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• My eye is tilted for the shots recently
  by Samantha Aungle

  My right eye is unfocussed I just realised after looking at my last pics and also when taking a pic of my eye closeup for iridology I cou…

  My right eye is unfocussed I just realised after looking at my last pics and also when taking a pic of my eye closeup for iridology I couldn’t look properly..I was told to my great and horrified shock and dismay that my eye condition is not going to get any better. especially because it runs in the family. My eye test will be duly booked. I’ll hope that something can be done to improve it and go beyond the diagnosis to a health beyond what a human limited mind can produce as the current cure. Stronger lenses again?!! Maybe it was just an insect in my eye?!! blessed be / Samantha

• Almost there.
  by Elyn

  I’ve been saving for a Canon EOS 450D camera and am almost there. April is THE month when I will officially be digital!! I plan on being …

  I’ve been saving for a Canon EOS 450D camera and am almost there. April is THE month when I will officially be digital!! I plan on being an absolute pest with that camera, taking photos of everyone and everything. :o) I can’t wait. / Until then, I’ve added a set of Urban photos to my gallery, all taken using a 1980s Olympus film based SLR. Also, I’m hoping to have my first market stall in April at the Kirribilli Art & Design Markets. Will post more on that as it gets closer. Would love to meet you if you’re in the area. QUOTE FOR TODAYS JOURNAL: / “Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a liftetime is being yourself. Thats his feeling, / and I guess its mine too” – Viggo Mortensen

• What have I been up to?
  by psovart

  I have been very busy in the past 9 months. I finally decided to take the plunge and put myself out there for all to see. Up to this po…

  I have been very busy in the past 9 months. I finally decided to take the plunge and put myself out there for all to see. Up to this point I have been doing art on the side working only for others if there was no way I could walk away from the painting. When your Mom or your Best Friend or your Husband or someone asks your to paint something for a donation to a good cause well then you sort of have to do it. I did’t want painting to become work. I wanted to paint for the joy of painting. Painting is the one thing I do for myself. I paint because it answers the craving to fill the eye with beautiful color and the feeling of accomplishment one gets when the work is complete and it turned out just how you envisioned it. It makes my soul happy. I do not need to have that feeling validated by others. However deep down inside I really do need that validation. I guess it is a sign that at 42 I am finally growing up. I want what I have done to be recognized by those who understand painting. By those who know how hard it is to accomplish some of the results I luck fully am able to achieve. So yes deep down inside, I am vain. I miss having my Father here on earth to talk with. He was always very helpful and complementary where needed and critical if need be. He would always say “What is the point of this painting… why should I care about this work?” And we would talk … So from that I learned to not just paint any photo of a person to look for the emotion that is portrayed in the image and to transfer that emotion to my work. I try. If you look at my Clown Series “The Human Side of A Clown”each clown has something about them that stands out or an emotion that is transferred to the person viewing the image. Billy the clown is kind and gentle” Jason the Clown is sweet, Rainbow Clown is excited and happy . These are real emotions and they come across in the paintings. President Obama is serious and looks like he is contemplating the weight of the world on his shoulders. I tried to paint something different about Obama there are tons of Obama paintings, but this one I feel stands out with the emotion portrayed.

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  Musings.
  by yellowbobbypins

• Becoming Whom I'm Yet To...
  by Anna Commer

  I am residing at a point where one’s mind is one’s enemy. Madness it would be to even begin the list of heartfelt issues. As if the thing…

  I am residing at a point where one’s mind is one’s enemy. Madness it would be to even begin the list of heartfelt issues. As if the things I think are not enough to drown my sanity, I now must feel the particles of life I wish would cease of breath. Why, much of thanks, but I choose rather wisely to instead ensure my thinking straight at first. As this part of the world descends into the drowsiness of night’s full sleep, so do I – or so my body tries to manage to. But whether be it thought or feeling, something keeps me writing. Now I question if this to be a journal of an ill person with a mind disease, which had its roots implanted in these lines? //these are scribbles… don’t mind.

