a post of few words

I haven't had time or the emotional energy

to post things that I had meant to post long long ago...

being (t)here treasures, recent additions to my library, current projects and events

I'm STILL unpacking workshop goodies
(I have one piece still to unwrap - its in the freezer of a 'being (t)here' friend)




so much has happened since going (t)here
mostly stuff that I can't really throw into a blog post

community grief, personal challenges

and of course still more sport than you can shake a hockey stick at
 

rather than wait until there is a moment free
I thought I'd share some recent pics (without the talky-talky)
from 'being (t)here' and being home...

 ...

xxx for Noa xxx


 ....

(t)here, here, and all...

I'm just too busy to post a few more pics or whatsits from my time
being (t)here

mmmmmm pretty pretty scotts head - click to embiggen
 

(kiddies sport, more kiddies sport, still more kiddies sport, and a bit more kiddies sport currently has me chasing my tail)

India posted some delish pics
and an hilarious reply to an email that greeted her upon her return  

upon my return I received word that my 'all the...' booklets

(which were hurriedly finished hours before the deadline)

have been shortlisted for the Libris Awards


(yay team 'LookUP') 

and the Libris Awards will be on at the same time as Queensland Poetry Festival
where the LookUP project projection work will have another showing

(yay team 'LookUP')

so all roads seem to be leading back up to the north country

(including more sport sport sport sport sport sport sport SPORT) 

before I rush off to the studio

(ummmm ... yeah... about finishing those 'all the... ' booklets before the deadline
yeah.... nar... 

I didn't - I just managed to complete and to photograph one
so now I must hurriedly get the other two folded into shape)

here's a sneak peek of something from being (t)here before it entered the magical cauldron...

oooo the suspense eh! 

....

being (t)here....

This time last week
I was driving/flying/driving
my way from my home by a small creek
to this home by a bigger creek...

to spend 4 days (of a 5 day workshop) 

with the amazing prophet-of-bloom herself

India Flint

in a workshop with the title


'being (t)here'
a site-specific masterclass about being in place 

now anyone who knows anything about India would know
that 'workshop' is not really the best way to describe
what spending time with this natural wonder really entails ...
its more 'multi-faceted experience' than simply a workshop.

and anyone who knows anything about me would know
what an extraordinary feat it is for me to get anywhere these days ....
and to go far far away doing something just for myself is....
wellllllllll....
unheard of!

I'll share a few pics of my time in the next wee while
because I'm mindful that words and pics don't really capture
what is at the core of art-making and word-wrangling in place
with a gathering of what India calls 'stitch sisters'

I'm still digesting the feast

and rather than describe every morsel in detail
I think I'll just give you a small taste of things
(by-the-by)


I've been on quite a journey this week


 it has been the best way to launch myself into the next half-tonne of my life

xxxx