A few years a go one of my girlfriends went to the Doctor because she thought she had Alzheimer’s. We were both very relieved when the doctor told her that if she was aware of her memory loss then it was most definitely not Alzheimer’s disease.
I have clung to that piece of information over the years as I regularly forget the names of common household items and rely on my children to fill in the blanks for me. I have included an example below.
Conversation with my son
Me: Where’s that thing?
David: What thing?
Me: That thing that squirts out light
David: The torch?
Me: Yes.
I have forgotten the name of the tap, that thing, you know, you turn the handle and water comes out? Buttons, those things that are round and you poke them through holes in your clothes. I am sure that my loving children will be quick to add to the list of flippy things and oom chicky things that I regularly need them to find for me.
Apparently I have an elegant nose. I haven’t ever really paid any particular attention to my nose, it has just quietly been there, under the radar, doing its job for all these years. My favourite uncle complimented me on my elegant nose yesterday and the memory of that conversation had me smiling and proudly stroking my nose all day.
The Ceramics Triennale is in Adelaide from 28 Sept -1 Oct and I am trying madly to scrounge up the $44o registration fee. With a serious juggling of my budget I can manage the airfares and accommodation costs but the registration fee has put a bit of a stumbling block in my path. I think I will have to sit here for a bit stroking my elegant nose whilst I ponder whether the Triennale is a “must do” event or a just “wish I could go” event.
I have previously mentioned that I have somehow managed to get myself onto this list. The first stage of the competition closes very soon and if you haven’t voted for me, as well as for the myriad of other lovely bloggers in the competition, I would really appreciate your vote, or even just a like on the facebook thingy over there will make me smile.
I did a huge cleanout of who I am following on twitter, it took me over an hour to manually unfollow a plethora of dead accounts, businesses, art site spammy links, as well as real people. If I have unfollowed you by mistake can you please tweet at me and I will follow you back.
I will leave you with a photo of a piece of work in progress. I am entering some work into the Rose Exhibition at the Art Society of Tasmania’s Lady Franklin Gallery at the end of this month. The theme is Picasso’s Rose Period and the exhibition is aiming to raise funds for the Cancer Council.
I have put my own slant on this theme and combined Picasso’s Rose Period Acrobats with the Cirque de soleil’s, Saltimbanco the combined imagery of the two have conspired to help me make three of these pieces. They are as yet unfinished but I hope you get the idea from this piece.
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Ouch! $440 entry fee is a whole lot of dollars added to the rest of your costs. Adelaide is a lovely city. The Art Gallery is quite impressive, at least I think so – didn’t see all of it as the uncle I was staying with does not approve of ‘that modern rubbish’ so only saw selected highlights. Ditto quite a few other places I would have liked to explore, maybe one day I’ll be able to save up the pennies to visit again independently. If you do get there you can tell me what I missed!
Am intrigued by the swirls in the clay and how the colours will develop. Looking forward to seeing the fired pieces.
It is on par with most of the conferences I have been to, it would be easier if I was still a full time student the the cost would be only $220. I am sure something will turn up. If I do go to Adelaide I will take lots of photos and write blog posts while I am there.
The swirls in the clay are from a technique called neriage, where I have used commercial body stains to colour the clay and they should fire to darker shades of green, sky blue and a pinky red. Here is a link to the technique https://frogpondsrock.com/2010/05/neriage-porcelain-dragon-eggs-a-step-by-step-process/
I have that same memory thingy magiggy loss you mention. Glad I am not alone.
Goodluck on fund raising to attend your conference.
Thanks Trish, but I wont be fundraising. I will be saving.
I hope you get to go:)
Love your ceramic work so much
I have nearly decided that I WILL be going Sharon. All I need to do is have a serious look at my finances and juggle them a bit better. I would love to catch the train from Melbourne up to Adelaide for the adventure factor.
I love that you have an elegant nose! What an awesome compliment.
I forget things all the time, it happens a lot when I’m helping the kids at school and they think it is hysterical as I try and describe the word I’m thinking of.