theres all these people – adults - / who havent totally succeeded in being an adult / or really even know what that word means.. / probably …
theres all these people – adults - / who havent totally succeeded in being an adult / or really even know what that word means.. / probably cuz they were too busy ‘trying’ to be one.. / ..when they were a kid. theres all these incomplete adults.. / who had kids. / who are absorbing the reflection – examples – of supposedly ‘adults’ theres all these adults who are finally realising about themselves, maybe – by mid 30s / their kids are blissful in primary school.. / mixing with other kids of incomplete adults there’s all these people who feel old / they just passed their 40th birthday.. / Adulthood is finally upon them, whether they want to or not.. theres all these kids trying to be adults.. / cuz adult means freedom freedom means sex drugs and rock and roll / doing what u want, when you want / freedom means money and luxuries / having it all now – and who cares about tomorrow / when no one treasures yesterday.. theres all these freedom seekers / reflection of their parents – the real adults- theres all these people – from baby to the super oldies - / swimming in each others angst and confusion / looking for the same things / Love – truth – respect – acceptance & acknowledgment theres all these people / drowning in the same shit with a different smell / trapped in the vicious circle.. / reflecting of each other - Every life challenges we cheat and run away from is a lesson we are not able to teach our children. Webgrrl – 23 July 2007
I do things quickly. I speak quickly (much to my Grandmother’s frustration), I type very quickly and I click through my documents and pho…
I do things quickly. I speak quickly (much to my Grandmother’s frustration), I type very quickly and I click through my documents and photo’s at super speed if I know what I’m looking for. I can even tell what song I’m listening to by the end of the first bar, most of the time. Some adults seem to do everything slowly. If I want to show mum a picture, I don’t want to have to flip through the blown up version of EVERY image because she “can’t see anything” in a thumbnail. I want to quickly scan the thumbnails then flick open a couple of likely looking images until I find the one I want. And I hate it when someone starts a sentence and THEN pauses to think before finishing it. I think they’re trying to catch me as I’m leaving the room (which is always annoying) and then make me wait while they figure out what they want to say. Is this speed and frustration normal behavior for a young person, or am I just hideously impatient? And the slowness of the older adults around me is annoying me more and more lately. I just want to be left alone to get on with things. God… I hope I never get slower too. I sound like a horrible person don’t I? :p I’m not alway so impatient, only when I have a specific task to do and I already know the best way to get it done efficiently. I just want to know if what I have is a disease of the young. :D I’m rather hoping it is, but my brother doesn’t have it. Actually… he’s frustratingly slow too and always has been…
I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A WONDERFUL TALENT AND I HAVE LINKED OUR WORKS!! .....CAMELS AND LOVERS AND ONLY IN DREAMS….. HER …
I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A WONDERFUL TALENT AND I HAVE LINKED OUR WORKS!! .....CAMELS AND LOVERS AND ONLY IN DREAMS….. HER NAME IS SCARLETT MOON AND YOU CAN FIND OUR COLLABORATION HERE… LOOK AND SEE HER HOME PAGE IS SCARLETT MOON HOME PAGE SHE IS YOUTHFUL AND BRILLIANT,,, I DO ADORE HER SO.
