Seeing. Hearing. Feeling. Creating. Losing myself in water, paint, charcoal, sex, the sky, a kiss, a belly laugh, red wine, dark chocolate, sweet remembrance, a newborn baby's eyes, someone's moment, my children's hair on my face, homebaking, going to sleep. Sharing this world. Balance. Acceptance. Being Awake and Aware. Living now in the 21st Century in Australia. "Habitat".....
I have a medium term objective to set up a creative community service, providing involvement in creative arts to people living "on the edges" of society..especially young people leaving state care. I'm really excited about this and have been hearing about some new, inventive and successful programmes happening around Australia. Like one combining antenatal care of aboriginal teenage mum's with making and painting caste's of their pregnant bellies...with great health outcomes for the babies! I have a handful of friends who are looking to do something similar - performing artists, musicians, social workers (my past profession), psychologists and visual artists. Any of you who've done anything like this or know anyone who has I'd love your advice! Leunig, Australian Cartoonist
I'd like to meet:
REAL people all around the world. people who can inspire me with what they're doing for the world and by how they live....and artists. writers. kind people who aren't idealistic. creative, expressive and different people...funny people, people who just want to know me or like my art or ideas or writing
Music:
Electic tastes here. Funk, Indie/trance, rock, blues, bluegrass....Pearl Jam - Joan as Police Woman - Bjork - Led Zeppelin - Hendrix - Nick Cave - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Bower birds - Lamb - Tony Martin -Counting Crows - Building 429 - Alanis Morissette - Goo Goo Dolls - Nick Drake - Gotye - Enigma - Husky Rescue - John Butler Trio - Josh Rouse- Glenn Hughes - Pink Floyd - Damien Rice - Coldplay - Jeff Buckley - The Who - REM - Oasis - Beth Orton - Deva Premal - Something for Kate - Lenny Kravitz - Old stuff, Eagles, Suzi Q. Classical, Alternative
Movies:
best films ever: Rabbitproof Fence (Australian)- Orlando - The anti war movie All Quiet on the Western Front(1930) - Dr Plonk (2007) - have to mention Lucky Miles (Australian)...Directed by my old mate Michael J Rowland.....I've seen thousands of films, they're all a blur in my mind now.....sick sick sick of hollywood....hollywood should be banned.....except I do love old movies, especially all the Planet of the Apes, alien invasion and Hitchcock Dr Plonk Trailer
Television:
Does anyone really care what I watch on TV
Books:
Currently reading "Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope" by the lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi. Finally I'm putting all the pieces of the Iran/Iraq/US puzzle together. Combined with other reading and conversations I've had with refugees I think what she has to say is her truthful story and anyone who wants some insight into what's happening, and the events of the 20th century leading up to the current situation should read her book.
Just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini..the author of "The Kite Runner". "Artlink" contemporary Australian art magazine
Heroes:
SURVIVORS OF ALL KINDS........You can say the sun is shining if you really want to -
I can see the moon and it seems so clear -
You can take the road that takes you to the stars now -
I can take a road that'll see me through - (Nick Drake "Road") xxx "Celtic Dreaming" "Troubles".....REMEMBER, THE PAST REALLY IS GONE IF WE WANT IT TO BE.
