tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87691271365778778242024-03-19T13:13:16.973+10:00IMBI DAVIDSONimbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-90050159666226382162015-07-10T13:21:00.001+10:002015-07-10T13:21:53.763+10:00Triangulation. Pathways. Discovery. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A new leaf. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And a morning shaft of light upon painted surfaces </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Soon to launch a rocket from the creative soul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm so happy. </span></div>
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<br />imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-19463256602574520452015-02-25T12:09:00.001+10:002015-02-25T12:09:47.385+10:00There are no memorials here...Watching a recent series about pirates, there was a moving scene between the captain and his first mate...<br />
The first mate, beleaguered by the captain's dreams of riches, wealth and piratical utopia, launches a beautiful retort to the measure of stating that pirates, by nature, are claimed by the sea are at the mercy of the waters and uncertainty its bounty...that over time all is erased and there dreams/schemes will all be buried at the bottom of the ocean to be wiped away..."there are no memorials here" he states...<br />
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Somehow this seemingly throw away line has struck a chord...in the quest of painting and of life....what is it that we try to capture?? What do we hope that we are leaving behind?? What, if anything, are we speaking of when we mark, paint and explore the world in this way....'<br />
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Often I seem to wobble between being completely inspired and almost reaching the point of chucking it all in...never knowing why or what it is that I am actually doing...why all these fucking landscapes/mountains/clouds/skies...why do they plague me?? why won't they leave me alone???<br />
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In some ways, over the years, I have felt the need or urgency to paint things I do not understand...like ideas and stories come unbidden and all I must do is listen and make a little space for them to unravel...without knowing it, this dialogue in a stupid tv series has hit the nail on the head...these paintings serve as some testament to the past, to the un-witnessed passings...to the untold stories of the fallen...as an epitaph of all that lies underground and underwater...fathomless numbers who have created the paths for us to travel in the glimpse of this moment...<br />
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Perhaps paintings are monuments to the truth...perhaps they are the memorials to that which we do not understand and what calls us to the creative endeavor...perhaps there is no easy way of giving meaning or purpose...perhaps, as the pirate suggests, we are all passing moments to be claimed and forgotten...<br />
If so, then, i give it up to the greater and decide to scribe my little old bones while they sing and listen intently to those that have sung before...and I will be a land pirate in search of the treasure that lies in the folds of these mountains...<br />
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New Work...2015.<br />
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patchwork. dirt. canvas. oil.<br />
alchemy. colombian. like.<br />
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Little studies of land.<br />
With a few pink bits thrown in for good measure.<br />
Harlequining around these mountains...<br />
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Recent forays into the world of paint have yielded these surprising results...<br />
Pics are details of some of the big ones...<br />
I have to say the return to large format size paintings was like coming home...<br />
Has been a rough few years trying to get the space and time<br />
to delve into the depths of the large, primed, empty canvas...<br />
and smashing brushes...<br />
smashing brushes...<br />
it is a romance to be sure...<br />
a kind of love hate relationship really....<br />
it wants to engulf you entirely<br />
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<br />imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-48824310502453439312014-06-13T18:29:00.000+10:002014-06-13T18:29:01.276+10:00Heart in the Mists...Bentley Blockade 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Adler; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">23<sup>rd</sup> May 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The quiet darkness is filled with a
stirring of action…mists roll around a dew drenched paddock, cars move amidst
the rising shadows…feet walk through chilled air, breathing in anticipation of
the dawn…the smells of fire waft across the sea of tents…small little homes of
the masses of people camped out to ‘protect’ the surrounding lands from the
potential threats of unconventional gas mining. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It’s been a solid few weeks on the
ground….momentum building, tents growing, infrastructure being constantly put
up, pulled down, relocated, strengthened…dishes washed, kitchen meals,
computers, elders, radios, dogs, children, café, cows and cars. How to compost the lives of so many linking
together with strong arms in the fight?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Moving in the darkness, the feet hit the
worn path of Bungabee road; through the gates, past the traffic control with
fluoro high viz jackets…breathing the swirling mists one turns to see a bright
solar powered love heart light rising in the darkness above the café…cows chew
grass and the trees surrounding the paddock stand like sentinels, witnessing
the birth of something unspoken…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Heading onto the woodchip path that someone
or many hands have laid, walking along the busy highway of early commuters…the
light starts to the lift the mists into a veil of beauty…deep beauty of the
mountains that surround the valley…ridges of woodland watch like shadows of
time…this path has been trodden by so many – so many faces that pass on the path.
