tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19425404829400815272024-02-21T01:36:48.839+11:00in a disorganised fashionLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-79086724984950890192014-04-23T17:11:00.001+10:002014-04-23T17:13:56.969+10:00* * *<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Girl with dove </i>by Charles Blackman (1964). This is one of my favourite ... things. I'm resuming my career as Blog Writer purely so that I can post this picture, as it's the first time I've actually been able to find it online. It appears on various record covers.</div>
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Some months ago, I was approached by <a href="http://speakingwithpurpose.com.au/" target="_blank">Margaret Hiatt</a> to produce a series of simple illustrations for her book, <i>Stepping Up. </i>Margaret Hiatt works to help people become more confident when speaking in public, and is a coach/mentor to all kinds of professional women. She also takes a good photo and bakes a lovely fruit loaf.</div>
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<i>Stepping Up</i> is full of tips and encouragement for people who aren't quite where they want to be with their work/work-life/life. I had a really good time doing the illustrations and, having also had a hand in the book's layout, I am happy that it's now printed and ready to go. As for the content, it's not really the sort of thing I would ordinarily seek out or even think about ... which is probably one reason why it's had quite an effect on me! - to have simple, practical ideas about such things as time management, goal setting, perfectionism and procrastination, rattling around in my brain.</div>
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A birthday bake-off yesterday inspired a collaborative carrot cake from <a href="http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/book/breakfast-lunch-and-tea-the-many-little-meals-of-rose-bakery/604609/" target="_blank">this book</a> (which is proving a good resource), and a silly cat card (which I saw as being a study for an album cover).</div>
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A fairly spontaneous stencil print (and pencil scribble), made for Mum yesterday.<br />
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Chrysanthemums, how inventive of me! Well, I had in mind just a large-headed flower and when I looked them up, I came across a wonderful/bad florist photo of Chrysanthemum clusters, in which they looked lovely and great and ugly and menacing.<br />
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Paper plates for <a href="http://www.millysleeping.com/" target="_blank">Milly</a>'s window, inspired by the current Romance Was Born collection, <i>Lil Lord Fauntleroy</i>.<br />
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Even though the outcome is quite fetching, my palette (below) was the incidental masterpiece of the paint session ... that, and the inevitable foot-in-photo moment (above), which revealed to me how well I had co-ordinated my outfit with my activity.<br />
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It is a good idea, apparently, to say <i>Rabbits, Rabbits</i> on the first day of the month. Unfortunately, it should be the very first thing that you utter, which I didn't manage (not to give the impression that I've said anything more sophisticated in the past couple of hours).<br />
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Anyway, <i>Rabbits, Rabbits</i> everybody. And Happy Easter. I drew some bunnies for my family on the weekend, and made a very hasty scan of them before they were separated for individual cards. At top, you can see small tufts and toenails belonging, no doubt, to a <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=flemish+giant+rabbit&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=PslYUZWsM-mQiQfqzIGgDA&biw=1156&bih=780&sei=QclYUbGEIO-yiQfchICwBA" target="_blank">Flemish Giant</a>.<br />
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For other great beasts, have a look at <a href="http://www.mirocomachiko.com/illustration/" target="_blank">these drawings by Mirico Machiko</a>, who is the artist that I can't get out of my head at the moment*. (Actually, I thought there was a ferocious rabbit among these animal portraits but perhaps I imagined it).<br />
