fishing for consequences

here's a good way of thinking:

when fishermen can't go to sea they repair their nets.
i read this piece of ole time wisdom in catherine deveny's article today

i like this very much. it hits me where i live.

i don't think I've been capable of going to sea for a very long time, but i'm repairing my nets. and i'm getting better at the repairs.

i used to swim a lot. i thought of it as both physical and mental exercise. i thought, it will stop me from drowning. i think the drowning was metaphorical rather than literal.

i also liked deveny's notion of billboards saying: Love Your Kids And Make Them Feel Safe

there'll be far more going out to sea when this happens.

of course, it's still a good idea to repair nets.

art 101

the place i work has a gallery downstairs and today i noticed that there is a very interesting exhibition on.
exotic queensland by anne marie graham
her work is opaque and rich, stark and abundant, and naïve.
i strolled through the exhibition today and loved what i saw.
my favourites are tree ferns with cockatoos, 2008, oil on linen
and cycad, 2008, oil on linen
they are works you could gaze at fore-ever, both intimate and wild. the works are much richer in life than in photographs. well worth a look. the exhibition's on from 6-30 may, and there is a lecture on saturday, 23 may

it's good to open your eyes to the world and discover new things.
i'm so very glad i ventured into this gallery today and met a new world.
her work reminds me of henri rousseau ...
though not quite as bloodthirsty as some of his jungle pictures