All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical

Lifestyle Markets is a new market which located at Sydney’s Belmore Park, near Central Station, an oasis within the City that provides visitors an opportunity to experience the markets like never before. Perfect for families and friends alike, Lifestyle Markets offers the freedom for all to enjoy. / _Hire a picnic blanket and enjoy lunch. / _Hire games to play in the park. / _Free Water station. / _Workshops, fitness classes, demonstrations, kidz corners, live music and much more… / Petra and I will run the workshop, “Make up Your Mind”. Why just decorate your face, when you can create incredible works of art! / This workshop is designed for all ages to explore paintings with recycled make-up products. Make-ups are very versatile from smudging lipstick to blending eye shadow or applying glittery nail polish… the possibilities are endless. Join the fun with us at the workshop, “Make up Your Mind” Where: Lifestyle Markets (Belmore Park, near Central Station, Sydney) / When: Saturdays 10.30am – 2.30pm / Cost: $5 p.p. approx 30mins

As artists we must be able not only to see but to perceive…how is your perception?...does it need fine tuning?...read this short article to the end…it is from the Washington Post... Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule. / / 4 minutes later: / The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk... / / 6 minutes: / A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again... / / 10 minutes: / A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly. / 45 minutes: / The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32. 1 hour: / He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition. / No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100. This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context? / / One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made … How many other things are we missing? “Journalist Gene Weingarten was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his outstanding and thought provoking analysis of the experiment. Weingarten discusses the ramifications of Bell’s subway experience. What role does context play in our artistic perceptions? To what degree is our perception of beauty influenced by our mindset at the particular time we perceive it”? CLICK HERE FOR VIDEOS..VIDEO FULL ARTICLE Would you have noticed?..do you stop and stare or listen?...do your impressions translate into your art?

Greetings all you Lucious Ladies and Gorgeous Gentlemen… I have in my possession ten of my Beautiful, Enigmatic Calendars… I am selling them at £50 each inc p&p… 50% of which will be donated to the charity for the Deaf and Blind… As this is a charity close to my heart.. I recently joined my local shop for a spot of hands on volunteering… / I for one am deeply grateful for both my sight and hearing, it was the least I could do… / As an Artist that utilises both visuals and sounds in my work as well as someone who loves and appreciates the beauty of visual and aural delights, I decided this was a very good idea. I would be delighted to personally sign the calendars and even pen a personal dedication if you so wish… I would dearly love to hear what you honestly think of this new venture of mine… Yours faithfully Delphine de Noire aka Medusa

All T-Shirts are now on sale for the next 12 days, until the 24th of Novemeber – this gives you time to order one for Christmas!!! That’s right – Cost Price until the 24th of November!!! That means savings of $5 per T-Shirt! SHORT SLEEVE Ts – WERE $30 – NOW $25 / GIRLY FITTED SHORT SLEEVE – WERE $30 – NOW $25 / LONG SLEEVE – WERE $32.40 – NOW $27 / V NECK SHORT SLEEVE – WERE $30 – NOW $25 Take advantage of this sale as prices will return to normal on November the 25th, Merry Christmas!!! love, Helen.

I don’t really know how one promotes a calendar on redbubble, This seems to be one possible way. Please have a look, it has been a very very long project. But lots of fun. / Masters and Founders of the Martial Arts / thanks / Allan (Alley Cat)

Hello, We are happy to anounce the publishing of “Life is Art” : The Great Book of Artists. We are going to start a second book for the artists who didn’t get to advertise their art within our first book. This will be Volume 2 and will contain a larger amount of artists in it this time. The great thing about having your art and profile information in our book is that we donate a book to a library every month to get other people outside / of redbubble to view every artists work. / Here is our website for thoughs interested in / pre-ordering or simply getting a listing in the book. We will be releasing this book after Christmas so the themes you should consiter can be The Fouth of July, Valentines Day and even some birthday cards but any art that you feel you want in the book as long as it is in done in good taste is fine with us. Here is what we need from each artist : - The Artists Photo (in high pixel) / - 3 to 5 paragraphs about the Artist with the urls of where you sell art below them. / - 6 images to go on the artists profile listing and 6 other images to be / to be placed in the books categories. All together we need 12 images. All information can be sent to rbubbler@yahoo.com / Make sure you include your redbubble name and the / name you’ll be using in your listing. If your ready to get started simply right click this link to get your art published in our lastest book Please add this journal to your favorites to help others learn about our new book / Thanks for reading! / Troy and Vanessa

I was able to find some of my work scattered on another computer, stuff I’d thought I’d either lost or never wrote down. Check it out if your down for some throwback material. / Sleazy / Mindless Dribble / The irony of being out of my element.. / Virginity / Cocktail