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*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">thanks to Gracia + Lousie, who always post brilliant finds at </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gracia.and.louise?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the Book</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-249114805613814632013-03-01T16:48:00.003+11:002013-03-01T17:00:20.225+11:00...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stencilled Christmas cards that I made for Milly's windows (and then sent to a quarter of my list, in mid January). The images look a bit wan here compared to the original prints, alas.</div>
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These special hangers and hanging pot plant holders are currently on display at <a href="http://millysleeping.portableshops.com/">Milly</a>. I linked them up yesterday, hurriedly, ahead of the appearance of a photographer... I expected them to look effective, I guess, but I am unexpectedly thrilled with the result. They are just the right amount of something and nothing by our tall front wall. And they look line drawings, don't they, in the images?<br />
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The hangers have been spray-painted and manipulated into holders by <a href="http://www.gianmanik.com/">Gian Manik</a>. They are available for keeps by visiting Milly, in person or <a href="http://millysleeping.portableshops.com/store/catalogue">online</a>, in exchange for small donations.<br />
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Milly is so tranquil today that, while I was writing this post, a man walked into the store, stood under one of our ceiling fans, and fell asleep.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-49770493592554472332013-01-24T17:57:00.001+11:002013-01-24T18:03:19.121+11:00...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On a brief holiday, during hot dusty days in the car, I took photographs of relentless blue sky, played windmill spotting, and thought about giving some attention to this blog again.</div>
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Since I was last here, I've picked up and put down numerous projects and half-made thingies, tried with limited success to grow a small edible garden, grown out my fringe, and (after subsisting in my own disarray for nearly seven years) started living with somebody. I've forgotten how to use Blogger, forgotten how to exercise, and forgotten how to sit still (or so it feels) - things I hope to address in 2013.</div>
LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-12878689850100360132012-04-02T21:04:00.000+10:002012-04-02T21:04:16.158+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT9O23eNpimoKqShoXQxHAreabYpJ8ovv0S5n6bUrpDvDb9jOKsjw6zYpIPJocLlCJYaFlhktVT78gVQwTXUVR6ulGY9C6I11sOf4IyrWFENc56uI0kWjuxBoXDGPRvkIZQkHTUr28tM/s1600/babycard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT9O23eNpimoKqShoXQxHAreabYpJ8ovv0S5n6bUrpDvDb9jOKsjw6zYpIPJocLlCJYaFlhktVT78gVQwTXUVR6ulGY9C6I11sOf4IyrWFENc56uI0kWjuxBoXDGPRvkIZQkHTUr28tM/s320/babycard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A card made for a baby shower.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-30323895758381152422012-01-29T13:08:00.002+11:002012-04-01T13:00:22.106+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE60VU4zhUejovOG1pOFoJUUqciMBkEm8Z6TM395DNrcLUEcimcAHAs83-fGmXjJIj8DOUQZbXivGupC7wf_3yd2cPDB58pFM-UVvxtvFVIcRcUghwNDDXoBNWvK2jDP8J4fiuOW3WtA/s1600/mynest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE60VU4zhUejovOG1pOFoJUUqciMBkEm8Z6TM395DNrcLUEcimcAHAs83-fGmXjJIj8DOUQZbXivGupC7wf_3yd2cPDB58pFM-UVvxtvFVIcRcUghwNDDXoBNWvK2jDP8J4fiuOW3WtA/s320/mynest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I've been trying to get organised lately, which is a fearful task. And a curious one.<br />
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I'm drawn to the idea of being very organised, I like the process of finding places for things and putting things in their places; I would love to have less stuff, and I think spare, open spaces are beautiful ... But, often, as I go along tidying and sorting, I become very amused by my clutter, charmed by all sorts of useless broken buckles and plastic lids that once were paint palettes, and fascinated by the way things and objects come to rest together.<br />