A couple of weeks ago I started riding horses again, after a break of about 3 years. For nearly 30 years I have ridden almost every w…
A couple of weeks ago I started riding horses again, after a break of about 3 years. For nearly 30 years I have ridden almost every weekend, often during the week as well, competed in a range of different disciplines, been connected to horses and the horse world in a very close way (I ran the Equestrian Federation of Australia for 5 years). I was privileged to go to many international horse events, including the Sydney Olympic Games, the World Equestrian Games in Italy in 1998, and the World Endurance Championships in Dubai, also in 1998. My own personal horse world was very separate from this public life, as my level of skill was frankly laughable when compared to the people I mixed with on a daily basis. My riding world revolved around lessons with a trusted coach, for many years on my trusted thoroughbred Jack, with occasional forays into the competitive world in dressage, eventing, showjumping, and a little bit of Western thrown in for good measure, on a crazy Appaloosa. But 3 years ago this happy world came to an end, when I fell out with the people who had agisted my horses and taught me for all those years (a long story and a private one). During this last 3 years I rode a couple of times on a friend’s horse, in a forest and on a beach (divine), slung a leg on a crazy orang-utang in the backblocks of Anatolia in Turkey (a VERY long story!), and then last year had a guided ride through the Bavarian woods on a wonderful Westphalian mare, all class and beauty. Three weeks ago I began lessons again with my original coach. I worked out that if you stay angry, you probably get cancer … for me, the opportunity to ride schooled safe horses, in an environment I knew and trusted, far outweighed any residual bitterness I had about our previous relationship. There were a few nervous moments, not least from me, that my now ageing and increasingly stiff body would fail me when I asked it to do what it had last done 3 years ago. In recent times, I had been unable to even turn around to reverse my car, without groaning and creaking. Getting out of bed could be an ordeal … For the first 5 minutes or so, as I awkwardly and no doubt very clumsily went around the school on a forgiving and understanding horse, in a robot-like rising trot, I thought all my worst fears had indeed been realised. ‘And now, sitting trot’. My heart plummeted. This was going to be the humiliating end of my attempted comeback. Three strides later, I realised that it was as though I had never been off the horse in those years. My back relaxed, my mind sent all the right messages to legs and hands, and I spent one of the most enjoyable hours I have ever experienced. When I got off, I could basically move like a puppet on a string, free of most of the aches and pains I have been experiencing since I stopped riding. Sure, the following day I was a bit sore, but only for 24 hours. I went back the next weekend, and had a wonderful time, again, with absolutely no stiffness the following day. This last weekend, I rode on Saturday, in a group mainly of children and adult beginners. I have never minded riding with beginners, as I get the opportunity to concentrate on myself and the horse, without as much pressure as I experience if I’m riding with people at the same level of understanding. On Sunday I had a private lesson, and achieved one of the benchmarks that dressage riders appreciate, the flying change, on command. Sure, the horse is schooled to do them, but I found the right buttons, and pressed them at the right time! All of this is the long way around to sharing what has been a most affirming and rewarding experience for me – to rediscover skills and feelings which I thought perhaps I might never experience again, and in a way which felt as thiough there had been no time elapsed. At my age (57), this is a wonderful thing, as it confirms for me that, barring accidents and ill-health, I can go on doing this until I’m too old to get on a horse – and since I’ve always used a chair to get on, to save twisting the horse’s back, I reckon I’ve got at least 20 more years! Thanks for getting this far in a long journal entry – I wanted to share this epiphany with my Bubble friends.
In light of Mother’s Day coming up, I really wanted to share a funny story about my daughter that just happened. A few minutes ago, my 3 …
In light of Mother’s Day coming up, I really wanted to share a funny story about my daughter that just happened. A few minutes ago, my 3 year old daughteer (the one in SMILE, LITTLE SISTER, and a bunch of other images I have posted here) asked me. “Why don’t we have boyfriends” (she was referring to herself and her 5 year old sister…) and I said, “Because you are only three years old.” and she said, “Oooooh!” and I said, “Don’t worry, you will have plenty of boyfriends when you get older. You are beautiful.” and I asked her “Why?, Do you want a boyfriend now?” and she said, “Yes.” And I asked what would you do with a boyfriend if you had one???” And she said, “I just want to kiss him… that’s all.” I guess she is influenced by too many older sisters. LOL Anyways, I don’t normally share personal stories, but she is constantly saying the funniest things anymore. I never write it down, and I don’t want to forget. I just wanted to share this with everybody. Have a great day ALL …...
Updated after the ELECTION, “WOOOOOOOOOOOOW YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” We’re NOT GONNA Take IT! / by Twisted Sister...
Updated after the ELECTION, “WOOOOOOOOOOOOW YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” We’re NOT GONNA Take IT! / by Twisted Sister Oh We’re Not Gonna Take It / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / oh We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore we’ve Got The Right To Choose And / there Ain’t No Way We’ll Lose It / this Is Our Life, This Is Our Song / we’ll Fight The Powers That Be Just / don’t Pick Our Destiny ‘cause / you Don’t Know Us, You Don’t Belong oh We’re Not Gonna Take It / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / oh We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore oh You’re So Condescending / your Gall Is Never Ending / we Don’t Want Nothin’, Not A Thing From You / your Life Is Trite And Jaded / boring And Confiscated / if That’s Your Best, Your Best Won’t Do oh….................. / oh….................. / we’re Right yeah / we’re Free yeah / we’ll Fight yeah / you’ll See yeah oh We’re Not Gonna Take It / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / oh We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore oh We’re Not Gonna Take It / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / oh We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore / no Way! oh….................. / oh….................. / we’re Right yeah / we’re Free yeah / we’ll Fight yeah / you’ll See yeah we’re Not Gonna Take It / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / we’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore we’re Not Gonna Take It, No! / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / we’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore just You Try And Make Us / we’re Not Gonna Take It / come On / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It / you’re All Worthless And Weak / we’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore / now Drop And Give Me Twenty / we’re Not Gonna Take It / no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It . / .. / ... EIGHT is ENOUGH! / Happy Halloween 2008 / If the WORLD COULD VOTE ... / .. / .