The eyes meet the many confluences of stories coming together on this path in
the dawn to stand strong. Passing Gate B, nestled into the driveway simmos and
vigil watchers warm hands by small fires and greet the passers by. Walking
through the rock walls to Gate A, one sees the sky lift its veil, mists in the
west, painted signs line the rock walls and iron love hearts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The flags lead on to Gate B…confronted with
silhouettes of monopoles, ropes, tarps, star pickets, people and scrambling
sprawling life in camp, the heartbeat draws you in…it is dawn rising in the
guardianship of the arms of the protectors. Gathered together around the stones
of the sacred fire…its heat pulsing out towards the skies; the spirits holding
the power of the ancestors within…you are drawn into the circle, warmly
embraced into the fold. Soft prayers being spoken, stories told and
shared…everybody’s eyes fixed on the flames, directed towards the thoughts of
the ever-present fight…announcements are made, people drift off and on, songs
are sung…smoke billows to touch the faces of all present for the dawn vigil…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Looking eastward, the colours dancing in
the sky above the range give a glow to the congregation…passing through the
barbed wire fences – covered with pipes, passing the tripod, flags and lock on
fortifications, one bursts into the field of the wider landscape. It is
beautiful. The dawn touches your cheeks and you know this is the power of the
earth manifest in her raiment, her wonder and power…the thought of knowing that
where your feet are now standing, could, in a parallel universe, be an
industrial warzone of chemicals, concrete, pipes and poison. Hearing the
crickets at play in the golden stalks of grass, seeing more clearly now how the
land lays herself over the gentle rises and folds…The strengthening light takes
you onto the hill…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The silence and majesty here is palpable.
The sacred fire, held by the hands of many sends its plumes above…here,
everything else is noisy and distracted. For here, where the mists roll over
the plains, where it is clear, you see clearly the wider story…in this place
you see the sacred…this mighty fig tree with its twined roots standing firmly
on this rise; this is life…the tree of life…this is the power that draws us all
together. This is why thousands upon thousands of people have stood up, donated
their hearts, time, energy, money, skills and more beyond measure…it all makes
sense as you sit in the dawn light…and witness…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As the fire slowly burns on, as the sun
gently rises…so too we rise…together in the heart…all of those standing in this
place, we are rising…it is the birth of a powerful force…beyond what we know.
And it is bigger than what we thought and more powerful than anything
before…the truth of life, the corrupt forces that we plainly see for their
lies, illusion and deceit are crumbling… and we stand silent, together, firm
and strong like the solid ancient fig tree watching over it all…it is an
amazing force rising…the eyes gaze upon the sun as it blasts through the mists.