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I was doing a half-hearted job of folding up some fabric scraps when I found this tangle of net, wool, ribbon and loose ends at the bottom of a bag. I wonder what creature has made such a sweet nest, and where they are now...LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-7785257045619655732011-12-04T16:21:00.001+11:002011-12-04T16:22:57.166+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTzGfgoPW4c8J_M-E7egH1vVWkZCwcroSja-oOKSwGomBoY1D8RFQlaGGf6jn77NJ7kln7739g5wt34pOoZdF1wnQA_ek9q6gAvi59KjZla6RJyiM7CecYNGglT_MSsCSingy0M0D8VE/s1600/milly4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTzGfgoPW4c8J_M-E7egH1vVWkZCwcroSja-oOKSwGomBoY1D8RFQlaGGf6jn77NJ7kln7739g5wt34pOoZdF1wnQA_ek9q6gAvi59KjZla6RJyiM7CecYNGglT_MSsCSingy0M0D8VE/s320/milly4.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEClUNsgL4YBFHFUwf8EVcMWF3bFLIFCLiwQ4ZhbUzpBOeke8Bnxfk4ykXAJ2jSPRWYkjZvyWlOVlEOt1ixkK20w3aDnHwIyeCX44HU5KbgHb_4hFOHDyFuxVzwaGkIcdG20aOe1VGkkA/s1600/milly5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEClUNsgL4YBFHFUwf8EVcMWF3bFLIFCLiwQ4ZhbUzpBOeke8Bnxfk4ykXAJ2jSPRWYkjZvyWlOVlEOt1ixkK20w3aDnHwIyeCX44HU5KbgHb_4hFOHDyFuxVzwaGkIcdG20aOe1VGkkA/s320/milly5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAMd25zrQqE6LDj6QobuXN2aehRmPw4Q2QpzMB2V9Mgvuy8RyN4rLBcuByZlGFVCaRWwEUE3r6U4BUkBpTVqCb1UlzOuIds9ghNBZfigZfkLZv8kW2h0DqqIf5X8BpHK5YYQCkttaTjU/s1600/milly3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAMd25zrQqE6LDj6QobuXN2aehRmPw4Q2QpzMB2V9Mgvuy8RyN4rLBcuByZlGFVCaRWwEUE3r6U4BUkBpTVqCb1UlzOuIds9ghNBZfigZfkLZv8kW2h0DqqIf5X8BpHK5YYQCkttaTjU/s320/milly3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X6Bgqiat0gSIXATXV-gIOI96jiG-wr7Oti11mna3fhOJb14aiOYZewnwW069ncjnUo1u6tixI_vNW0jD5WSIrc5pb_6gP5Orbpip1NhWEd3QPIf3R_LX67jWrqozNF6cO4LxujYZ0EE/s1600/milly1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X6Bgqiat0gSIXATXV-gIOI96jiG-wr7Oti11mna3fhOJb14aiOYZewnwW069ncjnUo1u6tixI_vNW0jD5WSIrc5pb_6gP5Orbpip1NhWEd3QPIf3R_LX67jWrqozNF6cO4LxujYZ0EE/s320/milly1.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been <a href="http://millysleeping.portableshops.com/news/view/1056/temp_shop_2">spending time at Von Haus</a>, upstairs, next to the <a href="http://six-studio.blogspot.com/">S!X</a> showroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are along the hall from <a href="http://www.sarahscoutpresents.com/">Sarah Scout gallery</a>, where there is a quite gorgeous show on - for one more week. Everything is worth seeing. Come say hi. I will be the one with crumbs on my shirt from downstair's shortbread.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-185349374550404962011-11-18T14:24:00.003+11:002011-11-18T14:41:06.375+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kuMZg2bXKuSaRqPfZsN8Lh-ESCLb1CADfQTbAPjAWzuxAbi6Yw8-AZEk9Bx5Ryp3yhz2NAMDRhqi0dqlUmiyzu0W6dUaMlTUFLSKb2hbmqIUFsqzM7QSxnB-T0J92bPa8gMmVp0n284/s1600/rmit5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kuMZg2bXKuSaRqPfZsN8Lh-ESCLb1CADfQTbAPjAWzuxAbi6Yw8-AZEk9Bx5Ryp3yhz2NAMDRhqi0dqlUmiyzu0W6dUaMlTUFLSKb2hbmqIUFsqzM7QSxnB-T0J92bPa8gMmVp0n284/s320/rmit5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Carolina Barua</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Details from 'Cloth', an RMIT Fashion Exhibition, which is open daily from 10 to 6, until this Sunday (Nov. 20), at Level One GPO, Melbourne ... I think the set-up is fairly ordinary but there are some great pieces - s<i>ee also</i> this week's Michi, featuring <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/shokimbra%E2%80%99s-two-parts">Kimbra</a> (following a week-end of unlikely obsession).LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-5091062373218743002011-11-10T18:00:00.000+11:002011-11-10T18:00:54.587+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMmjW-koBBbJ8GAON1IOcGmp3NFNVy5DzCMt2AuldT8y5Pal9EodmiLTjTIfporX880fgu3Hxie8TGptDIM6TX0l2Qz5gRcUpCepQ6P3Fg-EK3zGCdt_-dYwwumQkR4V0LcAZmzj1lKo/s1600/Loulou-de-la-Falaise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMmjW-koBBbJ8GAON1IOcGmp3NFNVy5DzCMt2AuldT8y5Pal9EodmiLTjTIfporX880fgu3Hxie8TGptDIM6TX0l2Qz5gRcUpCepQ6P3Fg-EK3zGCdt_-dYwwumQkR4V0LcAZmzj1lKo/s320/Loulou-de-la-Falaise.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Loulou de la Falaise by Helmut Newton</span></i></div><br />