Sunday in Geelong was the opening of the new Youth Activities Area on our waterfront. / The area includes amongst other things, a half …
Sunday in Geelong was the opening of the new Youth Activities Area on our waterfront. / The area includes amongst other things, a half size basketball court, a climbing wall, and a huge skateboarding area… / They even had a snow slope !! / part2 here / 1 / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 / / / 5 / / / 6 / / / 7 / / / 8 / / / 9 / / / 10 / / / 11 / / / 12 / / / 13 / / / 14 / / / 15 / / / 16 / / / 17 / / / 18 / / / 19 / / / 20 / / / 21 /
Sunday in Geelong was the opening of the new Youth Activities Area on our waterfront. / The area includes amongst other things, a half s…
Sunday in Geelong was the opening of the new Youth Activities Area on our waterfront. / The area includes amongst other things, a half size basketball court, a climbing wall, and a huge skateboarding area… / They even had a snow slope !! / / part1 here / / / 1 / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 / / / 5 / / / 6 / / / 7 / / / 8 / / / 9 / / / 10 / / / 11 / / / 12 / / / 13 / / / 14 / / / 15 / / / 16 / / / 17 / / / 18 / / / 19 / / / 20 /
Thankyou for featuring my T-shirt Design “Happy to be ME” !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/siz…
Thankyou for featuring my T-shirt Design “Happy to be ME” I’m ecstatic!
National Youth Week will be launched on 28th March 2009 and Blacktown NSW is set to host The Burbs Festival for the third year. This …
National Youth Week will be launched on 28th March 2009 and Blacktown NSW is set to host The Burbs Festival for the third year. This is a call-out for creative input! During National Youth Week young people aged 12-25 get to take over the city and make their presence known. If you are an artist, performer, dancer, singer, rapper, designer, filmmaker, photographer, electronic DJ – or maybe you just have a burning idea – festival organisers would love to hear from you! Please get in touch with Todd Williams, Centre-Based Youth Worker at Holroyd Youth Services: youthservices@optusnet.com.au / 9637 1535 / 0417 492 274.
GOOD GOD.. / I allowed myself to see a documentery called “The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)” and what a doozy.. It neve…
GOOD GOD.. / I allowed myself to see a documentery called “The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)” and what a doozy.. It never ceases to amaze me how the stupidity of our far right thinking gets us. We spent more money on arresting and finding growers of marijuana and building jail after jail to house the arrest of these growers and distributors than we do on all the heroin, crack cocaine, meth labs ect all the hard drugs participants combine!! Did you know before 1930’s Hemp was forseen back then as a billion dollar industry!! BACK THEN.. billions of dollars is like now trillions..Holy Cow.. will we ever get out from under our own stupidity and become ENLIGHTENED!! Just for a minuet I find peace in my week and in the mood for allowing for all that is in the contrast of life… and the next I watch something that is sooooooooooo crazy and thought-provoking like the money being made in the building of private prisons.. oh my yikes…. then… WELL THANK GOD FOR Unconventional Artistry GROUP AND THE AMAZING HOSTS… / CHEYWINGS AND EARTHMONSTER / SENDING OUT WORD that I had been given the complete honor of being their featured artist this go round and an invitation to view my lastest work LIMBER TRULY .. I am so thankful sometimes for RB and these wonderful members.. I was just about to feel really angry and I don’t want to today.. / So thanks so much you guys!! I am smiling and in much appreication.. / btw.. this group rocks.. the art is OUT OF CONTROL SO GO CHECK IT OUT.. SO MANY GOOD ARTIST THIS WEEK!!! Unconventional Artistry / XOX
I just popped onto the ‘Bubble to see what was going on, and within ten minutes four of my written works had been featured! I’m really ...
