photo by AP/Kevin Frayer, Guardian website
Great photo of the transit of Venus taken in Agra, India, showing a bird landing on a (small) bit of the Taj Mahal, with sun and Venus in the background.
On Friday, we saw a colourful production by Opera Australia of Mozart's The Magic Flute at QPAC. Not being opera buffs, this was a new and exciting adventure, with an interesting Enlightenment theme of 'how to live'. Going out on Fridays is always challenging, and staying awake requires caffeine, but it does make the weekend seem longer. And this is a long weekend already...
On the same theme, of how to live, I just started reading The Wonderbox: Curious histories of how to live, by Roman Krznaric, having recently finished and loved How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran, wow, finally a funny (hilarious) book about feminism, how very cool...
In another week or so, I should have completed most of my marking, and will have a brief and longed-for fortnight's respite, until starting my placement on 9th July. In the middle of which, I am doing a weekend of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training. Meanwhile, distracting myself by baking two demi-vegan chocolate desserts in two days - which equals one vegan and one not so much vegan chocolate dessert - yum.
Its winter, the weather is foul, exams are looming for J and S, and its not worth being outside, so I am making the most of being in, knitting, watching tv and old movies. We saw Saturday Night Fever the other night, what a great film, not just about disco, but also, getting out of poverty/Brooklyn/anywhere you feel trapped. And again, the theme is how to live. Perhaps this is what it (art, culture) is actually all about.
more later.
rosella: winter flower/fruit?
On Friday, we saw a colourful production by Opera Australia of Mozart's The Magic Flute at QPAC. Not being opera buffs, this was a new and exciting adventure, with an interesting Enlightenment theme of 'how to live'. Going out on Fridays is always challenging, and staying awake requires caffeine, but it does make the weekend seem longer. And this is a long weekend already...
felt bear
On the same theme, of how to live, I just started reading The Wonderbox: Curious histories of how to live, by Roman Krznaric, having recently finished and loved How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran, wow, finally a funny (hilarious) book about feminism, how very cool...
hibiscus
And felting moth-eaten jumpers, making a felt bear and starting to draw again...
pears
In another week or so, I should have completed most of my marking, and will have a brief and longed-for fortnight's respite, until starting my placement on 9th July. In the middle of which, I am doing a weekend of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training. Meanwhile, distracting myself by baking two demi-vegan chocolate desserts in two days - which equals one vegan and one not so much vegan chocolate dessert - yum.
Goma: Contemporary Women Artists Exhibition
Its winter, the weather is foul, exams are looming for J and S, and its not worth being outside, so I am making the most of being in, knitting, watching tv and old movies. We saw Saturday Night Fever the other night, what a great film, not just about disco, but also, getting out of poverty/Brooklyn/anywhere you feel trapped. And again, the theme is how to live. Perhaps this is what it (art, culture) is actually all about.
wonderful crocheted
phone holder by Biddy Bags
more later.
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