If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.” ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

If there's one thing we can learn from Kusama, it's to make the most of reflection. Be that the person we see in the mirror or our inner selves. 

Sure there are physical limitations, or flaws, but we can work with them until we see 'more' to it. 

"Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image". Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dazzle with colour or vibrancy, complicate the image with depths beyond the immediate surface.

Take something small and make it MORE. Amplify your good qualities. Sparkle and shine.

"Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act." Sylvia Earle

"We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!" Maya Angelou

Other Kusama photos from the Melbourne exhibition are here.

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All roads lead to Rone....

I was lucky enough to get to the Time Exhibition back in 2023. It moved me to tears with it's beauty. It was little wonder it sold out and was impossible to see.

I have heard a whisper it might hit Sydney, so definitely get tickets if that pans out.

When I heard one of the rooms was installed into The Outsiders, the fabulous street art gallery in Melbourne, I knew I had to squeeze it into our packed itinerary for Ultra. The gallery has a number of Rone works.

It's not quite the same as it felt stumbling onto an abandoned floor of the Flinders Street Station but it is still mesmerizing.

Get in to see it while you can. The gallery is free and just round the corner from Hosier Lane so easy to duck into on your lunch break, or while heading off to sightsee...

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What's be on your calendar -Dumplings With an Artist

Last night the Wednesday Club headed off to Passage gallery for view an art installation, listen to a talk by the artist and then have some dumplings for dinner.

It's a small gallery in Haymarket and they hold this each month. The art work is a whole room installation. The dinner was more than just dumplings, it was a whole feast and it was interesting to sit down with strangers and make conversation (a lot about art and science, due to the nature of the talk and the art. And because from what I could tell, we were the only people that weren't artists).

The work we saw was by Michaela Gleave  and she explained a little about her life in terms of learning about science as a child and that scientists still don't know what makes up approx 80% of all matter and 20% of all energy in the Universe today and so the art work was in ratios of 80/20. There was talks of cracks in the universe and schisms in reality (one of my friends and I discovered we both still looked for them - mine in that Alice in Wonderland/Dispatches for Elsewhere vibe and hers more sci-fi oriented, into another universe or reality.) One person made a comment that the artists interest in science was like that of the 19th century's view where science was exciting and full of wonder. I really liked that point because science is exciting and we seem to think of it as boring. Science is beautiful and wonderous and discovery (even just when you learn of it for the first time) is exciting and energising.

We left the dinner bubbling with enjoyment, all a little surprised at what a successful excursion it had been. We had been given fortune cookies from another art exhibition that had been tinkered with to be sayings set to music. Mine was an easy one....

When we arrived we had looked at the work and then chatted on the balcony waiting for the talk over a drink. After the talk, we looked at the work again and it looked completely different. After hearing how it came together and the meaning of the components and the person history and thoughts shaping it, we saw it with completely new eyes. I was taken aback. I loved that. We see but don't really see a lot of the time. As a child, I had a book called "Look Again" where you would look at an art work and then look again to see tiny details you missed. It was a really great reminder that what we see is often only a fraction of what is there.

They hold the dinner once a month, with each new installation. It is well worth attending. Follow the Passage gallery here. They also advertise their Dumplings with an artist events on Insta so you can follow here.

There is another talk at the library with Michaela Gleave  - tickets here.

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Infinity

 Not really back yet but a sneak peek of what's to come. We were lucky enough to make the last day of the Kusama Museum before it shut for the next exhibition.

Our place in the world is reflected in our space in our world. 

This room is the perfect visual reflection of that. So when feeling lost or lacking direction, look around and think about what you see. A clear path will appear, one way or another. Instigate change.

And that change can stretch out in infinite possibilities.

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“Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.” ― Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence

 

Many years ago, I went and saw a Daniel Kitson show (66a church rd -that's it's name, you don't need to go there) and he talked about (bear with me butchering it) the word nostalgia coming from nosta meaning going home and algia meaning pain, and it's not the whimsical reminiscing that we often mean, but the aching pain of not being able to go home -in the sense that what was home no longer exists. It's a type of fear of never being able to go back...

The Do Ho Suh exhibition at the MCA made me think of that. He made paper rubbings of buildings, including his chilhood home which he then recontructed. It's astounding but he points out if captures his father, as well as himself.

These buildings are not just the bricks and construction, but the marks of those who lived there.

We can never truly go back but we do carry that around in us. We mark them and they leave a mark on us.

This fabulous exhibition ends this weekend so if you haven't been, don't miss it! Buy tickets here.

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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

My favourite work at Lumen, the latest exhibition at White Rabbit is this one. The sculpture of lights with a reflective surface underneath, that change patterns and colours, and that in turn alters the reflected image too.

Just like life, there is an ebb and flow to our daily lives that changes everything in ways we don't even see until after it's changed completely. The little child is suddenly an adult, the weight is gained or lost without us noticing until it's enough for an outfit to no longer fit and so on.  

When struggling with difficulties, remember you don't need to fix it all at once. Little by little the changes will happen until you look back and it's a completely different image that you see reflected.

And as always, rejoice in the pretty lights.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge reflection

I  had a lot of fun with the Sculpture Rocks harbour walk, and there were two works I really played around with, because they made use of their environment more so than some of the others. 

This one at Campbell Stores I loved, and depending where you were, you could capture the bridge or other parts of the city in the frame.

I hope to get back there in the next two weeks are I want to see if I can make more of the reflective dome (but there was a film crew and launch party going on so I felt I needed to move on).

If you get some better angles, do let me know!

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