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Elastic memory

May 21, 2024

I was walking around my work the other day when I sort of had one of those moments where I realised ‘wow, it’s been over 15 years since I started uni’. For...

Bunk beds

April 24, 2024

Typically I don’t really respond to poetry - I find it a bit lacklustre and overwrought, often I just prefer something more plot, character or narrative...

Velcro imagination

April 9, 2024

In my last newsletter I shared a bit about my day job and the possibility that it winds up at the end of June. As that deadline draws closer I keep thinking...

Where does the time go

March 27, 2024

It's been hard to find the time to write these this year. Mainly, my day job has been super busy. I'm actively trying to retain my job - it's a bit complex...

The Soft Option

March 2, 2024

When I was in school, every week at assembly our headmaster and deputy headmaster would each give us a little speech. I found these universally boring and...

So what?

February 14, 2024

I can't remember if I shared this story before, but one of the most useful pieces of feedback I ever received came in first year uni where one of my tutors...

You are not a gadget

February 1, 2024

If you've never read Jaron Lanier's book You Are Not a Gadget you really, really should. It is, for me, an incredibly important read and helps separate some...

Getting a yes

January 18, 2024

A big part of the art work I make deals with the reality that nature in Australia is mistreated AND that work becomes harder because a lot of that...

Work the straw

January 3, 2024

The reality of living in Australia - and anywhere that this newsletter is read - is that to some extent challenge and difficulty are options in our lives. We...

Studio Update: December/January (lots lots lots)

December 30, 2023

Some people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder where the winter darkness means they feel a bit more depressed and lethargic. Well, it's summer in...

Robert Smith

December 5, 2023

For the past few weeks I've kept coming back to one of my favourite songs by The Cure, Homesick. Homesick is a sort of unusual song in a lot of ways - it's...

Aquarium

November 28, 2023

For a long time I wanted to be a marine biologist when I grew up. I can't remember the exact ages that this was something I wanted to do, but I feel it was...

Lacking Depth

November 21, 2023

I'm sorry it's been ages since I wrote one of these. A combination of travel and not having much to say sort of curtailed things a little. I will say that I...

Double is triple

October 19, 2023

My plan, this year, with Tall Poppy Press, was to publish four books spaced out over the year. One in February, one in June, one in September and the last in...

I'm ready

October 15, 2023

Over the last few months I've been feeling that I want to pursue some exhibitions again. For a few reasons, this year I was relatively quiet with exhibiting...

Studio update: September

September 30, 2023

I know I've been a little inconsistent here, I've been mega busy with my day job and am currently on a trip in Vietnam which meant I had to spend a bunch of...

You can't have it all

September 19, 2023

Recently, I've been day dreaming about buying a retail shop and having a bookstore for Tall Poppy Press, a little studio and then a space for food/drink....

Retail

September 5, 2023

When I work a book fair, I'm working retail. At a book fair, I have a table, I set up and display the books and posters, etc I have for sale and then as...

What is sustainable?

August 29, 2023

I don't mean what does the word mean, I mean what ACTIONS and LIVES are sustainable. In my day job, I run a program for University students about...

Overseas

August 23, 2023

While, in general, I roll my eyes when someone talks about the pandemic, I wanted to start this email with the qualifier that the change I'm writing about...