Here we are. It is on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Reflecting on the campaign at Bentley and
having been involved in my humble, small way, I am profoundly determined to
carry this experience into all possible places of life. As a mother, as a
lover, a citizen and artist. Being involved with such a dedicated, passionate
group of people makes me, you, us, all stronger. Beyond the personal, being
witness to the group of seasoned elders & veteran campaigners who held the
fort strong with clear vision and empowerment from the beginning has been life
a life changing honour. The clarity, intelligence and problem solving skills of
the whole team devoted to holding the campaign and camp Bentley together are to
be applauded…it has blown my mind!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The strategy of bringing together multiple
small groups, the political focus, social strength and networking capacity of
this has been totally epic. The fight has been peaceful. The fight has been
taken to the throats of the corrupt and made them quake in the face of their
own pathetic choices; standing in truth for the reality of what it means to
have a real future. Beautiful, simple grandmothers who have farmed the land for
decades humbly standing up. This has been a magnet for all walks of life; it
has galvanised a community into a strengthened, sharply honed arsenal of
peaceful, powerful and honest ‘protectors’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Having responded to the call many weeks ago
to ‘represent’ and be out at Bentley ‘on country’ has been a powerful,
life-changing journey. From a humble tent, to fully developed camp, Bentley captured
my heart and felt for the first time in months like a home. Juggling between
life, children and all of the responsibilities, returning to that paddock was
the most meaningful and important place to be. Watching this place pull people
into its matrix and rip them apart to be put back together again has been both
painful and joyous to watch. The multiple challenges of living life and working
to hold the many layers together has been fragile to say the least. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Waking on Thursday 20<sup>th</sup> May was
like a dream. To hear the cows bleating and munching all as normal, feeling the
dawn rise above the mists…and then the muffled shouts, the heart beating
faster, cries of joy, bursting out of the tent looking for anyone…’we’ve
won…we’ve won….the minister has made an announcement’… running around the first
woman I saw grabbed me and cried into my arms…we cried and felt relief beyond
relief…tears, tears…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What we had anticipated was a nightmare.
Just hours before I had been in a heated conversation about battle tactics…to
burn tyres, to not burn tyres, how to deal with police horses, pepper spray…how
do we stay peaceful if the police are being violent?? All these questions, the
building confrontation and reality of potentially facing up to 800+ riot and
military police just seemed too inviolate to comprehend; we all felt the
pending doom. Yet, despite the potential force, so many were resolute; we will
face what is to come with full heart, full truth and will not balk at the force
of the mighty. So many willing to face violence, arrest and the full brunt of
police might. Like highly strung, tightly wound balls of string…all this
collectively ‘sighed’ in epic release on this morning…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Arriving to the main camp to hugs, cries
and joy was immense. It gave permission to finally feel it all, to see the
power of people, to see the fruits of what so many had tirelessly and
collectively sown. There was almost disbelief. There were media everywhere,
interviews, cameras, radios, microphones. A euphoria of disbelief, relief and
success wafted over camp like a golden mist in that early morning light. The
rock of Bentley penetrated the pond and rippled out in waves of epic
proportion…socially, politically, environmentally, culturally, personally…and
from there it hasn’t stopped…the house of cards continues to crumble on a
political level…corruption of senior politicians exposed…the snakes are
emerging from the grass and being seen for who they truly are (in fact snakes
would be far more welcome in the Bentley camp I am sure!!). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What I have witnessed I cannot really do
justice to in either words or pictures…the beauty is extraordinary and also the
pain…the pain of what it took to get there; the pain of losing what is no
longer needed and the joy of discovering what strength there is within. This
battle has been won both within and without…being a part of this whole movement
has shown that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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deeper and go deeper. To connect, to stand strong and listen more, ever more.
What has been lost and what has been gained is immeasurable…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I see the many eyes that I have crossed
paths with and the authentic, real place of being together, hand in hand with
so many amazing souls. Knowing that that is the true victory; to see love
joining hands, in a paddock, on a hill. To be brave enough to stand in the
midst of our own pain, truth and suffering and have the courage to go there,