Two recent stories written for Michi - one that's a tiny <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/dorian-leigh%E2%80%99s-loaf?cid=19">bit silly</a>, although the bread <i>was</i> excellent - and one that's a tiny tribute to <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/loulou%E2%80%99s-patchwork-ways">Loulou de la Falaise</a> (1948 - 2011), which happens to be my 50th piece.<br />
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<i>"<a href="http://www.fashionologie.com/Loulou-de-la-Falaise-Yves-Saint-Laurent-Muse-Dies-Pictures-20312354?page=0,0,25">Loulou de la Falaise</a>, Yves Saint Laurent muse and collaborator, has passed away... "</i>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-49479203564113761702011-11-05T10:14:00.001+11:002011-11-05T10:16:52.386+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihmdOABdQZdNTzSmeknOLHJTNMkhpEjHf8gyyu5unpl08UTKRho5XSEAA3xbWw3UYUrMsDIODjhfOvxTSU_7_9xhp-SQRhTki4VhoDF0Oy74IeXUER_o4f3Oiecf59QY_HXaIDVX5eOA/s1600/blog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihmdOABdQZdNTzSmeknOLHJTNMkhpEjHf8gyyu5unpl08UTKRho5XSEAA3xbWw3UYUrMsDIODjhfOvxTSU_7_9xhp-SQRhTki4VhoDF0Oy74IeXUER_o4f3Oiecf59QY_HXaIDVX5eOA/s320/blog1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4aHyTrCOWVZ3FuLXkZqC-byyyq8JpUn3CRB8hPoZJdIXSd1yGH2NyXcYT3RydVj-BzWGuu821PXQzESADodXdGfmhD66WpYfrx6LMdYkEIYm-RdsQVs26oJjlc6NNOlSrZKPQLVwEMY/s1600/blog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4aHyTrCOWVZ3FuLXkZqC-byyyq8JpUn3CRB8hPoZJdIXSd1yGH2NyXcYT3RydVj-BzWGuu821PXQzESADodXdGfmhD66WpYfrx6LMdYkEIYm-RdsQVs26oJjlc6NNOlSrZKPQLVwEMY/s320/blog3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLc70-_PGicPrZsakHuNwr0aV3Ds-42BU1y-2rqsECKjVJse36TEDQ0kdZdHGj_OdlGAFwbHc6vvVjzoiI6ebiYw-pc7HrUgonQjj26d1aUORUcswQ62JfK_o_uvhLenUhcIhFv5jfr9A/s1600/blog4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLc70-_PGicPrZsakHuNwr0aV3Ds-42BU1y-2rqsECKjVJse36TEDQ0kdZdHGj_OdlGAFwbHc6vvVjzoiI6ebiYw-pc7HrUgonQjj26d1aUORUcswQ62JfK_o_uvhLenUhcIhFv5jfr9A/s320/blog4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvwwMfRF938vlLXkCwt3azn7wYwRdxICOu7xMFVx4BHTSCQnBme51OmBQ47ZH3t_Yphy61A56dZtrrxs1WoXVsnD3WNmpTK7H6IGcvufMKtwkzbG9ERUYBrz95PYf7oVGU8GAZzsvwXc/s1600/blog2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvwwMfRF938vlLXkCwt3azn7wYwRdxICOu7xMFVx4BHTSCQnBme51OmBQ47ZH3t_Yphy61A56dZtrrxs1WoXVsnD3WNmpTK7H6IGcvufMKtwkzbG9ERUYBrz95PYf7oVGU8GAZzsvwXc/s320/blog2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thinking I'd photographed my friends dancing, it was amusing to see afterwards what a great job I'd done of photographing a white chair.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-9075245746556431232011-10-29T10:35:00.003+11:002011-10-29T10:44:33.534+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rmqEAp2dQywz0iDGnpQv-yLSDCX2NOFrt9H_oIqIoOWFcjmEUWTQfvF9Vh8xGLurl_HjRWljqtgoqOrCExBPM_V0V_fgaXXF3110xymyZSYcnRL8sEgotWOMrhgVLwBvHBFrPIQRCTU/s1600/adf_roses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rmqEAp2dQywz0iDGnpQv-yLSDCX2NOFrt9H_oIqIoOWFcjmEUWTQfvF9Vh8xGLurl_HjRWljqtgoqOrCExBPM_V0V_fgaXXF3110xymyZSYcnRL8sEgotWOMrhgVLwBvHBFrPIQRCTU/s320/adf_roses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMDtc8rnKY9HrYuwMywqADPEyQf1ttDPb7HShtmPPmOUk7Xtbq4PEq7PMfniqNSXJHB4mn2aIClRSAindb_XHEDXr3xYwvOdIT1wBLGEtSnSWfTyyIc5K2CnAKMEAKY4rCwXkUKr-eHQ/s1600/mhb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMDtc8rnKY9HrYuwMywqADPEyQf1ttDPb7HShtmPPmOUk7Xtbq4PEq7PMfniqNSXJHB4mn2aIClRSAindb_XHEDXr3xYwvOdIT1wBLGEtSnSWfTyyIc5K2CnAKMEAKY4rCwXkUKr-eHQ/s320/mhb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photography of M-HB by Tana Kaleya</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Garden roses at <a href="http://millysleeping.portableshops.com/">Milly</a>, and a few stories at Michi:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of recent times ... <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/seeking-camille-b-w-%E2%80%99s-advice?cid=19">Camille Bidault Waddington</a>; <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/gintare%E2%80%99s-orange-ribbon?cid=19">Gintare Akstinavičiūtė</a>; and <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/she-hunter%E2%80%99s-shades">She Hunter</a>, who you can <a href="http://shehunter.com.au/">listen to here</a>. I believe She creates her own artwork, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, a note on an old Michi piece... wherein I convinced myself, at least, that <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/marie-helene-breillat%E2%80%99s-boater">Marie-Hélène