Occupy LSX - day 3 - photos - free love and true grit

- October 18, 2011

Just a quickish one tonight.

I ended up going down to the camp not once but twice tonight. I had the idea to take down, from all the things on the camp's needed list, sand. Well, grit, if you want to be technical. I got there to be told that there'd been a call for sand just a few minutes back. Lots of questions about where I'd got it and wonderings if I could get any more gave me the idea of going back. So I did. Dragged my brother out of the house at about 11.00, and headed down with even more of the stuff. All gratefully received.

At the camp this evening, I was bemused once again by how much things had grown since I was there the day before. The camp has a library now, and while I was there, a talk was being given outside it by Hamish Watson on 'Eternal Revolution - the dialectic of universal history'. The field kitchen is now rather massive, and while I was there, I witnessed the arrival of the Info Point's new gazebo, fully formed and seeming to float through the sea of tents (it is 3.38, and I am feeling somewhat fanciful).

Evident also tonight was a feeling of celebration - a sound system pumped out Lowkey's Soundtrack to the Struggle, surrounded by a small crowd, singing and dancing, and to the back of the camp, a band of guitars, trumpets, even sax, sat together, jamming and entertaining a growing crowd.

Amidst all this, neighbours chatted, and I was invited to stay over. Maybe another night.

And then there was the beautiful coincidence. Leaving the camp, i was approached by two women offering free hugs. I shrugged, smiled, and accepted. As the second woman stepped back, I noticed she was wearing a pink hoodie. I think I may possibly have hooted in excitement when I recognised it as the one my Mum had donated the day before. My Mum now has an express invitation to come down and meet its new owner.

So, a few photos from tonight.