• Thurs16Apr09
  by James DeVere

  Musings about RedBubble I have been creating T-shirts in here for just a month. Sales will be pouring in. What a creative place; I am …

  Musings about RedBubble I have been creating T-shirts in here for just a month. Sales will be pouring in. What a creative place; I am very sure of my suceess with so many great people around me.

• Underneath and Around Behind - a teaching anthology of sound based stories
  by Sarah Christiner

  Underneath and Around Behind A teaching anthology of sound based short stories. Contents 1- Under the snow – long ‘A’ / 2- Be…

  To interested parties… A note on the text thus far; I’ve written this almost as if it’s to be a textbook. The narrator between stories is that of a teacher, kind of. It is the sections of the text between stories. The first story I think is simple, basic, enough, the second however; you may need to edit, but the way it’s been written is very easy for you to do so. If you’ve never been backstage after a performance, it’s very noisy with everyone talking at once and partaking in a plethora of conversations. A fly on the wall would just pick up disconnected fragments here and there, so, you can pretty much write anything that goes with the focal sound. It doesn’t have to make sense, just use your imagination to think of what the show as a whole could’ve been. Also for story two here’s a definition you might need: / Ornithomimus (meaning ‘bird mimic’) was an ostrich-like dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period. It had a toothless beak, long legs, and hollow bones. Where ‘tail’ is written as such it is an intentional error, a reference to the next story. Each story uses different letter combinations to make the focal sound and both pronounced and unpronounced versions of said combinations. When reading these it is with the phonetic effect of an Australian, not an English accent. Lainie is a real name; she was one of the Creekside gondola liftys when this anthology was composed.

• lame, I know
  by Charlie Watkins

  I’ve been busy and kinda forgot all about this account. Ah well, sorry to the faithful few of you who have read this! the rains came …

  I’ve been busy and kinda forgot all about this account. Ah well, sorry to the faithful few of you who have read this! the rains came the week – the first we’ve had in Perth for maybe 5 months – and boy did they come. Monsoon like downpours – but at least they actually arrived – my bore for the irrigation ran dry last week, so my poor garden would have started to suffer if it had been dry for a few more weeks. I dont like to water that much anyway as its not good to take from the water table all the time, but even so… As a consequence of the rain, I’ve not been out shooting this week – its been waaaay too wet and windy. I was going to go the rocky shores of Point Peron (google it if you want to know where it is) and take some wave crashing action shots, but i could barely stand up when I went to the beach for a recce! Ah well, maybe later, but the wind is dying, so maybe the waves wont be worth it. I think I large dose of suck it up is required. So, hopefully will get some shots this coming week – if I have any good ones, I’ll let you know. For the three recent pics from the “experiments with motion” set – I went to the beach at sunset and waited until I could get 1 or 2 second exposures and then panned the camera horizontally along the line of the horizon. I think it might be better taken earlier in the day with some ND grads on so I dont get the fade off in light away from the twilight. Even so, they’re pretty cool. Going to do some more for sure – looking out for dark/light contrasty places where it might work again. happy creating this week, folks :)

• Over the past few weeks....my news!
  by Anastasia G

  Okay, so ever since I’ve been more active over the past few weeks so-oh much has happened. Instead of just being a member of too many…

  Okay, so ever since I’ve been more active over the past few weeks so-oh much has happened. Instead of just being a member of too many groups I am now a host as well….of two! Seriously, I love hosting and anyone that doesn’t know about these groups should check them out. Everyone who does know of them and are part of these two awesome groups I want to say thank you to you guys for making them so brilliant and of such high quality. Too Bright and You Big SOFTY I would like to send out a huge thank you to a very good friend, Mika , who hosts both of these groups with me and who does a brilliant job to help me out! You are totally “awesome”! * wink * :D In two weeks I officially become a photography student at my brilliant school. They have a wonderful arts program and hopefully you guys will see some better photo’s up on here soon. Despite my absence for about a month, I have been welcomed back with open arms. Even better, everyday the quality of work that I see gets better. It’s so good to be part of a community that are so supportive. You guys are brilliant. AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE REDBUBBLE! I want to thank everyone for supporting me and my photo’s that you call art. Every little comment means the world to me. Seriously, I get a little buzz to think that other people have spent their own time to look at my photos. Everyone of you support me so much and make me feel a lot more confident about my abilities. Much love and hugs, Ana / xx

