‘A plague on both your houses’
Had we been alive in the early 17th century when the bubonic plague repeatedly struck London we would not have had the luxury of watching Netflix, having virtual zoom meetings …
A prescient photographer
The inspiration for today’s blogpost comes from the weekly email by Tony Ellwood AM titled: ‘Capturing a moment in time’. In this message, the Director of the NGV highlights some …
Words, words, words
In the Lerner and Loewe musical ‘My Fair Lady’, Eliza Doolittle sings a song that begins: ‘words, words, words, I’m so sick of words…’ Another week passes and I have …
New ideas
Over the past two years I have been on a committee that awards funding grants to creative individuals including artists, musicians, dancers, film makers, writers, performers etc. twice a year. …
Crytoscopophilia
Our ‘current virtual world’ has not been too difficult for me as it has allowed me to indulge in my longstanding passion – ‘crytoscopophilia’. In the past I was embarrassed …
‘Unprecedented’
It is unprecedented the number of times we hear the word ‘unprecedented’. It seems that ‘unprecedented’ things happen on a daily basis. Perhaps this is not surprising in the context …
Religious week (1)
This week acknowledges a confluence of religious events. In the Christian calendar, it is Holy week, the week that precedes Easter. In the Jewish calendar it is the time of …
Soothing art
Today’s blog arose from an email sent to me by Ros Jonas. On the BBC News App she came across an article about how David Hockney is faring in the …
Are we all Edward Hopper paintings today?
Many of you will have read the article, ‘Time to Breathe’ by Andrew Stephens in the Spectrum section of The Age on 28 March. Stephens provides an informed and illuminating …
The safety of being an artist
Those at the highest risk of contracting the coronavirus infection, as one might expect, are health care workers, including registered nurses, paramedics and doctors. So if you wanted to avoid …