July like no other

In July
Old growth and new growth combined


So little Bird went on a holiday, while her mama showed her work overseas


I packed up my things and put them in a suitcase


the artist was on the plane


returning after 16 years


The Black sea her destination


and indeed destiny


I followed my heart


and Love came to me- like no other


I am forever changed


and his ocean filled my little cup.


for my sufi. xx

today

felt like a backbend .

Walking in June

blossom deary

pea on the plate

I woke early and transit acorss Melbourne to watch
Venus, the pea on the plate, begin her transit across the sun
I joined my friend in a big spacious park.
Then I transit to the Melbourne Observatory
and looked through a whole lot of crazy telescopes
some especialy for veiwing the sun, each time a little part of me grew in quiet awe.
Eventually as the crowds gathered
I saw Venus' complete her transit of the sun while projected onto a peice of paper,
for all to see.

A day of true generosity of spirit
A day of looking upwards.
Ancient, Historic and wonerfully sharing.

body of work nearly done

BirdWings






by Rumi

Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror
up to where you’re bravely working.

Expecting the worst, you look, and instead,
here’s the joyful face you’ve been wanting to see.

Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes.
if it were always a fist or always stretched open,
you would be paralyzed.

Your deepest presence is in every small contracting
and expanding,
The two as beautifully balanced and coordinated
as birdwings.

sneak preview

Liberty masks for upcoming show in Melbourne.....

Cockatoo

and Rainbow Parrot

I do not forget what I have not seen

I am off to Turkey and the Black Sea to show work
for an upcoming event

It will a be return of sorts
although I have never been to where I am going

I will revisit my youth
spent in that beautiful county

yet this is not why I go.

I am a guest of the town inviting me
to show in a festival of the arts-
this is a privilege bestowed to me
and 100 other artists from 18 different countries

Today I worked on some images with L
I will travel lightly
as I wont be able to take work that has things like feathers
because I wont be able to bring it back home again
so I take images
memories
of things I have yet to see.

Turkish delight

A quick lined email confirmed
it was happening.....

First I jumped up and down
then I did a little jig
then I went to the bar
ordered a glass of Moet and
drank it while on the phone to M.
Then I went to S's and shared a pizza
I knew somehow that he would understand.
We talked into the night
vino tinto and chocolate was poured out
with words and answers that arrested me.
The tears were held back and kept in their ducts.
Then there was text messages
and a walk around the gardens in the rain
and fish pie in a cosy setting
small cups of coffee
and
made out of rose water
with green pistachios

there was turkish delight!

Post card

Dear B,
You have not left yet
but we said 'Bon Voyage' today
and as I walked back down
the secret trail
I thought how I won't see you
almost every week
and how even though I am
looking forward to writing to you
while you are away
eating tripe
I will miss you.
How nice.
X E