I just popped onto the ‘Bubble to see what was going on, and within ten minutes four of my written works had been featured! I’m really happy about this! And thanks to the hosts of the groups that featured me. I really am honoured. An Empty Room was featured in Masterpieces: Literary Workshop and On Youth. / Loss of Innocence was featured in Masterpieces: Literary Workshop. / Moonlight on Alabaster was featured in On Youth.
the Australian Youth Orchestra String Quartet FREE CONCERT / Friday 8 May, 1.00pm / Picton Shire Hall / 48-60 Menangle Street, Picton…
the Australian Youth Orchestra String Quartet FREE CONCERT / Friday 8 May, 1.00pm / Picton Shire Hall / 48-60 Menangle Street, Picton Repertoire: / PIAZZOLLA Four for Tango / PUCCINI Crisantemi / PÄRT Fratres / SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor From my Life “AYO concerts leave the spirits soaring, confdent that the future of our musical culture is secure” / The Australian, February 2009 For more information visit here or call 1300 668 500.
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/ Seraphina But Seraphina’s eyes dispense / A mild and gracious influence: / Such as in visions angels shed / Around the heaven-illumined head. / To love thee, Seraphina, sure, / Is to be tender, happy, pure..excerpt..James Thompson. Thank you so much
I’ve just had a smoke and I feel like writing something. I’ve never really used this redbubble journal except for a couple of compilation…
I’ve just had a smoke and I feel like writing something. I’ve never really used this redbubble journal except for a couple of compilations, a mammoth piece on some school trip to China and something about how fucking boring work experience is. Where am I in life? Life…always viewing these days as some kind of painfully slow progression towards some ideal moment when I become my own platonic image of myself conceived through drunken nights, reading fucked up gonzo books and listening to good ole Bobby Dylan when I’ve had one doobie too many. Earlier this morning I was thinking about the kind of guy I want to be and it ended up being some kind of Hunter S.Thompson, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix concoction….sometimes I feel I was born in the wrong fucking decade. What was so good about the sixties? I guess that they had something to rebel against and so do we but we just can’t be fucked to do anything about it. We’re all so tied up with playstations and high definition teles that we’ve forgotten that being young is supposed to be about finding some new path through life rather than the grey and stagnant paths of those before us. My friends are so up their on asses thinking about ways to get rich that they’ve missed the point that money don’t get fun, people do. That’s what they got right in the 60s. They didn’t give a shit about jobs and routine, they avoided it. Nietzsche once said that all an artist can ever desire is ‘panem et circen’ – bread and art. I suppose I view myself as an artist then. All I want to do is write about fucked up stories in my life while having enough food and money to get by. The panem is the few quid that I might get through a book or article or song or gig; the circen is the creativity behind making that song or writing that book or whatever. Where am in life? I’m about to go to university and if society has its way I’ll end up in some 9-5 job and get 2.4 children and send them to nice schools and spend the rest of my lives paying for bills and mortgages for things I don’t even need. I’m 18 and my life is just beginning….fuck getting a job or first class degree. I’m going to uni to get some kicks and yeah I might be going to a fucking good uni but I’ll get by on hard work to get what I want and what I want includes those kicks that Hunter and Jimi have inspired me to want. After that? All I want to do is drift through the moment writing articles and songs for my ‘Panem et Circen’.
HI All Thank you to all of you who have responded to my Journal Mentoring and ecouraging generations to come...