feel it and let it burn in the ashes…all the stories and healing that has been
unseen in this land will burn forever in my heart…it is the dawn of a new
day…it is only the beginning…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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'Landscape is a portion of the earth's surface<br />
that can never be comprehended in a glance...<br />
A rich and beautiful book<br />
that is always open before us...<br />
We have but to learn to read it...'<br />
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roses...<br />
light heat...<br />
old landscapes.<br />
trains, tourists, trivia<br />
bridges, claims<br />
and pelicans...<br />
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blood stained<br />
broken memories<br />
embedded in old prison cells...<br />
heritage...<br />
garden...traces<br />
reminiscence<br />
moulded like stones in a wall...<br />
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searching for the present<br />
nowscape...<br />
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drawing on country<br />
catching the filtered<br />
sublime<br />
with what it is to refine<br />
cloud soujourns...<br />
light escapes...<br />
old structures...<br />
desert, ocean, lake<br />
interface...<br />
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homeland.<br />
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'Any landscape is a condition of the spirit..'imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-88903155169589274222014-03-25T18:58:00.000+10:002014-03-25T18:58:16.098+10:00red, white, blue.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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weird play things...<br />
probably not worth putting out there<br />
but beneath the clouds<br />
something is brewing...<br />
stay tuned.<br />
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snippets from the studio of late...<br />
finally the walls of these mountains seep in<br />
the colour movement and rhythm<br />
of these valleys instills itself...<br />
i cannot help but reply with these humble offerings...<br />
hot pink crept itself in...the tension between mountain, river, ocean...<br />
at play with the roving cloudscapes...<br />
winds from everywhere...<br />
the compass spins...<br />
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imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-5780309254995109462013-08-01T11:52:00.002+10:002013-08-01T11:55:07.612+10:00random poetica....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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an assortment of random places<br />
moments and ephemera in situ...<br />
with hints of blue...<br />
and the arc of line...<br />
phenomena<br />
luminary<br />
poetic<br />
the mystery finds its way<br />
into you...<br />
the eye scribes...<br />
we listen<br />
it is true....<br />
<br />imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-28532909309494069132013-07-23T11:56:00.000+10:002013-07-23T11:56:14.348+10:00notes to Ian Fairweather...Ian,<br />
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I cannot describe to you the space anymore...<br />
it must be no longer familiar....<br />
with all the houses, cars, shops and lights<br />
it is not what once was....<br />
I found your grove of callitris<br />
a remnant amidst suburbia encroaching<br />
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incredible to think this is where you lived for so long<br />
under these boughs<br />
of darkness <br />
and nothing remains of you<br />
just a few scars on the old trees<br />
and some plaques and a big rock to remind us...<br />
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but beneath the developed veneer<br />
i sense the sand move and a depth of peace<br />
and I understand how you found peace of spirit here...<br />
the calm ocean<br />
the dragons of the sky<br />
the colours<br />
and trees....yes...it becomes apparent...<br />
the sunset was sublime. <br />
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so thanks Bribie Island...<br />
and thanks Ian for the HB pencil I found at your old home...<br />
I'm glad you found sanctuary here<br />
once upon a time<br />
how things change so quickly...<br />
and how some remain unchanged...<br />
I whisper to you these things...<br />
I heard you in the twilight song<br />
beneath those trees<br />
and underneath the sounds of the very close cars<br />
and televisions...<br />
I listened and walked on the soft sands....<br />
now I know...<br />
and i am grateful...<br />
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exploring states of tension<br />
through body<br />
music<br />
drawing<br />
from lucid, passive<br />
to medium and high tension...<br />
interesting to dance<br />
and draw this feeling<br />
and feel the bodyline<br />
then draw the flow...<br />
<br />imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-46220518748372283152013-06-14T15:20:00.001+10:002013-06-14T15:20:28.121+10:00the lovers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzn2tcPlqOQ/Ubql8km5kfI/AAAAAAAACes/F_lfj11WRLI/s1600/new+york+402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzn2tcPlqOQ/Ubql8km5kfI/AAAAAAAACes/F_lfj11WRLI/s320/new+york+402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>the past few years<br />
i have created a beautiful love story<br />
dreamy, impossible love that<br />
crosses oceans<br />
like a Chagall painting....steeped in nostalgia<br />