Breillat</a> wears the outfit described (as above) in <i>Last Tango in Paris</i>. In actual fact, she does not. There is a <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/fo-bertolucci.aspx">Focus on Bertolucci screening at acmi</a> at the moment, and I have finally seen the film in full ... I waited for the boater and it never appeared! Great film, much more eccentric than I expected, which reminded me of John Cassavetes and things like <i>Minnie and Moskowitz</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">P. S. If I titled these posts, I would absolutely have to call this one <i>Missing The Boater</i>. This is an example of why I don't title them.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-44141082029831703322011-10-27T17:35:00.002+11:002011-10-27T17:53:19.173+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4RJk1H0gdoXfrJ7YfsVFrOgNbdCkG0uTbQdHsZ0zvvh7EBP84euvB1Zm-U7wxnPKnhR3haSFbEOwWVZ1dqJzB91hQEGkiDKRKmqeAf40CHZaXnvUM2NLjHa6tW_yuuw3feYdY3dQAhU/s1600/shoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4RJk1H0gdoXfrJ7YfsVFrOgNbdCkG0uTbQdHsZ0zvvh7EBP84euvB1Zm-U7wxnPKnhR3haSFbEOwWVZ1dqJzB91hQEGkiDKRKmqeAf40CHZaXnvUM2NLjHa6tW_yuuw3feYdY3dQAhU/s320/shoes.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PvvjjE-p5NVKyzTMRWdOBlLeBlxD9ebI6u-Zw4CN0iHkBSnAkJ2nMHrkhXB6veyF8m-M9JKMB68kXCKReda4JMg7xZbpsx_IMgtzwxihVdvjog0dLG2WvyjKw5R4or8k-CJ4RHSnw2s/s1600/kuwaii.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PvvjjE-p5NVKyzTMRWdOBlLeBlxD9ebI6u-Zw4CN0iHkBSnAkJ2nMHrkhXB6veyF8m-M9JKMB68kXCKReda4JMg7xZbpsx_IMgtzwxihVdvjog0dLG2WvyjKw5R4or8k-CJ4RHSnw2s/s320/kuwaii.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOAxHBZnZTAfAH0NOoj_3n5U4gDiXDBhhOAWFljrFwNt-EMh7b0Qpt0yCcMrUW0rcAS1J2k-FU4VWZJNPGGamYC8AGj4XNDC1dOQlsyCStWVNnv32hOq65VT4B-eIzatToURUsTv67Dk/s1600/dresses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOAxHBZnZTAfAH0NOoj_3n5U4gDiXDBhhOAWFljrFwNt-EMh7b0Qpt0yCcMrUW0rcAS1J2k-FU4VWZJNPGGamYC8AGj4XNDC1dOQlsyCStWVNnv32hOq65VT4B-eIzatToURUsTv67Dk/s320/dresses.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu1HC8iqfdF2HiqGUP0u9_O9elGYrAx5eGM-hvtAkB87viJpiXYKYAe4hyphenhyphenISBHOGv-DLEf-QW9hxCeTp24r_fjmn4jjMZ13sQzHRcZNAY7AnjMrdDiB_VHNBvfwYVLBhc_IPF-nshz6Y/s1600/ribbons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu1HC8iqfdF2HiqGUP0u9_O9elGYrAx5eGM-hvtAkB87viJpiXYKYAe4hyphenhyphenISBHOGv-DLEf-QW9hxCeTp24r_fjmn4jjMZ13sQzHRcZNAY7AnjMrdDiB_VHNBvfwYVLBhc_IPF-nshz6Y/s320/ribbons.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Beautiful bows by jeweller </i></span><a href="http://annavarendorff.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Anna Varendorff</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We enjoyed innocent-<i>looking</i> punch at something like 11 in the morning - no wonder I was so overwhelmed by the banksias.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is the pink beauty. I ended up back in Brunswick a few days later (visiting <a href="http://www.yellowpages.com.au/vic/brunswick/bus-stop-shoe-repairs-12567105-listing.html">my favourite shoe repairs</a> place) and she got me again.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-65370989036127018692011-10-23T13:05:00.000+11:002011-10-23T13:05:08.808+11:00Abundance.<br />
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</div>I see it's been a fortnight since I last posted. This comes down to little more than ebb and flow perhaps. Also, I'm disorganised. Also, I've been trying to draw and design.<br />
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Also, about ten nights back, I spent some hours browsing beyond my customary blog/web route. I went further than intended and became quite lost in the myriad gorgeous mini-worlds that the internet sustains. I remember, a decade or more ago, when online content was generally ugly; now there is so much that is genuinely <i>beautiful </i>- I wasn't overwhelmed so much by quantity as by quality.<br />
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The experience was akin to shopping but even though I was naturally selective I didn't exactly choose or buy anything, and was thoroughly sated. It's not new to recognise that the image is the commodity (rather than the object) - but more and more I sense that the image replaces the object, and that contemporary marketing/product presentation (and proliferation) has the potential to defeat itself, when objects/products are so cleverly and potently contextualized that they can be absorbed and possessed and experienced thoroughly in this alternate realm, such that their tangible existence in RL is (perversely) less vivid and becomes obsolete. An argument, anyway.<br />