• For those who care :D
  by Alex Brown

  HI! just ANOTHER update… -When i bought my beautiful car the stupid fre…

  HI! just ANOTHER update… -When i bought my beautiful car the stupid freakin morons in the caryard didnt transfer the rego… so guess who gets to pay another 500 bucks…. and no its not in the bloody contract… / -I moved out of Ma n Pa’s and live with friends in Woodcroft SA, what seems to be the centre of the “retirement revolution” i love it, though i miss me folks / -i now have a super fast internet connection… up to 20000kbps… :D / -I developed a really bad habit… shopping at Myer… spend $400 and come out with Jeans… and a Jumper… BUT THEY’RE REALLY NICE!!! / -Work is a bit up and down, but am beginning to enjoy it… three years on… / -i have discovered that i cant sleep if the dishes aren’t done… its like OCD cleaning 101 at this house… / -strangely i found that Harp music (janne-minke pinj) calms me more than anything else… and seeing as i seem to have serious anger issues i appreciate the few minutes of peace that Harp Music can give me…. That is all for now…now that i am fully settled i have a few schedules set up for photo shoots… i found models… (my unfortunate friends) and locations… (friends paddocks etc)... which is awesome… and ideas have been flowing… :D -Alex

• Winter wonders
  by Elyn

  Hello all! I am now the proud owner of a Canon EOS 450D! How exciting! I’ve posted a couple of my first images using the camera onto …

  Hello all! I am now the proud owner of a Canon EOS 450D! How exciting! I’ve posted a couple of my first images using the camera onto redbubble (the Autumn leaves shots) and look forward to doing a project that can capture winter and the wonders of these cold months. It’s fun to celebrate the seasons, to enjoy the colours, scents and feel of life as it continues on, taking us with it. The light is different for each season, the perfume in the air can be earthy in autumn and sweet with jasmine in summer and activities vary from fun to cosy. This Winter I look forward to hot chocolates, funny films at the cinema, good books to read before snuggling under the covers at night and time writing poetry and making projects with winter themes. I also celebrate my birthday in July!! What are you looking forward to this winter? QUOTE FOR TODAY’S JOURNAL: / “What you don’t have you don’t need it now / What you don’t know you can feel somehow.” / ‘Beautiful Day’ – U2

• My Journey To Recovery
  by Rebecca Richardson

  In case you wondered why I seemingly disappeared the last few months…here is part one of my digital journal as I work towards recov…

