The answer to an art question you never thought to ask

And that question is: What’s Karen’s been painting? Or: What’s Karen been trying to paint?   Just your typical lounge room. Tweetdeck open in the background; television off (for once); and…oh, yes, my picture, most inconspicuously placed on the floor. I bet you’re just dying for a closer look aren’t you? Well, sure, I can…  …

A Couple of Reminders

Don’t forget to pencil the 31st of July in your diaries for the New Voices Literary Festival. It will be great! This coming Sunday is the Run Melbourne Half Marathon. I’ve spent a few days in serious deliberation about whether to line up and run or not. Although I am better this week, I am still congested…

Ish, by Peter Reynolds

My sister gave Ish to Keira for Christmas and I confess it sat on the shelf for a while before we had a chance to get to it – and when we did I was sorry we hadn’t sooner. Ish is a simple story about celebrating creativity, about letting go of perceptions of ‘perfection’ and…