New Work

Walking

I'm walking! Still in the cumbersome cast/boot but at least I can move easily even if slowly. I have made some new work which i haven't photographed yet. Different from the work I made when I was immobile and very much a continuation from the geometric work I showed in Cactus Milk in 2006.

This is my year for development and consolidation of work. No competitions until the work is more fully resolved.

Limbo

I'm in the studio doing miniscule amounts of work. I feel like everything is on hold. I still have limited mobility and we have decided to move to the Southern Highlands of New South Wales in late June. It's a bit over 4 weeks until I go to Ragdale so I'm looking forward to the opportunity to really focus on my work again.

I think the enforced break will be a good thing and should give some freshness to my practice. In the mean time I am listening to the very wonderful Nick Cave and wishing I could have a Jenny Holzer spoon and watching the squally rain from the tail of Cyclone Hamish water the garden.

Jenny Holzer

Bliss

It's 8:45AM and I am sitting on the verandah with a cup of tea. This is an achievement as the cup has to be transported in the little shoulder bag I use to carry the phone and the teapot is transported in stages by moving it along the floor. I am finally learning a few tricks with my crutches. I cannot begin to think what it must be like to be permanently disabled.

It's a beautiful sunny day with low humidity and breezes. I am hoping to get to the studio after a few 10AM business chores.

Calmer Moments

Yesterday I had the best day with distilled ideas for new work flowing. I had a half hour visit from my creative light. I think the ideas are strong enough to last until I can get down into the studio again.

But just to prove that life is not all good my ankle was seriously painful so I will have to avoid to much hopping today. Any studio visits will be by going down the stairs on my well cushioned derriere.

MY head is Full......Yet Again

I haven't been making much work recently as the staircase to my studio is long and steep and I can't get into the loo down there as it is a store place for my work. My mobility is still a huge issue and I have added an extra complication to my life by deciding I would like to move! So the week has been taken up with real estate negotiations. Any suggestions about removalists who specialize in crazy china collecting hopping artists with 10 years of accumulated posessions would be appreciated!