  In case you wondered why I seemingly disappeared the last few months…here is part one of my digital journal as I work towards recovery from prescription drug addiction This is my story today and what I am growing through as I am struggling day by day to get my life back on track and to hopefully find myself again. I am a brutally honest writer and this particular post covers a rather sensitive topic that I am going through. I hope it doesn’t gross anyone out, I just promised myself that I would be as open and honest as possible to help with my own recovery and to perhaps encourage others who might suffering in private to know it is ok to reach out when you need it Life has not always been easy for me over the years but I am working each day to make it better. While I have found my life’s passion by becoming a self-taught graphic design and photography manipulation specialist, I have also struggled for years with addiction to an amphetamine based ADHD drug called Adderral. It has wreaked havoc on my personal and professional life and each day is a slow (and sometimes) painful step towards recovery. Throughout the process, however, I have learned that their is much love in my life and that goes a long way towards helping me heal. The sad part is that while I am indeed a text book case of ADHD I continued to use the drug and eventually became an addict for a completely different reason. As you can see from the photo attached that picture is not me when I was pregnant with my daughter or my son but me 2 days ago an hour after eating! I have a disease called “Lazy Colon Syndrome” which essentially does not allow my colon to eliminate waste on a regular basis. I have already endured a 7 hour surgery to correct my problem and now have a permanent piece of my colon called a stoma on the outside of my body. Unfortunately the surgery only took me from once every 2 months to perhaps twice a month of being able to eliminate waste from my system so once I started Adderall and the pain and bloating went away I truly thought I had found some crazy sort of miracle drug. I ate once a day because my hunger was gone and then I didn’t have any pain so in some ways it was easy to justify staying hooked even though somewhere in the back of my mind I knew I was trading one evil if you will for another. Now that I am in my 2nd month off of all the drugs the same painful, daily struggle has started once more. I eat a meal and for 3 hours I look like I’m ready to have a baby. If you wanna see what I mean here is a pic I took 2 weeks ago about 30 minutes after eating dinner “http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=3264743&albumID=3232501&imageID=67584971” Every day it has gotten progressively worse because (and forgive me here I know this is not a pretty topic) but if the waste in your system can be eliminated normally it is like taking a damn that is already backed up and adding more and more wood to it. It’s painful and makes me feel so ugly. I’ve had several days over the last few weeks where I have been desperate to go back on the drugs if only to have my body stop rebelling against me. I have recently decided to try to go the holistic route and am starting an intensive 30 day system cleanse while I wait to see my GI dr at the end of July. Every day right now is a personal struggle to try to avoid the temptation I have to find a new Dr. to prescribe me more ADHD meds just so that I don’t have to feel like this. Well my hands are tired (lol) so I’m going to stop here for now but I do want to publicly thank my husband and children for being so understanding and for not being ashamed that I have chosen to so publicly share my experiences. I have always used writing as my way of healing and I do not know if I could continue to stay strong or focused if I didn’t have this outlet. I cannot express how much I also appreciate the feedback and support that I have received from my friends here both old and new. I LOST SO MUCH over these last 5 years as I slipped further and further into my own world. I do not know where each day is going to take me next but I DO KNOW that with the continued support of my friends and family I am going to be able to handle it no matter what is around the corner.

• Evil in a Little Orange Pill -- Road to Recovery Part 2
  by Rebecca Richardson

  Felt like writing again tonight so I thought I would share a little more about how addiction to prescribed drugs has affected me over the…

  Felt like writing again tonight so I thought I would share a little more about how addiction to prescribed drugs has affected me over the years. A friend of mine and I where discussing a situation with a family member of hers who is also being treated for ADHD. Here is my response to her about my experience with Adderal Over the course of 5 years I became a full blown addict and went from 25 mg a day to being able to take almost 200 mg a day to feel what I thought at the time was “normal”. Before I started the drug I weighed roughly 125 pds, at my lowest weight over the years I’ve weighed anywhere between 87 to 89 pds with my weight staying roughly around 92 for the past 6 years or so. Besides the medication indued aneroxia (I only ate once a day and spent the rest of the day drinking coffee and chain smoking) I also began showing signs of Bi-Polar disorder. Since my mother has this I was convinced that the doctor was correct and began taking heavy anti-depressant medications on top of the adderral. I’ve been on Clonadine, Serequel, Cymbalta, Lorazepam, Prozac and several others. I was told a I was bi-polar about a year ago and honestly believed I was. I had massive mood swings, paranioa, never left the house, stopped doing business or became completely obssessed with being on the computer and would spend 12 to 15 hours a day basically accomplishing nothing. I lost all of my friends and alienated family members in the process. What doctors do not tell you is that Aderral is essentially a legal version of speed. Getting off the drug was absolutely the hardest thing I have EVER done. A visit to the local addiction recovery center made things 100 times worse. After being informed that they could not treat me as an out patient and wanted me to stay for 30 days, I really ended up losing it. I became suicidal and figured that my children and husband, hell anyone would have to be better off than dealing with me the way I was at that moment. The drive home from that appt was the beginning of turning point. As I drove over our bridge I could not shake the absolute desire to drive my car off the railing and be done with it. Thankfully my logical side won out and I made it home hysterical and a mess but I was alive and I knew then and there that I had to get strong and fight for my recovery. It never dawned on me that a little pill that my doctor willing gave me every month could turn me into such a desperate monster seeking her next pill. Thankfully I never resorted to using anything illegal or purchasing it illegally but I can’t guarantee that if I had I stayed on it for a longer period of time that it would not have ended up that way eventually. In the last 3 months, I’ve gained weight ( I’m at 97 which does not seem like a lot but having dealt with a sort of psuedo anorexia I am still struggling with being at this weight) started leaving my house again and started reaching out to friends again, and oh yeah all those “bi-polar” symptoms are also completely gone! If I had known 5 years ago what I know now I would have never started taking the drug. I know my experience may be unique only to myself but for me at least, Adderal was the devil cloaked in orange, and I am so glad I’m finally on the road to being able to ignore his tempation.