amazing beauty and colour<br />
it has taken me on amazing adventures<br />
and given me great treasures<br />
a beautiful, sacred thing...<br />
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this love story, like all good things<br />
has ended <br />
the biggest chapter is over<br />
I am currently on the<br />
first page of an entire new book<br />
that I know not where it will go...<br />
but I am the artist, I create it<br />
I design and write the story...<br />
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Although a tough time<br />
it is somewhat exciting<br />
to come back to the space of creation...<br />
of colour and renewal...<br />
destruction simply destroys...<br />
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we grew carrots.<br />
they are so lovely and beautiful.<br />
tasty.<br />
also lately,<br />
I have been spending time with some<br />
Kene cloth from the ladies of Peru...<br />
Is intricate patterns of hand-stitched fabric<br />
entwining stories of ancestors, spirit & plants...<br />
they sing....truly...<br />
beautiful work from the hands of the amazon...<br />
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here's some shots of my work<br />
shown recently in Tasmania @ Poimena Gallery, Launceston.<br />
Curated by the amazingly sparkly <br />
Katie Stackhouse,<br />
was a great show and feel lucky to have been<br />
included with such other great artists...<br />
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Check out the website:<br />
<a href="http://www.timeexhibition.com/"><span class="userContent">www.timeexhibition.com</span></a><br />
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<span class="userContent">or read this great article by Rebecca Fitzgibbon:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"> it is time....</span><br />
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here's some happy snaps from my recent exhibition<br />
<i>the casuarina tree...</i><br />
works on fabric, blankets, paintings...<br />
really an overall patchwork<br />
of broken pieces gathered together<br />
into this tapestry of sewn together fragments<br />
of life from Darwin to Terania to Wanganui<br />
had the good fortune that my work was<br />
seen by these two great men<br />
at thechannongallery.com<br />
who bought and are selling some of my work<br />
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but what a huge collective gasp of air it is to have<br />
finished this masters project...<br />
for the first time in three yearsish i have no thought<br />
clouds looming<br />
no invisible lists and deadlines or university paperwork<br />
what a strange freedom it has given me<br />
the double bladed sword of conditional art making<br />
honed with the frame of dissertation and intelligible arguments<br />
now...<br />
back to brush, unrestricted thought forms, free clouds<br />
free roaming research<br />
unlimited creative downloads<br />
and space unparalled<br />
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but with this current heat wave<br />
i am mostly turning into a sea creature<br />
or creek slime<br />
enjoying cicada symphonies<br />
a bit of peace and rest<br />
and riding the back log of unprocessed data<br />
that emerges from ones soul<br />
after being in a cage for so long...<br />
there that's my speech for today.<br />
you might find me on warm summer nights<br />
swimming with dolphins.<br />
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of writing...thinking...drafting...<br />
editing...<br />
feeling frustrated, contaminated and imprisoned...<br />
there is a dawn...<br />
a light of new beginnings...<br />
of returning to the creative practice...<br />
of rediscovering my work<br />
with fresh eyes and new perspectives...<br />
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this almost three year engagement with<br />
the monster of the Masters Research<br />
has given me great learning and<br />
freedom...it must be for something....<br />
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all this culminates in a solo show...<br />
happening very soon...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">xxxx </span>imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-31978937355056815292012-08-06T21:47:00.000+10:002012-08-06T21:49:04.970+10:00to landscape to landscape...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to landscape to landscape to buy a fat pig...<br />
home again home again<br />
jiggity jig...<br />
oh yep.<br />
landscape.<br />
how i wish to roll in your horizons<br />
and find lines between your latitudes<br />
the fight with the cloud demons<br />
and battle with the blood of earth<br />
to landscape...<br />
i miss you...<br />
you hear me..<br />
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paint and dye pot juice on paper<br />
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funny how things get lost<br />
then found<br />
you revisit things and find that<br />
there were clues to something<br />
that propel you forward<br />
without being stuck<br />
being in the continuum<br />
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<br />imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-53171319848851684272012-07-03T19:18:00.003+10:002012-07-03T19:24:17.150+10:00rusty...ok. this blog is as rusty<br />
as my banjo strings<br />
its been an interesting time<br />
feeling the cave and inhabiting it<br />
