August 2010

Rediscovering my passion at the Junction 2010 Regional Arts Conference.

by frogpondsrock on August 30, 2010

in Arty stuff..,Fun,photography,real life

I am a storyteller, I hadn’t really thought about it much until this weekend at the Junction 2010 Arts Conference. I had just been blogging away merrily here at Frog Ponds Rock telling stories about my life, working away creating ceramics, all of which have their own stories and now I am discovering film making which is the easiest way of all to tell a story.

I also like to help other people tell their stories. So if you are here reading this because I offered to help you in some way please be assured that my offer was genuine. Send me an email or leave me a comment and we can work out a plan.

I am always astounded that people are interested in what I do. I keep on waiting for someone to tell me that I am stupid and useless (thanks Dad) and that what I am doing is a ridiculous waste of time but people never do. They smile when I talk and they ask me questions about my work and let me waffle on about dead albatrosses, ethical food production and dragons eggs.

I have passion in abundance. I am passionate about my work, my family, life in general and thanks to Ernesto Sirolli my newest guru I know that I am on the right track.

It was amazing to listen to a passionate speaker like Ernesto Sirolli confirm what I truly believed, that if you are doing what you love, the money will follow.

I have always told my children to do what they love and to worry about the money later and a small part of me has often wondered if I had been doing them a disservice. I look at my daughter doing what she loves passionately and I know that although her path is difficult she is happy. Once my son starts to follow his passion I know that he will be happy as well, it is just a bit hard for him at the moment because he is such a gifted child that all his teachers want him to excel in their chosen field and that is a lot of pressure for a sixteen year old to carry.

I have so many stories to tell and so little time in which to do it. So stay tuned my dear bloglings I have come back from Junction 2010 with so much energy and renewed passion that it could be dangerous.

Here are some photos from my weekend away, just mouse over the photos to get the titles.

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Some images from Friday at junction 2010

by frogpondsrock on August 27, 2010

in Arty stuff..,Fun

Here are some images from Friday at Junction 2010. These images are straight out of the camera. I am suffering from information overload and it is fantastic.

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Blogging away from home

by frogpondsrock on August 27, 2010

in Amy,Arty stuff..,Aspergers,blogging

I am sitting in bed in a cabin in a caravan park, my laptop is balanced precariously on my knees and I am trying to write outside of my comfort zone. I only have picasa installed on the laptop and not being able to edit my photos how I am used to is bothering me much more than it should.

I stopped on the side of the Midlands highway just outside of Campbell town yesterday to talk to my daughter Veronica on the phone. As usual most of our conversation was about the apple of my eye, my grand daughter Amy and Aspergers.I took this photo as the trucks were roaring past my window, shaking the car and shaking me.

I am here in Launceston for the Junction 2010 Regional Arts Conference and Festival. I have been sent up here as a delegate for the Greater Green Ponds branch of Tas Regional Arts. This is an amazing opportunity for me to network and meet other artists and arts workers. My focus this weekend is the role of Arts in health and the Arts and disengaged youth.

The fact that my gorgeous girl most probably has Aspergers has made me determined to pick the brains of every Artist working with children like Amy. I am going to be very busy this weekend.

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Some pretty photos.

by frogpondsrock on August 24, 2010

in photography

Well maybe not all of them will be super pretty but there aren’t any photos of roadkill, spiders or super blurry treescapes in this lot.

I have been going for a walk each morning, (well the last two mornings anyway.) I have put on a lot of weight this past year, comfort eating and losing my teeth combined with a general malaise regarding food preparation have seen me slip into some lazy eating habits.

I had been too busy to exercise or too tired in the evenings when I get home. But now with spring just around the corner it is light enough in the mornings that I can go for a walk before the morning mayhem begins.

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These are not pretty photos.

by frogpondsrock on August 23, 2010

in Arty stuff..,environmental stuff,fauna and flora,photography,Sadness

Though I also don’t think that they are horrible photos either. I went for a walk this morning and took some photos. I was fascinated by this piece of roadkill. This was a wallaby. Now it is a series of photos.