Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Monday, September 20, 2010

From the team that brought you Sir Robert Menzies!! : D

The adventures of Barry McKenzie
Dinky di tales of the true blue boy
Fresh from the shores of the antipodes
Wafting the scent of the eucalypt trees
If you want to get your sister in a frenzy
Introduce her to Barry McKenzie

He's got a great big grin and a great big chin
Give him half a chance, he'll be in like Flynn
His great big fist will flatten any Pom
He's got a great big thirst you can do your worst
When they tap McKenzie he'll be in their first
It's no use mate you'll never win
He's a better man than you are Gunga Din

Barry ... Barry ... Barry ...

The adventures of Barry McKenzie
Dinky di tales of a bonza boy
Lonely and lost in the land of the Pom
Wishing to hell he was where he was from
From the team that brought you Sir Robert Menzies
The adventures of Barry McKenzie

He's got a big brown hat and an Earl's Court flat
And a map to show the Poms where Bondi's at
And he rushes in where angels fear to go
He can sink a beer, he can flick a queer
In his latest Aussie double breasted gear
He's a handsome wild colonial man
He can beat the bloody world
if Genghis Khan

Barry ... Barry ... Barry ... McKenzie

The adventures of Barry McKenzie
Dinky di tales of a true blue boy
Fresh from the shores of the antipodes
Wafting the scent of the eucalypt trees
From the land that's got the whole world green with envy
The adventures of Barry McKenzie.

Barry ... Barry ... Barry ... McKenzie


The 1972 theme tune to Adventures of Barry McKenzie



Photo © SBS Australia

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010

an early morning definition of happiness

Not so long ago, I realised that I am no longer waiting for anything.
The thought stopped me on my tracks and I realised, this could be it.
Happiness.

I'm not waiting to get older (nor do I long to be younger)
I'm not waiting for the school, day, month or year to finish
I'm not waiting to look any different
I'm not waiting to find someone who loves me and whom I can love
I'm not waiting to find a home – I know I'm home wherever we are
I'm not waiting to become a 'real' artist – working on things that interest me is all that counts
I'm not waiting to become someone – I am me already, and always have been.
And I'm not waiting for times without sadness or anxiety, for happiness calmly embraces its seeming opposites: not one without the other. For those with sensitive radars, I now know, happiness is the whole roller coaster that life is.

As for the things I may be envisaging for the future, or longing for,
such as seeing my families and old friends,
perhaps having a family myself,
and gently restoring peace where I may have disturbed it,
for those I am looking forward to.


*

Hope you are well and happy too.

xx

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

hide n seek















12 September Brunswick West

Sunday, September 12, 2010

a visiting artist in our sink

Seems like we currently have an artist in residence
somewhere in our kitchen sink.

This bubble design (I gather a neck piece)
emerged this morning, next to a tea cup, through
the grimy water. It was tiny, only about 35 mm across.

And just as is, complete with a clear bubble catch –
no photoshopping involved. Amazing!






Life otherwise: very involved in creative processes
and excited about work/study, to a point where it's hard to sleep at night
as new ideas come so fast and clear. This is good. So much to discover.
Feeling spiritually tired at the same time, if that makes any sense,
but think I'm on the mend by putting things into perspective.
Looking forward to more light and warmer weather very much,
as well as going away together in a couple of months
somewhere just to sleep, eat, read and of course
to swim in the open ocean.