buT<br />
the 'guvment' gave me a new satellite dish<br />
so now can blog to my hearts content<br />
and catch up on all things<br />
random...oh la la...<br />
thanks nbn...<br />
was good to drop out actually<br />
of the hype, updates and endless drama<br />
that seems to play itself out in cyburbia...<br />
now i re-enter with a reserved demeaner<br />
and less anxiety<br />
realising that reality is far more exciting!!<br />
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Art has been as erratic as the weather<br />
ebbing between moments of sunshine<br />
and torrential downpours.<br />
Mostly been writing my exegesis thingy<br />
which is too wordy and messy<br />
and nonsensical<br />
perhaps it is no different to painting...(?)<br />
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however, between the gaps<br />
horizons have appeared<br />
making marks with <a href="http://www.dorothycaldwell.com/">Dorothy Caldwell</a><br />
was like shaking off the dust<br />
meeting old and new <br />
coming back to the source of the scratch<br />
got to make books and put holes in stuff<br />
paint things burn and sew <br />
am so grateful<br />
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been a little while between journeys<br />
but this one was<br />
beautiful<br />
to see how water can play with itself<br />
and create all wonderful forms of inextricable<br />
simple and unparalleled beauty<br />
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i marvel....<br />
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what a true gift to behold<br />
i love that place truly or perhaps this place<br />
that is mother earth's playground<br />
wherever my feet find themselves<br />
it unfolds in always amazing ways<br />
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anyway thought i'd share some ice<br />
as we enter easter and it unfreezes itself over there<br />
releasing and bursting forth in new life<br />
and here we prepare for winterness<br />
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heart is half frozen<br />
half melting...imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-33415011848235906782012-02-21T15:30:00.000+10:002012-02-21T15:30:07.518+10:00mon pays c'est l'hiver...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gJOh7W5gv2s/T0MpvW-PVYI/AAAAAAAACIY/628LlL3lLhA/s1600/ice+452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gJOh7W5gv2s/T0MpvW-PVYI/AAAAAAAACIY/628LlL3lLhA/s320/ice+452.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aMNqPYk1q4I/T0MqDbtWbcI/AAAAAAAACKA/B6MMBjdOMVs/s1600/ice+477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aMNqPYk1q4I/T0MqDbtWbcI/AAAAAAAACKA/B6MMBjdOMVs/s320/ice+477.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>palettes are useful for not only holding and carrying and shipping<br />
most of our food and goods around the globe...<br />
palettes of the untreated kind can be recycled to make a very serviceable firewood<br />
and furthermore...<br />
while chopping them up you can play with them, reuse them<br />
and paint on them!!<br />
Above are some happy experiments on the humble palette,<br />
amazingly we discovered all sorts of beautiful timbers, hardwoods and grains<br />
so fun to paint and play with...<br />
again...<br />
the path is about reusing what is abundant..<br />
at hand, and sustainable...<br />
i like that.<br />
and recycling. i like that... <br />
oh and painting with just 3 shades<br />
makes an enticing number of colours...imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-36401848410036088372011-11-02T08:27:00.001+10:002011-11-03T10:25:13.599+10:00La grand citrouille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nfE0wu0YUso/TrBtlwqaWkI/AAAAAAAACGA/vRdD300rwjg/s1600/IMG_2614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nfE0wu0YUso/TrBtlwqaWkI/AAAAAAAACGA/vRdD300rwjg/s320/IMG_2614.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br />
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this giant (a.k.a <i>jabba</i>) was lifted, transported, floated, carved and finally....raced!!!<br />
yes...a giant pumpkin boat race...the above photos showcase the tranquil setting<br />
of the life of jabba pre-race, grown peacefully by the mountain<br />
with the dulcet tones of nature and occasional banjo to aid in growth...<br />
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(bearing in mind jabba was a 434pounds!)<br />
and the space required in-situ...<br />
it was a crazy and unique event<br />
the above pirate is responsible for the growth, racing and<br />
believe it or not is the eventual<br />
VICTORIOUS champion for 2011... (in 11mins & 38seconds)<br />
check the gold medal and wooden carved trophy!!!!<br />
since then...<br />
the news has spread far and wide, with reporters catching the story<br />
and pictures appearing in many local rags...<br />
all i can say is arrrrrrrrrrrrr..........<br />
am proud of my little pumpkin<br />
aRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrr.........imbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769127136577877824.post-64342078229491103192011-10-27T05:30:00.000+10:002011-10-27T05:30:07.878+10:00hazel totally worthythis week's speech by <a href="http://hazeldooney.blogspot.com/">Hazel Dooney</a><br />
posted on her blog <br />
hits a punch in the guts<br />
read it and weepimbi starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653622775293924490noreply@blogger.com0