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And although my average pictures of some very abundant banksias, encountered on the one street in Brunswick yesterday, would seem to suggest that the opposite will always be true - ie. that the image cannot possibly replace the thing and the real experience of being brought to a halt by bright laden trees is <i>more</i> than the camera can capture (and it <i>was</i>, and there was a particularly lovely tree with pink flowers that first made me take note, which I wish I'd had the wits to photograph) - I could also argue that being presented with such a picture allows you to build freely upon the image and imagine a kind of sublimeness and infinity that can be difficult to grasp or feel in the present/presence.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-28356513260798517292011-10-09T09:09:00.003+11:002011-10-09T09:10:29.106+11:00This week for Michi: <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/isabelle-eberhardt%E2%80%99s-landscape?cid=19">Isabelle Eberhardt</a>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-50184516896252763812011-10-05T15:01:00.001+11:002011-10-05T15:13:40.939+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7bnINh0lPsuwzD3Lo20Ymy7OLdTwn1ooYFO0JDznyAkn2KCWOK2FHVVTOgvZniE1SnAS5SX5Q1WiPLvYEkVBxJ7-jd5BbXgne-DV88zbupmY6yAYha_t2QyLcTk_-jX540LSJWW4J2w/s1600/hob11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7bnINh0lPsuwzD3Lo20Ymy7OLdTwn1ooYFO0JDznyAkn2KCWOK2FHVVTOgvZniE1SnAS5SX5Q1WiPLvYEkVBxJ7-jd5BbXgne-DV88zbupmY6yAYha_t2QyLcTk_-jX540LSJWW4J2w/s320/hob11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Nero Infinito by Stefano Curto</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More from <a href="http://mona.net.au/">MONA</a>. The above piece was not a favourite, I just like my photograph! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did admire this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was/is a better (fantastic) suite of small gouache pieces by <a href="http://www.balintzsako.com/">Balint Zsako</a> (above), which are indicative of the more modest and 'light' works that counterbalance the many big, bold, bizarre and dark works in the gallery. I'm afraid I just can't begin to name the pieces I liked but <i>didn't</i> photograph, as there are too many in the exceptional space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">MONA aside, and Mount Wellington aside - I really did love an afternoon traipsing around the <a href="http://www.rtbg.tas.gov.au/">Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens</a> (lunching on the beautiful balcony of the somewhat dated café, eating roast vegetables, and a buttery potato and pear soup) ... A very good morning is to be had, choosing a loaf of bread and exclaiming over the cleanest and prettiest purple carrots, silverbeets, radishes and such in the world at <a href="http://www.salamanca.com.au/">Salamanca Market</a>, and coming across the little <a href="http://www.hobartbookshop.com.au/">Hobart Book Shop</a> inside Salamanca Square ... The one cute clothing and accessories store I saw in Hobart (and I wasn't looking) was also in the square, called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Marofashions">Maro</a> (I'm pretty sure that's it) ... From Salamanca, you'll naturally find yourself walking a loop up the hill to Battery Point and Hampden Road, where there are a couple of other second-hand book and bric-a-brac shops - as well as some highly recommended cafés (inc <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=pigeon+hole+cafe+hobart&fb=1&gl=au&hq=pigeon+hole+cafe&hnear=0xaa6e0a93f4b9cfa7:0x403c94dd0dde710,Hobart+TAS&cid=4251627762161606427">Jackman & McRoss</a>), and bars ... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.larkdistillery.com.au/">Lark Distillery</a> (near the waterfront) is an early evening treat (leading to an early night in) ... I wish I could nod to the best fish n chips joint in town but we didn't find it! I also wish I could recommend the <a href="http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/">Museum and Art Gallery</a> on Argyle Street, but I'm afraid it's a sad old place. Even exhibits that are surely very valuable (such as the significant collection of preserved indigenous birds, bugs and mammals) are terrifically outmoded - thank goodness, it's about to undergo substantial renovation and, oh, I just read that all of the creatures from <a href="http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/whats_on/news/2011/creatures_bid_farewell_to_their_old_museum_home">the Zoology gallery</a> have been recently removed and 'gently' prepared for storage! ... In the area, Franklin Square held some strange charm for me ... Elizabeth Street is a central thoroughfare that boasts the underwhelming Mall (with a convenience store that opens lateish); follow it to North Hobart to find a good strip of restaurants and pubs, and the <a href="http://www.statecinema.com.au/Page/Home">State Cinema</a>. Sadly we didn't go, but my friend Jo loved <a href="http://www.ethoseatdrink.com/">Ethos café</a> on Elizabeth, and Jo also suggested that the nearby Sunday morning <a href="http://www.tasfarmgate.com.au/home.html">farmers' market</a> might just be the best thing ever. Oh dear, we also didn't go to <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=pigeon+hole+cafe+hobart&fb=1&gl=au&hq=pigeon+hole+cafe&hnear=0xaa6e0a93f4b9cfa7:0x403c94dd0dde710,Hobart+TAS&cid=4251627762161606427">Pigeon Hole café</a> out west, favoured by my friend Nicole ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... <i>merci/x x</i> <a href="http://misspenpen.blogspot.com/">Pen</a> & <a href="http://ok-ok.com.au/">Emina</a>, who visit Hobart relatively regularly and pointed in these and other directions, + <i>bon voyage/x x</i> Lana & Jill, who venture there soon...</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-74628897455549591792011-10-03T11:19:00.000+11:002011-10-03T11:19:44.792+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98xBm63TwzMW-7LF7kfVmWGLIVTU-BZuhCeUjwteizMOXzR9GNyig_I25zqCXkRifpCnFzOQxTQAieCKzhO25UI5FJt79TQFd3Uu73b6J0fWOVBts2mkJRBM-_9wmS1ylZDIAo8nEJno/s1600/hob4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98xBm63TwzMW-7LF7kfVmWGLIVTU-BZuhCeUjwteizMOXzR9GNyig_I25zqCXkRifpCnFzOQxTQAieCKzhO25UI5FJt79TQFd3Uu73b6J0fWOVBts2mkJRBM-_9wmS1ylZDIAo8nEJno/s320/hob4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I could be quite wrong but I <i>think</i> the highest peak in this photograph, taken on the ferry to <a href="http://mona.net.au/">MONA</a>, is Mount Wellington. If you click on it you might be able to discern the dark snow-free face that I <i>think</i> is Wellington's 'Organ Pipes' - wonderful 'columnar' dolerite rock formations that 'happened' in the Jurassic period, when 'Tasmania' split from Antarctica. !!!<br />
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Some days later, two of us would be tiny dots surmounting that peak. !!! Having just this weekend given life back to the boots that almost didn't but <i>did</i> get me there, I decided it was time to post some pictures of the Hobart adventure.<br />
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I didn't take zillions of photographs of the artwork inside MONA - only bits and pieces, including the foyer ceiling, the fishies inside the curious wunderkammer, some artifacts, and 'Bit.Fall' by Julius Popp.<br />
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One of the other best things we did was spend an afternoon at the Botanical Gardens.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-38818443545097144542011-10-03T09:00:00.000+11:002011-10-03T09:00:44.467+11:00Last week for Michi: <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/rickie-lee-jones%E2%80%99-blues">Rickie Lee Jones</a>, and a jacket from a great little vintage shop in Clifton Hill called Bruce (there must be a story there, too).LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-64181512986267171012011-09-29T14:02:00.000+10:002011-09-29T14:02:56.241+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrN9QkCsjfvOV4LmtB4mnOlSsSXVN1jQdLO3N8zw_WBT7xbHzRcMokTb5rp1vO0ga8pojhpMYUGliyL7OTfCKBNDXB3pqqZApiCb5PFwQymec6d_-Yf0INYlMehASs2b7_yrwDQwxfSY/s1600/df_lacefour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrN9QkCsjfvOV4LmtB4mnOlSsSXVN1jQdLO3N8zw_WBT7xbHzRcMokTb5rp1vO0ga8pojhpMYUGliyL7OTfCKBNDXB3pqqZApiCb5PFwQymec6d_-Yf0INYlMehASs2b7_yrwDQwxfSY/s320/df_lacefour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">#3 neckpiece by Michael Bruton</span></i></div><br />
