Spring resprung.

{Sunk long time in trance.}

Because sometimes the very best thing you can do when feeling yourself spread too thin is to add something else to the list of things of to do and things to mend, I am puttying, sanding, sugar-soaping, and repainting the bathroom with Louise. It has, this additional task, worked wonders in the Great Business of Getting Things Done. It has served like a painter’s medium to extend the paint’s fluidity and coverage, prompting me to think that perhaps it had all been a question of readdressing the balance of things. One cannot be too much in the head. The body and its marvellous muscles need their workout too. And so, with gap filler in hand, we continue to plug holes in the bathroom where the garden tries to break through and wave green hand. We fix dodgy electrics in the last of the day's light before heading back to the task of new collage works (on my plate) and the hand-colouring of some 120 birds (on Louise’s plate). We scrub, polish, and scrape, all to the supposed delight of the pets. They inspect the work, gingerly. Sensory alert! Sniff, sniff, sniff. What’s this new earthen scent you’ve uncovered?   

Back to the brilliant toil.
(And see you in Melbourne soon, Hila.)


{A strange and silent place.}


{The Birmingham Freeze.}


{The Veracruz Tiptoe.}


{A strange kind of winter palace.}

+ Thank-you to all of you who have taken the time to go and see All breathing in heaven at Geelong Gallery. It has been so encouraging to receive your emails about the exhibition, and I am most grateful to those of you who have also sent me a few postcards from their own collection too. I have a new series of collages in mind and this has given me a great spark. An abundances of thanks to you, you brilliant and kind and curious souls.

+ Poles apart. Tickets for The Australian Ballet and Opera Australia for 2014 finalised. Ten delights await!
+ A teasing look at The Australian Ballet's 2014 season

I am looking forward to sharing with you my post on La Sylphide and Paquita once published, until then, sneak into the rehearsal room of Cinderella:


{Cinderella: Episode #2: in the rehearsal room}