holidays and creating

Has been a busy week, travelling across three states, seeing Gretski again (pictured, getting all shy), avoiding conflict, embracing the opposite of conflict (peace, authenticity, being in the moment?).
Adelaide was so so, there were good moments (watching the kids play soccer, Gus calling my name from the top of the playground cubby house, Ash saying "Thank you Georgie" multiple times and seeking my style assistance with his fisherman pants, buying new-to-me affordable clothes at Hype and Seek (oh the smugness of wearing recycled clothing!), reading The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toeuw who is a genius Canadian writer, seeing my sister, spinning the colour pods in the night light with Ned and Gus (see photo), seeing my friends, hearing that one had passed her exams!). Then with a massive head cold, we travelled across the border to Melbourne, proving to the disprovers that one can get to Melbourne in a days driving.

A and I stayed at St Andrews at Baldessin Press, which was a lovely option. Attic accommodation, access to a printmaking studio, being in a conducive environment. Unfortunately the massive head cold rendered me good for little for the first few days besides reading, and being shy. But finally I got into it and realised where I wanted to be with my printing. I wanted to be drawing, and drawing so much that when it';s time to crank it at the press, I have lots of things to print and I can go crazy. There are still things I want to learn (like the mentorship offered up at the community printmakers in murwillumbah, where people learnt some techniques from someone more experienced). One of the guys at Baldessin was Rob, who had some work I loved hanging, when I complimented it, he attributed it to technique (but that's what I want).

But it's not just technique, its the ideas, and pushing the ideas and trying each thing in different ways...and being confident about the entire image you are creating.

Home now, it's funny that I've left one attic room for another, there's a part of me that wants to keep living here with Steph and Mark for longer than I've planned, it is like a peaceful cosy haven and I enjoy it very much and am looking forward to finding ways to recreate my cosy nest in another setting.