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  • Swapping Treacherous Carrots with the Battersblog

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    Today author & raconteur Lee Battersby has published what amounts to one of my pub-style rants on the nature of things, over at the Battersblog. This time: carrots. Part of Lee’s examination of art & writing. And if none of that makes sense to you, you should probably go back to the beginning. Thanks, Lee,…

  • Alan Ball on creation

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    Was lucky enough to attend the Alan Ball interview at the Opera House tonight. He’s a warm, funny man & down to earth, surprised, I think, by the event & the crowd. I thought: this is what you get when you talk to a real writer, that acknowledgement of how hard won the successes are,…

  • The feeds I read

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    I’m slowly rediscovering the joys of blogs lately, though trying to recall how & with what tools I was ever able to stay on top of all the juicy feeds & blogs & advice & sundry out there. Why, just today I discovered a comic book with invisible ink dialogue (thank-you, Warren Ellis) & an…

  • I guess that’s why it’s called ‘average’

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    You know, when someone roams the world photographing the first hundred people they find in each city (who agree to be photographed), & then average those hundred faces & call each composite by the city name — it’s surprising how similar we all look. Or, well, maybe it isn’t. But somewhere in there is a…

  • To bring to expression

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    “Is it my role as an artist to say something, to express, to be expressive? I think it’s my role as an artist to bring to expression, it’s not my role to be expressive. I’ve got nothing particular to say, I don’t have any message to give anyone. But it is my role to bring…

  • Paper Art

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    In honour of a lovely weekend (spent partly at the fantastic Finders Keepers Markets in Sydney), I present to you Anna-Wili Highfield’s fabulous paper art. Plenty of art at the Finders Keepers Market, much of it wearable. I found pressed metal is in, & so are teapots. I bought some $6 origami flowers & a…

  • Pretty things

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    I love a good Friday night off from social engagement, committment, plans, duties, things-to-do. A Friday night on the lounge with a good book and some Law and Order episodes on TV. And I love new pretty links. Today: Looking for business card inspiration, I found this awesomeness: http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs Looking for the gift for the…

  • More of the visual delights

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    This /w cheeseburgers is rather wonderful and I don’t know why. But isn’t all great art like that? A little bit more, a little bit ‘other than’ something that’s easily put into words? Also little naked person storage is kinda funny. ;p

  • Mamon

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    Today’s art discovery, discovered while I was searching for ‘God and Mammon‘ (for the gothic essay on No Country for Old Men): Mamon, by Louise Bourgeouis. The sculpture, which resembles a spider, is over 30ft high, with a sac containing marble eggs. There’s a stainless steel one in front of the Tate, but if you…

  • That funny feeling I’ve forgotten something

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    Toothbrush, check, passport, check, notes for panel, check, copies of A Book of Endings to use as beercoasters give-aways, check, list of MEXICAN places to eat in San Francisco, check, US dollars (now over AUD$0.90, keep ’em coming), check. What HAVE I forgotten?! While I shut down my browser for the first time in weeks,…