Miss Clara, the paper artist from Bordeux

I've decided I love Miss Clara....

Looking like combination between a young Anais Nin and Virginia Woolf all mixed together with a kind of french bohemian otherworldy charm..... it feels as though her magical creative life takes place in some kind of dishevelled, natural-history-museum-esque diorama from another era..... whats not to love here? 

This video makes me all kinds of happy!  I can't understand it, but certain words come through ...'magique', 'realite', 'artiste'... add a dash of Danny Elfman music and thats' all I need to transport me to another place :-)

Changes...

It's a full moon & lunar eclipse tonight hooray! And there are big shifts & changes afoot for many people... Bob said it best once upon a time...

Places...

A place to think, a place to dream...

A place to write, a place to create...

A place to relax, a place to ponder...

A place to gather, with food and thought...

A place to experiment, a place to learn...

A place to rest after world-weary travels...

A place of choice, a place to be free...

Lately, I've been thinking of places... And of what we need around us in order to live an inspired and fulfilled life. All these 'places'and moreover the infinite feelings they evoke are an integral part, I feel, to leading the lives we've always dreamed of and more importantly, the lives we deserve... We simply must make the time, make the space and make our perfect life happen!

Happy songs....

If ever I'm feeling a little bit down, this is the song I listen to which never fails to cheer me up... I don't think anyone could listen to it and keep still!  I just love this version played live at the Náttúra Concert in Iceland which also features Björk on additional percussion for added yay-ness!

This song proves that you can never have too many drums, or too much fun!

 La la la la la la la Hoo-ooo!

I'm off  now, headed up the mountain for a spot of cafe bohemianism in the sunshine with my fellow wanderer in whimsy.... I see much coffee and philosophising ahead.

 Happy bright Monday to us all!

Green is the colour of rebirth...

Margaret Olley dies, aged 88.

Green was Painter Margaret Olley's favourite colour...  'green', she would say 'it's the colour of rebirth'.

I have a thing about paintings of mirrored reflections....and I love this one.  Here, she paints herself as a young artist in 1948, framed by the still objects and collectibles that would inspire her life's work and also by postcards of the works of the great masters whom she admired.  

Vale Margaret Olley and what a life well lived, doing, as she has said "The only thing I've wanted to do all my life."  And that's exactly what she did....  These words inspire me to refocus on my own direction in life and hopefully, gain more clarity as I continue on this winding and ever-changing path we call life.

Earth-Love-Music....

Biophilia....  

This is the title of Björk's new album, which speaks of a "love for nature in all her manifestations"  and "a restless curiosity, an urge to investigate and discover the elusive places where we meet nature"....  All this and an introduction from Sir David Attenborough! I'm in heaven! 

 "The biophilia hypothesis suggests that there is an instinctive bond between human beings and other living systems'"  ... I am excited by the fact that this idea has been explored in musical form and can't wait to hear the results. 

 I love the idea of the songs being created around a kind of 'Solar System' structure that is housed within the 'Mother'.  I love how Björk is unafraid of exploring new technologies and collaborating with other artists with new ideas.  Some performers can become so insular in their process, and I think sometimes their work can suffer for it.  The new song below Cosmogony, is a retelling of creation myths from around the world.... Stunning!

I look forward to this multi-layered audio-visual extravaganza as Björk breaks new expressive ground and reminds us all of what we're capable of as Humans, but also of how close to the Source we really can be...

 "We are on the brink of a revolution that will unite Humans with Nature.... until we get there, prepare, explore Biophilia."

Sonic Reverie...

I am whole...

....And I hold the night....

If ever a spell was cast over the Sydney Opera House, it must have been by the mystical creatrix Natasha Khan and her music project Bat for Lashes .... Here she is back in June of this year,  performing in a lantern-lit stage forest.... conjuring new tunes in her concert hall cauldron... Powerful - Vulnerable - Magical! 
Great night, great memories!
Words to live by....