A good walk this morning gave me the chance to ponder on this a bit more. It seems to me there are a few things to do:
Find the others (there are always others!)
Find the places people gather together (and go along) and
Make your own art and share it openly
So from there I spent a little time looking round for possible gathering points and thinking about what it would be like to base my work here as opposed to being in London a lot of the time. Baby steps...