• Work Experience
  by barnsy

  Shit I’m bored. I’ve been sitting here in front of a computer wasting precious minutes of my summer on facebook, wikipedia and I am being…

  Shit I’m bored. I’ve been sitting here in front of a computer wasting precious minutes of my summer on facebook, wikipedia and I am being consumed by this bubble. I am surrounded by seas of computers, people frantically typing and calling people. Who these people are, I don’t know. They’re too busy to talk to me. I know no one here and I probably won’t get to know anyone as most people are too busy actually working. I’m here just to ‘experience work’. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Occasionally my guide comes to me with either some menial task like opening some mail or something, or he gives me a slightly more exciting but still tedious task. The most work I’ve done so far were these ‘On This Day in History’ features which I did yesterday – oh this ‘experience’ is at a newspaper by the way – they were surprisingly stimulating as it is not as easy as it sounds to find something interesting that you can write 170 words about from a specific day in the year. I’ve done them for the next week and had the first one published at the bottom of the page in the middle of some supplement within the paper. It was my first piece for a national paper though so that was pretty beat. Today I’ve had very little to do. I’m sitting next to the sports editor who seems to have been pretty busy, calling people all day, doing research I suppose. On the other side there is another work experience person but I haven’t talked to her. She’s been on her emails all day, plus I think she may have been given something to do. On the other side are a couple of sports writers who I sat near to yesterday as well. Every once in a while when they’re not glued to the screen they talk about some football rumour and I’ve talked to them a few times though I can’t remember their names. This anonymity scares me man. I’m in a room of a few hundred people who are all too fricking busy at work. All the talk is either about articles or between people who work each other all the time so they’ve obviously developed some kind of rapport. I’m a stranger here; I’m here for one week. To be honest, I could only stand being here for a week in this way. If I worked here it would be different because I’d be working and I’d know people – they’d be in my team, I would have had a drink or lunch with them, or maybe we would have been with each other late at night for some historic moment in history or something. Apparently it’s fucking incredible when something big happens. Some epic sense of excitement, some cataclysmic buzz. There doesn’t seem to be much going on here. People are just getting one with things, working. Would I want this in my life? Shit, that’s a thought. It wouldn’t be so bad if I was being paid and plus, if I had a proper job here I’d be doing something. But this office life, it isn’t beat. Life shouldn’t be spent in front of some computer, indoors, typing all day and eyes kissing the screen. It should be spent outdoors with people who aren’t too fucking busy to talk. Is this what becomes most people’s lives? Is this what is going to become my life? Shit I’m glad I’ve got a few years before I have to think about all this career shit. After uni I want to do all that I can to get paid for doing something I love rather than this office shit. I’ll go round travelling with my guitar, a pen and something to write in. Write some stories, do some busking and try to get some kicks. That’s what life’s about isn’t it – getting kicks. At least, if that don’t work, this kind of office is for writing. That’s what I want to do, write. This kind of journalism at least offers that.

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  100 Degrees of Sadness
  by RawElements

  This sketch from my journal was done while I was taking a maths class at university. I remember having no idea what the teacher was on about so I sketched instead.

• Great Weekend for Photography!
  by Jaymilina

  My husband and I just had a great weekend! We started it off with a Classic Car Show in town. Not terribly big, but really great for li…

  My husband and I just had a great weekend! We started it off with a Classic Car Show in town. Not terribly big, but really great for living out at the end of the world! We then went camping out at Neah bay (even farther out…) and played on the beach for hours! Our two Chinese Crested boys had a Wonderful time! They got plenty sandy and ran and ran! They are going to be sleeping for days! Anyway, I took lots of great pictures and will be uploading a few. I’ll try to keep it to only the best!

