White wine in the sun
One of my all time fav xmas tunes. Beautiful.
Tim Minchin or Kate Miller Heidke, take your pick. Or take both!
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LYRICS
I really like Christmas
It’s sentimental, I know, but I just really like it
I am hardly religious
I’d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu, to be honest
And yes, I have all of the usual objections
To consumerism, the commercialisation of an anc…
Artist insight: Glenn Brady
FEATURE AND INTERVIEW …
Glenn Brady’s work has been widely exhibited around Australia including solo shows at Mahoneys Galleries (Melbourne) and Metro Arts (Brisbane). He has also had a solo show in Virginia, United States. He’s twice (2007 and 2009) been a finalist in the Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition (2007 and 2009).
Such powerful art! Of course I can see the influences of Pic…Poetry brought to life
This is really gorgeous. A nice message and great collaboration.
A video by film-maker, Andrea Dorfman, and poet/singer/songwriter, Tanya Davis.
Davis wrote the beautiful poem and performed in the video which Dorfman directed, shot, animated by hand and edited.
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A nice way to approach a “first world problem” that doesn’t have to be a problem, but something beautiful and pr…
Melbourne Silicon Beach Series ...
Techflufftv’s Hermione Way interviews RedBubble’s Martin Hosking … check it out!
From Think it all happens in Silicon Valley? You’re wrong! – RedBubble by Leila Bagundol.
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A great discovery ... or two ...
I love it when something wonderful leads to something else wonderful – that tends to happen with art and music.
There is a song that is one of my favourite musical discoveries of this year – “Black Smoke” by Joni Davis. You can listen to it here and Tim Dunlop blogged about her here
Joni sent me her amazing album and I was instantly taken by the cover art …
So I look…
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poetry
A friend posted this youtube vid to Facebook … I love it …
“Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America’s best-selling poets, reads his poem “The Dead” with animation by Juan Delcan of Spontaneous."
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The Poem
The dead are always looking down on us, they say, while we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich, they are looking down t…
Watercolour wonders, Zbukvic, Pekel and easel envy
I got to see an INCREDIBLE watercolour artist demonstrate his talents yesterday at the Art Shed.
Melbourne-based Joseph Zbukvic is in Brisbane at the moment for his exhibition at Red Hill Gallery.
If you’re interested in watercolour and you haven’t explored this guy’s work, you simply must. http://www.jzbukvic.com
Joseph seemed to really have the audience (packed-out, I got the…
Creative spaces ... and music, coffee, tech and stuff
I’m putting the final touches on my art studio at the back of the house and I’m really dying to get started in there this weekend. I was running out of room to move in my small art room.
Someone tweeted a link to this article recently that may be of interest to you – Leonardo Da Vinci’s Top Six Tips for Getting Things Done
I’ve been thinking a bit about this sort of thing …
Linky morsels
I was cleaning up my enotepad today and just thought I’d post a few things that may be relevant/interesting to some of you.
Smallest Short Film Festival 2010
This is pretty cool. Enter a vid that is no longer than 4 minutes and recorded on your iphone!
http://smallestshortfilmfestival.com/howtoenter
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity
Another great TED talk. Gilbert “shares the rad…
Happy Geek Pride Day!
Yes, that’s right. 25th May is Geek Pride Day. (it actually is, not kidding here.)
That’s geek not greek (but Greeks should be proud too!)
Everyone is probably inherently a bit geeky… but we may have had it beaten out of us by bogans, bullies and bullshit.
Geekdom has brought me much happiness. It can be totally fun, silly and healthy … as well as incredible and serious. M…