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mishMASH x

mishmashbetty

About Me


When life loses all its shine,
The ones that shine through are the ones that stay true.

Mish Mash by name,
Mish Mash by nature.


likes - odd socks and warm knickers out of the dryer.
dislikes - wet towels and slow internet connections.
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, shallow minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"Never allow your self to violate your principles by the force of your company." Madame Blavatsky
I just want to create and learn and love, because once i stop, i stop growing and when i stop growing, i start dying.
I believe that if we don't stop and look at how we are treating this earth we will find ourselves in very dark times... weapons, can't protect us against the weather... and Mother Nature is well pissed off.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
'...the truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive.
To them...
a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death.
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off...
They must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating'. -Pearl Buck
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear. ~Nelson Mandela~.COM's !

My Interests


Bandwagon, a Gold Coast based arts collective , dubbed the most innovative arts collective in Australia by Yen magazine, is a group of artists that feel the need for a bit more culture here on the coast. Surrounded by amazingly talented and creative friends, the Bandwagon crew wanted to create a platform to unite all these people, and give them the opportunity to promote all their cool shit.
Wonderland Festival, held in the beautiful rainforest of Currumbin Valley, last November, was the first installment of this annual event, that does exactly that - gives a platform for anyone who creates to exhibit, perform, install, sell, make, and create. With over 50 artists all exhibited in the natural surroundings, and 9 live bands including the Goons of Doom, Winnie Coopers, Rogerthat, Fait Accompli and many more, plus 7 Djs playing into the night, this festival was one of a kind, and those who had the opportunity to go say it was the best event to grace the Gold Coast.

Wonderland tickets are officially on sale!

At $35 bucks you cant wait around cause they're gonna fly out the door!!!

You can purchase them before anyone else online, if you click the image below.... so get onto it, numbers are limited and the line up.... well the line up is fuckin amazing!!!!!!!

::odd socks:: ::I love collages and if there is a bare wall i will collage the hell out of it::
::I collect things - a piece of paper, a flower, a poem, a picture, a photo, a passing glance, quotes, songs, cds, artworks::
::Magazines - oh if only i could afford to feed my addiction::
::pawn shops::
::Album and poster artwork::
::mixed media art::
::ginger beer - i have a serious addiction::
::Climbing trees::
::Fairy lights, paper lanterns, fireworks, chandeliers, stars, fire::
::live music::
::Music festivals::
::Summer sundays, riding my bike along the beach with a beer::
::Anything second hand::
::vintage sunglasses::
::my jeans::
::my treehouse::
::Quantum physics::
::People watching::
::Birds::
::boozyBONES::
::Camping::
::Bon fires::
::Sunsets::
::Sunrises...when i can catch them::
::Creating::
::tea::
::roadtrips::
::mixed tapes::
::bloody mary's::

As an artist it is hard to describe my work.
When i create it is almost trance like....comes from the subconscious.
I dont think about it... i just let it come out.

It is only in hindsight that i pick up things which reflect me at the time.... hindsight is beautiful.

I love to hear other peoples interpretations, because at some level it gives me insight also.

My work does reflect my world...i guess.
my world is so filled with unconventional beauty,
contrasting elements, and unassuming personalities....
imperfections are perfections, and opposites attract...
there are no rules to nature, nor life, and there is no reason why there should be...

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to have a few beers with:
Hunter S. Thompson
Myself from the future.
My mums mum, my nan.
Eddie Vedder
Marilyn Manson

Music:


All time:
Pink Floyd
Stone Temple Pilots
Alice in Chains
Rage Against the Machine
Audioslave
Queens of the Stoneage
Nivarna
The Music
Pearl Jam
Powderfinger
Silverchair
The Tea Party
The Cruel Sea
Chili Peppers
The Verve
Ben Harper
Black Keys
Concrete Blonde
PJ Harvey
The Waifs
Dire Straits
Eagles
Led Zepp
Crowded House
Guns'n'Roses
Mark Lanegan
The Presets
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Shins
Kings of Leon
The Dandy Warhols
Sublime
The Doors
Blue King Brown
The Fumes
The Beautiful Girls
Rogerthat
Fat Freddies Drop
K'NAAN
John Butler Trio
Gomez
Ground Components
Louis IVX
Blondie
Macromantics
Bertie Blackman
Cardiff Giant
Goons of Doom
The Smiths
Jane's Addiction
Oasis
Peaches
Echo and the Bunnymen
Juliette and the Licks
Marilyn Manson
The Baby Animals
The Pretenders
My Left Boot
Neil Young
and the list goes on.....

These guys are rad!! Check em out.

Movies:

Across the Universe... Its brilliant!
Fear and Loathing
Romper Stomper
Pulp Fiction
Natural Born Killers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (new and old)
Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
Bubba Ho Tep
Somersault
Hitchickers Guide To The Galaxy
Party Monster
Dirty Dancing
Back To The Future

Books:

biographies

I dream of one day having an entire room devoted to books. I want bookshelves reaching to the ceiling, with little wooden ladders that slide along. Hunter, i will read everything of yours before too long RIP

Heroes:

not heros... but rad photos of rad people.

My Blog

please dont let be misunderstood

Baby you understand me nowIf sometimes you see Im madDoncha know that no one alive can always be an angel? When everything goes wrong you see some badWell Im just a soul whose intentions are goodOh lo...
Posted by mishMASH x on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:54:00 PST

Rorschach Failure FEATURED ARTIST Feb 2007

.. Get resource file-name (06/21/2006)--> ..> RORSCHACH FAILURE FEATURED ARTIST ..> Saturd...
Posted by mishMASH x on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:50:00 PST

NOW LISTEN UP: John butler thoughts.

John Butlers thoughts on the Making Poverty History campaign...We live in a world that is extremely polarized at the present moment. No other time in modern history has the gap between rich and poor b...
Posted by mishMASH x on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:37:00 PST

my reality is unlike no other

At the moment i'm relaxed.Tomorrow i could be anything.I take things as they come.I'm in love.I'm a dreamer.I love to imagine.I create.I think - too muchI often have outbursts of incoherent psychobab...
Posted by mishMASH x on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:06:00 PST

Some of the best advice!

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable tha...
Posted by mishMASH x on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:35:00 PST