Today I have had great fun playing with light. I was inspired by the works of Monet. In particular, Impression, Sunrise. This work was first shown in 1874 at an independent exhibition organised by a group of artists including Monet, Renoir, and Degas. The show served as an alternative to the traditional, state run Salon,…
Running in Body and Mind
I have been thinking about Descartes’ ideas of mind/body separation. Today, most of us recognise that this split is an artificial one. The mind is part of the body and vice versa. However, when I am running I feel like my mind and my body are occupied quite differently. In this video I have explored…
Photo Challenge: Nostalgia
Much of last month was spent sewing a dress for my daughter to wear to the Jane Austen Picnic at the Abbey Museum. Because of the delicate fabric overlay, I had to hand-stitch much of it. I felt very nostalgic for times gone by as I sat with needle and thread late into the evening…
Lost in Infinity
This week: Some sculpture. There is a bora ring not far from here. The bora ring is a sacred aboriginal ceremonial site with very important cultural meaning. It is a tragic site because (to the best of my knowledge; which is meagre as we have very little recorded history to refer to) there…
Weekly Photo Challenge: FRAME: Tropical Paradise?
The built environment has created a multitude of frames. In this frame, the streetlight and the palm trees allude to the cliche sunset on a tropical island.
Field Trip: Forgotten Suburban Landscape
There are some places we simply absorb. However, when I stop, linger, and consider them more closely, they seem to speak loudly to me.
My first little pinch pot
I have enjoyed a Beginners Course in Hand Building Pottery with the amazing ceramicist Karen Hannay (another participant in the Samford and Surrounds Arts Trail and Open Studios). Thank you Karen! I loved working with clay! The little spherical pinch pot made with Raku clay was a natural extension to my recent obsession with circles,…
Eyes
As a house sharing university student I had an obsession with pot plants. While everyone adored the rainforest atmosphere my plants created in our house, I had to make myself very unpopular with friends and boyfriends when the inevitable move, associated with a rental property lifestyle, loomed again. When I finally moved into my own…
Moon
As soon as sailing caught on, people noticed that when ships departed over the horizon, their hulls disappeared before their sails. This gave them the idea that the surface of the ocean was curved and that Earth was spherical, just as the Sun and Moon appeared to be. Ancient Greeks found direct evidence of this…
Beauty in decay
Taking a walk in my garden today I noticed Time has taken its toll on things. Nature would like to reclaim this place. Precious pots broken by wind, rain and microscopic lives. Plastic made brittle by the sun. Entire ecosystems living in concrete cracks. As my roots have grown deep into our life here, I…
Maths is Everything/ Everything is Maths!
In ancient Greece, students of the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras engaged in deep studies of natural science and self-understanding. They were called mathematekoi, “those who studied all”. Since that time, “Maths” has, for most people, restricted its scope to mundane measurement and mere manipulation of quantities. Pythagoras and his followers knew that Number linked all…
A little magic!
Today I was privileged to cross paths with this beautiful little creature hunting for bugs in my lime tree. It took my breath away. While at university studying ecology I was an avid bird watcher. I would dream about spotting a Rose Robin but never did! Imagine meeting one today. Feeling blessed. Photo downloaded from…
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