This fellow was watching me from the inside of a window as I walked past "his" cottage in the village of Lacock early in November.Driving to the village I had caught a few Bowie tracks on the car radio and the presenters had mentioned Bowie's different coloured eyes and how the Diamond Dogs album marked his shift away from "Glam".So when I saw the differently coloured eyes on the dog I thought ... perhaps this fellow is one of the original Diamond Dogs - now hiding out in the countryside ?
Since the photo was taken and after re-listening and then reading more about the background of the Diamond Dogs album it is clear I hadn't understood much of Bowie's message in the 70s - despite some of the tracks being some of my favourites.It seems it was a very Orwellian vision that inspired Bowie in the mid-70s to create the album: "... a very political album. My protest ... more me than anything I've done previously".Given some of the political trends in 2016 I suspect the album is just as meaningful this year as when it was created!