SUP adventure

Anyone that has spent time with me in the past 4 months understands just how fond of my SUP (stand up paddleboard) I am. This video I found today epitomises that freedom you feel when you hop on and paddle away. Adventure isn't always to extreme rushes of adrenalin. It can just be a sense of curiosity to explore and discover.

"The Questions We Ask" - Bruce Kirkby in a Kalum Ko film from Kalum Ko on Vimeo.

Illumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen

Philip Wolfhagen is an icon of Tasmanian landscape painting. His exhibition entitled llumination: The art of Philip Wolfhagen is the first comprehensive survey of his art practice to date and is currently touring Australia.

The travelling exhibition schedule is as follows:
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: 13 September - 1 December 2013

Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery (ACT): 20 February - 6 April 2014

Cairns Regional Gallery (Qld): 9 May - 6 July 2014

Tweed River Art Gallery (NSW): 8 August - 12 October 2014

Hamilton Art Gallery (Vic): 15 November 2014 - 1 February 2015

Gippsland Gallery (Vic): 14 February - 12 April 2015



For more on Philip Wolfhagen, visit his website http://philipwolfhagen.com/

Sugar Man

Two of my favourite questions to ask travellers and friends are...

'what are you listening to?' 

and

'what have you watched recently?'

The most recent 'hot tip' was to watch Searching for Sugar Man (2012). A documentary that is perhaps a few years old to be considered a hot tip. None the less, I finally found a copy and was left inspired. A story of Sixto Rodriguez, a singer who posessed a raw talent that was not appreciated in his home country but his music found its own voice in the height of apartheid in South Africa. An honest protest in his lyrics of standing up against a government that don't reflect the voice of the people they should be representing.

Thought to be dead from a dramatic rock star suicide - nobody thought much to find him or understand the real story. Until this documentary.

Sugar Man is a song i've heard. I don't know when i first heard it but that 70's echo of folk storytelling is there and this is a genre I enjoy for its honesty.

Despite his later found fame, Rodriguez remained honest and true to the messages behind his music. If there was ever an album to go out and buy (ensuring that his present day royalties actually find their way to his pockets) this would be it!

A girl who travels...

Today 2 posts came up on facebook. Each, a condradiction of the other.

The first blog appeared on an ex-passenger's facebook page ' Don't date a girl who travels' . The second, i stumbled upon as a suggestion from having read the first - 'Date a girl who travels' .

Both give justifications of the incredible life lessons you learn when you travel. Regardless of both articles referring to 'a girl', i believe anyone who continues to travel, search, question and understand their life and reflect their relevance in big bubble of the world is something to respect and admire. The first blog though makes out that a traveller can't hold a job or have stability when in fact a true traveller is a survivor who works when they need, is serious when it is required but can stop and smell the roses even on the most stressful or mundane of days. It is a personality trait that shouldn't get brushed off as a daydreamer.

There is nothing scary about a traveller. He/She is probably watching their pennies, holding onto friendships and trying to appreciate the people, places, and experiences that they engage with everyday to make their life rich. A wealth that a financial security just can't compete with.

Buy a traveller a coffee and ask what they have been up to - i guarantee it hasn't been spent at a shopping mall or simply daydreaming. Something is for sure though, they wouldn't care if travelling made you question their worth for dating. He/She is too busy living life to care!!!

Namesake

Here I am back in my family home having coffee and eggs with my mum before flying back to Tasmania. With a quick look at the news and weather report, i have stumbled upon an article in the NY times on Elsa Schiaparelli and her grandaughter Marisa Berenson.

In her day my mother was a fashion designer inspired by Schiaparelli, so much so, her grandaughter Marisa is my namesake. This article and short video is a quick insight to her fashion and collection which will be up for auction in Paris.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/fashion/Celebrating-Elsa-Schiaparelli.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&smid=fb-share

Body Adornment Workshop

...and we are in MOROCCO!

This time last year I was travelling Morocco with 3 friends. The adventures were captured by John O'Sullivan a.k.a. the author of http://twopassports.com/

The finely tuned video..


The funny mishaps...


and if you didn't get it the first few times > his name is John and WE are in MOROCCO!!!