Airbody in the whole cell block …

26/09 Brunswick West

secrets at joe's fish shack

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

yes, fond of 'em ALL

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.


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Hope you are well and happy too.

xx

hide n seek

12 September Brunswick West

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.

backyard at dusk

Saturday 28 August 2010
Beautiful scent of the blossoming plum tree

rough edges

charlotte's visit

Around Easter time 2010, Brunswick West

Bon Voyage

Hanami

Spring fever, new beginnings, and the cherry blossoms
a beautiful reminder of death, not as the enemy,
but as a guide to elegant living

From 'Hanami' / Ed Wright 2006

play is timeless

These are some of the pre-Columbian artefacts which once belonged to Diego Rivera, and are now housed in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City – one of the most amazing places I've ever visited.

Among exhibits which span the Central and South Americas, and thousands of years, there were some huge, impressive pieces of stone art there, such as ancient Aztec sacrificial altars and parts of Mayan temples. But awesome as they were, I just couldn't get over these small ceramic vessels and figures! They are so playful and so streamlined. It's as if time disappears, and the artist is right there, talking and joking with the viewer, with gestures that we still share.

Next to the collection there was also a picture of Diego himself – somehow, not too different from the spirit of some of his statues … ; )

shapes to sing to