Thoughts and Inspiration

Every artist needs a muse and with the ebb and flow of life,

mine right now is things that bring me joy and the beauty in nature that reminds us that the universe can exist without us.  

 

This page is dedicated to random thoughts – musings if you like.

 
  • 30.01.21 I have always envied artists who have a definitive style.  One where you can look at the image and instinctively know – “that’s a so and so” like an artist I follow in Instagram that paints bread!  For the longest time, I was convinced...

  • When I was in my twenties, I used to sing . . . in public . . . for money!  You know those lobby and lounge singers that no one really takes any notice of on the way to the bar?  The thought of it...

  • I cannot remember the first time I heard the song “Let Go” by Frou Frou in a transition scene of a movie but I know that it has actively followed me around like its my very own sound track in my head. The words “Excuse...

  • During our stays at the Cancer Council Lodge in Adelaide, I noticed simple yet impactful gesture of adorning takeaway bags with smiley faces and room numbers.   At a place where every individual was facing their own difficult battle, I was inspired by this, I decided...

  • This last weekend started in Australia and took me to Quebec, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Bhutan, New York, Versailles, Copenhagen and Prague and what a trip around the world it was. The Travelling Film Festival screened 10 full length features and two shorts and I saw...

  • “Childless” as a self portrait, is an idea I have had whirling around for a while, also the name of a piece of literature that I commenced (and abandoned) writing last year as subsequent research suggests the title has been used in the exact same...