• Featured in The Beauty of Poetry....Lost and Found
  by littlestmonkey

  I would like to thank The Beauty of Poetry and it’s hosts Hannah Fenton-Williams and Kelly Robinson for featuring Lost and Found...

  I would like to thank The Beauty of Poetry and it’s hosts Hannah Fenton-Williams and Kelly Robinson for featuring Lost and Found / I would also like to thank everyone who left their comments or favourited this piece….your support is greatly appreciated:) ♥

• Hello there...
  by ZoeCusker

  I have been uploading for most of the day and can now call myself a redbubblette! :-P Now I must make some friends! way to quite round…

  I have been uploading for most of the day and can now call myself a redbubblette! :-P Now I must make some friends! way to quite round here!

• Spring has sprung in the Highlands
  by bronspst

  Hi everyone, Spring has sprung in the Highlands. Everything is looking lovely. All the trees in succession are dressing up in their ne…

  Hi everyone, Spring has sprung in the Highlands. Everything is looking lovely. All the trees in succession are dressing up in their new and brightest celebration frocks & ballgowns & the colourful parrots each with their unique calls, visit to feast. The bees, our rare, precious bees hum in the warm sun. ‘The sound of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.’ (from Song of Songs, OT) The unique music of the turtle-dove or crested pidgeon is lovely as they sparkle with luminous green & purple jewels on their wings. And the soft ‘make-up’ of their soft downy feathers is of subtle pinks and greys. Even the contrary winds that blow the blossoms away, serve to disperse the tiny pollen grains to propegate their kind & continue the generations. Ahh God’s praise is everywhere as the psalms declare & ‘He gave us eyes to see them and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty who has made all things well’. So wrote the author of the Hymn, ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great and Small.’ I can’t think of her name at present. I would simply add ‘and He gave us hearts & minds to appreciate them as well’. Only a Sovereign Mind with such appreciation of beauty, of His own, would think to share with us such gifts as appreciation in our hearts. Just some thoughts. Kind regards to all and God bless, / Bron

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  Notting Hill Carnival
  by Francesco Carucci

  Boy in front of a pink wall. Notting Hill Carnival. Candid.

• Spring and new inspiration
  by Elyn

  Hello everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve been on Redbubble and it’s good to be back. The weather is like Spring in Australia a…

  Hello everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve been on Redbubble and it’s good to be back. The weather is like Spring in Australia at the moment and I’ve been collecting sprigs of Jasmine to put on my mantelpiece. My whole studio is perfumed by the gorgeous flower and it’s inspired me to get out and find colour in the world after working on a series of dark gothic images. Spring is a rebirth and means something wonderful: the days are getting lighter. Thats good news for a photographer and artist who is forever fascinated by natural light. I hope everyone is well! Elyn

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  SEXPO 2008
  by Andrew Holford

  This is a 4 page magazine layout of the Melbourne SEXPO 2008

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  Even tonic can give u wings!
  by redscorpion

  Planes made out of recycled cans on display at a street stall 0 Thames Festival 09, London Canon EOS Rebel XT/Sigma 28-70mm / f5.6 1/60s ISO:250

• Starting to resize my images
  by obeyyourmaster

  Now I’ve gotten to images resized so I can sell them as prints! However, how do you put a pre-view of the image in ones profile? If s…

  Now I’ve gotten to images resized so I can sell them as prints! However, how do you put a pre-view of the image in ones profile? If someone could tell me, that would be great! All in all stuff hasn’t been going well. I just got some medical bills today, I owe $2200. Luckily I can do a payment plan. What sucks is the fact the doctors told me they can’t find anything wrong with me. If that is so, then how do you explain the fact I can barely walk half the time? I can’t do my job if my legs don’t want to work! No one seems to want to figure out what is wrong, they just want my money! :( Sorry to bother anyone with this, I’m just not happy at the moment. I wish things would get better.