like that. I'll look it up