Last week for Michi: a story about <a href="http://michigirl.com/melbourne/lin-moniang%E2%80%99s-legend">Lin Moniang</a> inspired by an exquisite piece seen at the <a href="http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/lovelace/">Love Lace</a> exhibition in Sydney.<br />
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My visit north was short and fraught with misfortune - by the time I was blown into the Powerhouse, nigh closing hour, I was unable to form ... words ... and was waved down the ramp with a concession ticket, having accidentally passed myself off as a pitiable young foreigner. Looking through the online catalogue, I can see much that I missed - but I did happily see:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnF66CY9EVNcn8UTI8fbzMqPsNnLDZXaLHpek_-IETYLtY7EcdJ3ZBw8Aph6viGAbaIZkEZpgflZGiPw_MxYeX5WyDFRmD2I1N5V11D_PRWltyfaF1MP0ch_0dG-tccc8oSznGeNrIfI/s1600/df_lacefive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnF66CY9EVNcn8UTI8fbzMqPsNnLDZXaLHpek_-IETYLtY7EcdJ3ZBw8Aph6viGAbaIZkEZpgflZGiPw_MxYeX5WyDFRmD2I1N5V11D_PRWltyfaF1MP0ch_0dG-tccc8oSznGeNrIfI/s320/df_lacefive.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bone by Kate Campbell Pope</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBJ1GuGxfjujM-Wmvlc_YesvdbGp3rwpGtBxKi9gXDXDGCR53CsfN6OAqJbXul1x5D2apc53he8PICc2uKmtQHjAe0QmWc0NwuYzRZPAiJ3AB3pKwnjSuyTzB-Nccm9YAVKGfLhcVBaQ/s1600/df_lacesix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBJ1GuGxfjujM-Wmvlc_YesvdbGp3rwpGtBxKi9gXDXDGCR53CsfN6OAqJbXul1x5D2apc53he8PICc2uKmtQHjAe0QmWc0NwuYzRZPAiJ3AB3pKwnjSuyTzB-Nccm9YAVKGfLhcVBaQ/s320/df_lacesix.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(F) Detroit's Shadow by Anne Mondro; (R) Shadows of Memory by Michelle Eastwood</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More photos and plaint at <a href="http://millysleeping.portableshops.com/news/view/931/love_lace_2">Milly</a>.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-89431252108526836922011-09-25T10:28:00.001+10:002011-09-25T10:47:21.064+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another look:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFksUDhcqTv_epd9pUSn2xQapBzNpHCiWY4Elb6ngI6sgMMtZqFx5onGz2mmUeNSO5Sr254f8p0YsO9Q5ZzHJOct7Xd_ZGHVqquket9M5ul8WTofs5wCCtfJD4QAd2FmQpBHUZpo994Yw/s1600/tohoku_poster550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFksUDhcqTv_epd9pUSn2xQapBzNpHCiWY4Elb6ngI6sgMMtZqFx5onGz2mmUeNSO5Sr254f8p0YsO9Q5ZzHJOct7Xd_ZGHVqquket9M5ul8WTofs5wCCtfJD4QAd2FmQpBHUZpo994Yw/s320/tohoku_poster550.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Poster design by Katsumi Asaba</span></i></div><div><br />
</div><div>This Issey Miyake postcard, which arrived chez moi from Tokyo via Sth Yarra, related to an exhibition of garments/textiles/technologies produced with/for I. M. by artisans from Tohoku. <i>The Spirit of Tohoku</i> was arranged earlier this year, following the series of catastrophes in Japan that hardly need naming.</div><div><br />
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</div><div><a href="http://www.2121designsight.jp/en/program/spirit_tohoku/">This site</a> gives a good sense of the exhibition, and the feeling with which it was conceived and assembled. The 'message' from Issey Miyake is very touching, I can't read it without tears. I particularly admire his description of tradition, which, he says, 'does not imply formalities or manners'.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>The symbol of the spirit of Tohoku, has become the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304569504576403883779887702.html">lone surviving pine</a> on Takata Matsubara beach, and the people's efforts to employ their craft and tenacity to save it. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Unfortunately, <a href="http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201109130208">the pine is not doing well</a>, which is a reminder that even though the disaster is no longer news, <i>blank blank blank</i> - you understand.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833843427416966071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1942540482940081527.post-87230346531742862802011-09-25T09:40:00.000+10:002011-09-25T09:40:41.031+10:00More from my postcard collection:<br />
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