HI All Thank you to all of you who have responded to my Journal Mentoring and ecouraging generations to come: and those who replied to a post Ross Spencer: posted for me regarding the same subject. I have just posted the idea on the Ideas and suggestions page What if redbubble had a site devoted to encouraging our younger generation: Please if you feel as I do that creativity is important in life and that if we dont feed it and nurture it, the world will be changed for ever (ok a bit melo dramatic but you get the picture). Please vote for it. we each get 10 votes …please come vote for it …. thank you so much for reading this HUGS XXX Jilli Please if you are in a group i do not belong to and feel the same way please could you post a link to this journal or to the Suggestion page so that people can vote.. the more votes we get the better. thank you so much again Namaste’
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Hi All, / I have a HUGE Favour to ask you all, Please could you VOTE for my cause. I’m trying to get RB to consider opening up a siste…
Hi All, / I have a HUGE Favour to ask you all, Please could you VOTE for my cause. I’m trying to get RB to consider opening up a sister site devoted to encouraging our younger generation, those younger than 16. which would be sub divided via groups into age groups, where kids can learn to critique each other without breaking each other down, discover what it means to be part of a community and have access to Mentors and other artists, from RB who can offer their knowledge and encouragement. They can also sell their cards, t-shirts, and calendars teaching them what it feels like to be an out there . The main Objective it to keep it separate from the Adult RB to prevent them seeing undue violence or nudity. I feel so strongly about this idea, I feel we can do so much good for these children. From an Adult who has benefitted so from being on RB for just ONE month. I have been a hermit for the last four years only leaving the house to do things I absolutely had to like go off to work, and do chores like grocery shopping… In one month of posting some of my drawings, photos, poems and journals, I’ve found a world where the real me inside is not shunned, or batted aside. Yes family and friends have said they liked my art, but they unfortunately don’t have a choice , hehe. I feel that had I been given this sort of encouragement as a child, (I’m not saying that I had a bad childhood), and not forcefully guided into what I do for a living now, that I would be a more confident person. What’s happened to me in the last month is nothing short of miraculous, I have an appointment with a college councillor next week to consider going back to school, to take up where I left off in my art and to take up a child care diploma. Please have a listen to Sir Ken Robinson talk on creativity in education, we have at our finger tips the opportunity to help those kids achieve their creative potential. / Please feel free to read my first post suggesting the idea Mentoring and Encouraging generations to come and my second post where I Suggestions for a Redbubble KID, Please Vote posted the suggestion on the Ideas and Suggestions page. / If you feel as I do that we can Help Change how the story goes, please click the link below and VOTE please the more of us who vote the better for all of us. PLEASE ITS FOR THE KIDS: / Below is the code for it. Just copy and paste it into your profile and then remove all of the spaces otherwise you’ll just have a load of code to read. It links straight to the suggestion/idea page :-D / ! http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/view:main/3819299-2-support-this-please.jpg ! : http://feedback.redbubble.com/pages/3434-feedback/suggestions/324084-what-if-red-bubble-had-a-sight-devoted-to-encouraging-our-younger-generation Thank you sooo sooo much for reading this post I thank you from the bottom of my Heat. HUGS xxxx Namaste Jilli PS if you have a group I do not belong to could you please post this, thank you kindly HUGs xxxx
Depending on the amount of cooperation we can show and effort to create awareness… a new challenge has been posted that may result in a…
Depending on the amount of cooperation we can show and effort to create awareness… a new challenge has been posted that may result in an actual exhibit at the end of November and a $5000 grant towards our efforts… As of November 2007, Virgin Mobile and recording artist Jewel lobbied successfully to have November declared National Youth Homeless Awareness Month ... all the details here: / heART for homeless youth Challenge please pass along / ♥t
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the HORROR of it ALL YES/ OUR MELBOURNE! HERE
Check out the montage I made.. http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=9e2cd775e96169887c9da9&skin_id=701 Music by Sonic Youth.
Check out the montage I made.. http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=9e2cd775e96169887c9da9&skin_id=701 Music by Sonic Youth.
Many many thanks to kathi…
Many many thanks to kathibook who has just bought “Peace, Love, Hope: Merry Christmas Greeting Card” on Redbubble. Find here a selection of Greeting Cards. / The perfect card for any occasion. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Carl Larsson: Brita as Iduna (Iðunn), lithography, title page for the christmas edition of “Idun”, 1901 / In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with youth: a keeper of apples and granter of eternal youthfulness. This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. For further information on Carl Larsson or scroll to the bottom of this page! Alternatively check out my Zazzle store and make your own customised card online. Zazzle custom greeting cards are a great way to send a special message. Whether you are sending holiday greetings, announcing a new baby, celebrating a birthday, sending wedding or party invitations, or just need to say “hi”. It’s fun and easy way to design the entire card, adding your photos and messages to all four sides. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / More choices from Zazzle: Wear My Art – Check out Female Contemporary Art on Apparel here: My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © taiche. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited / See more of taiche at ZAZZLE / Baby Custom T-Shirts :dress that baby up with a special design on a custom t-shirt, long sleeve or onesize / Kids Custom T-Shirts .from organic t-shirts to long sleeve shirts, boys, girls, and toddlers can fill their fashion needs with a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirts for kids. Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties* Don’t forget to check out my poetry section Selected works of art from my 2009 Portfolio Do not forget to check out my range of fully customisable calendars. Simply let me know your choice of images and months to show them and I will create especaillly for you. You can choose from any of my images. / Larsson was born in Prästgatan No.78, a house on the Tyska Stallplan in Gamla stan, the old town in Stockholm. His parents were extremely poor and his childhood was not happy. Renate Puvogel, in her book Larsson, gives plenty of information about his life: “His mother was thrown out of the house, together with Carl and his brother Johan; after enduring a series of temporary dwellings, the family moved into Grev Magnigränd No.7 (later No.5) in what was then Ladugårdsplan, present-day Östermalm. As a rule, each room was home to three families; penury, filth and vice thrived there, leisurely seethed and smouldered, eaten-away and rotten bodies and souls. Such an environment is the natural breeding ground for cholera,” he wrote in his autobiographical novel Me (Jag, Stockholm, 1931, p.21). Carl’s father was also a good-for-nothing who worked as a casual laborer, sailed as a stoker on a ship headed for Scandinavia, and lost the lease to a nearby mill, only to end up there later as a mere grain carrier. Larsson portrays him as a loveless man lacking self-control; he drank, ranted and raved, and incurred lifelong anger of his son through his outburst “I curse the day you were born.” In contrast, Carl’s endlessly working mother provided for their everyday needs through her job as a laundress. Carl’s artistic talent was probably inherited from his grandfather on his mother’s side, who was a painter by trade. However, at the age of thirteen, his teacher Jacobsen, at the school for poor children urged him to apply to the “principskola” of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and he was admitted. During his first years there, Larsson felt socially inferior, confused, and shy. In 1869, at the age of sixteen, he was promoted to the “antique school” of the same academy. There Larsson gained confidence, and even became a central figure in student life. Carl earned his first medal in nude drawing. In the meantime, Larsson worked as a caricaturist for the humorous paper Kasper and as graphic artist for the newspaper Ny Illustrerad Tidning. His annual wages were sufficient to allow him to help his parents out financially. After several years working as an illustrator of books, magazines, and newspapers, Larsson moved to Paris in 1877, where he spent several frustrating years as a hardworking artist without any success. Larsson was not eager to establish contact with the French progressive impressionists; instead, along with other Swedish artists, he cut himself off from the radical movement of change. After spending two summers in Barbizon, the refuge of the plein-air painters, he settled down with his Swedish painter colleagues in 1882 in Grez-sur-Loing, at a Scandinavian artists’ colony outside Paris. It was there that he met the artist Karin Bergöö, who soon became his wife. This was to be a turning point in Larsson’s life. In Grez, Larsson painted some of his most important works, now in watercolour and very different from the oil painting technique he had previously employed. Carl and Karin Larsson had eight children and his family became Larsson’s favourite models. Many of his watercolours are now popular all over the world. Their eight children included Suzanne (1884), Ulf (1887, who died at 18), Pontus (1888), Lisbeth (1891), Brita (1893), Mats (1894, who died at 2 months), Kersti (1896) and Esbjörn (1900). In 1888 the young family was given a small house, named Little Hyttnäs, in Sundborn by Karin’s father Adolf Bergöö. Carl and Karin decorated and furnished this house according to their particular artistic taste and also for the needs of the growing family. Through Larsson’s paintings and books this house has become one of the most famous artist’s homes in the world, transmitting the artistic taste of its creators and making it a major line in Swedish interior design. The descendants of Carl and Karin Larsson now own this house and keep it open for tourists each summer from May until October. Larsson’s popularity increased considerably with the development of colour reproduction technology in the 1890s, when the Swedish publisher Bonnier published books written and illustrated by Larsson and containing full colour reproductions of his watercolours, e.g. A Home. However, the print runs of these rather expensive albums did not come close to that produced in 1909 by the German publisher Karl Robert Langewiesche (1874–1931): His choice of watercolours, drawings and text by Carl Larsson, titled Das Haus in der Sonne (The House in the Sun), immediately became one of the German publishing industry’s best-sellers of the year — 40,000 copies sold in three months, and more than 40 print runs have been produced up to 2001. Carl and Karin Larsson declared themselves overwhelmed by such success. Larsson also drew several sequential picture stories, thus being one of the earliest Swedish comic creators. Carl Larsson considered his monumental works, such as his frescos in schools, museums and other public buildings, to be his most important works. His last monumental work, Midvinterblot (Midwinter Sacrifice), a 6×14 meter oil painting completed in 1915, had been commissioned for a wall in the National Museum in Stockholm (which already had several of his frescos adorning its walls), but was upon completion rejected by the board of the museum. The fresco depicts the blót of King Domalde at the Temple of Uppsala.
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