As I prepare for my first solo exhibition, I realised I needed a place to explore in, to retreat to, and to basically get away with talking to myself.... and here it is! The theme of this exhibition is.... ta dum.... "It's Personal". It is the moment I have chosen to stop and feel, and to provide a space for my visual voice.


I find myself taking on the role of commentator of my own life's path. My art, my words, my poetry, my images are purely a personal commentary. Nothing more. Nothing less. I do not write to judge or to provide an opinion. That is for much wiser people than I. I 'do' simply to record, to share.... in short... to commentate..... to chronicle my journey, and it's personal.


So let's just start somewhere... and see where it goes....

I have grouped the various areas of my work into chapters. To follow the whole story of one area click on the green chapter to the right under the heading "chapters of my story".


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Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
I always struggle with this bit... the 'about me' bit. I never know what order to put things down in. I am many things at many times... oh the joys of motherhood where multi-tasking is a prerequisite!. Ok, so here goes, at any one time I can be: Mother, Wife and Lover, Artist, Company Director, Student, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, Thinker, Seeker, Procrastinator, Dreamer, Philosopher, Supporter, Friend, Guide, and sometimes just a downright bewildered child trying to find my way through the noise and chaos that is life and people.

"A"

"A"

Phew, glad to have gotten that out there! The first letter finally written in this big empty space I have created. Having now procrastinated for weeks/months on getting this blog started I felt that the only way I was going to actually sit down and get upclose n personal with my keyboard was to trick myself into it. So I quickly went from facebook to the blog and just kept typing. Seems to have worked given that I now have words appearing on my screen :)

I KNOW I'm not the only person out there who has to do things like that to themselves to get things done!

I wonder how long I can keep typing about nothing before I start to drift into the space where I SHOULD be... actually pondering and exploring all things deep and undisturbed... I'm guessing quite a while.

While sitting at my trusty old computer and looking out the window at my rural back yard (note to self, really must clean this window sometime - the blotches are interfering with the view), I am weighing up in my mind the important things in life.... how long do I have before the baby wakes up, will I have enough time to get the washing hung up AND have a quiet cup of coffee, or shall I multi-task. I know this is my brains default setting of filling my head space with anything and everything than what I am supposed to be focused on.... which in this instance is my creative journey with my art.

On that note, I'm putting the jug on.

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