tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39729381821274735332024-03-11T17:01:48.205+11:00Pony Gold.Artwork, illustrations and inspirations from Melbourne-based illustrator and journalist Raych (Pony Gold).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103511561256883598noreply@blogger.comBlogger739125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972938182127473533.post-26308858551016428892015-09-30T11:24:00.001+10:002015-09-30T11:24:52.707+10:00I'VE MOVED!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm moving this blog over to my new website <a href="http://www.ponygoldstudio.com/blog">here</a> ... so from now on, I'll be posting at www.ponygoldstudio.com/blog</div>
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Also, there's a few examples of my <a href="http://www.ponygoldstudio.com/design/">graphic design work</a> up on the website too :)</div>
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I'm really excited to share <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/true-to-this-artist-rachel-ponygold-urquhart/">this little video that Volcom put together </a>-- with the camera-wielding talents of Danny Camara, direction by Kim Reynolds and weirdo ramblings by me (plus cuteness from the dog Humble!).</div>
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Anyway, it's mostly about why art is important -- to me and to the world. Check out the full piece <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/true-to-this-artist-rachel-ponygold-urquhart/">here.</a></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Volcom <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/womens-au/reflections-crew.html">Reflections crew</a> and <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/womens-au/womens-clothing/womens-clothing-dresses-skirts/petalhead-skirt.html">Petalhead skirt</a>, Harley Davidson boots. </span></i></div>
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We didn't quite make it to the snow (and anyway, dogs aren't allowed …) but we did make it to some amazing alpine eucalyptus forests.<br />
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A few pages from my sketchbooks lately -- looking back over these, I think studying design has made me want to experiment with typography in illustration a little more … Never a bad thing. </div>
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Either way, here they are -- a week wasn't nearly enough to explore this amazing, out-of-this-world country. I definitely hope to make it back for a better look.<br />
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A few months back, I took off for a few quick days in Auckland with the other Volcom ambassadors and some lovely friends, including Seb Zanella from <a href="http://www.desillusion-mag.com/">Desillusion mag</a>, and his incredible wife Marie from<a href="http://www.le-monde-est-a-nous.net/"> Le Monde Est A Nous</a>. We were managed to fit in a whole lot over the few days -- from a 'School of Cool' evening meeting lots of lovely people, to volcano cocktails and a bit of denim jacket painting.</div>
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It's been a long time since I've shared what's in my sketchbook, so here's a huge collection of ideas, musings, work and play. And some photos of my dad in the seventies, which were used as a colour reference in the 'Out of this world' pages. </div>
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Also, last week I finished up my full-time job as a writer/associate editor/general communications human, and this week I started an intensive three-month graphic design course. Quite a strange and scary thing to do at this point, but I thought I'd get it out of the way so I don't wind up cranky and regretful later on. </div>
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I've been having a bit of digital-magic fun ... these were created for my latest <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/ponygold-good-times">Volcom blog post</a>, which you can check out <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/ponygold-good-times">here</a> if you want to see more in the same vein (or if you're keen on tattooed cockatoos and kookaburras).<br />
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Lots of exciting life-change moments are happening right now ... but more on that soon. All this life-changing is making me incredibly busy and kind-of frantic.<br />
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Australia’s south coast – that means dolphins, penguins, squid, diving,
octopus, waterfalls, beers, and the best vegie burgers at the pub; celebrating five
years of good years with my partner; winter vegetable gardening; <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/ponygold-autumn-change/">Easter daisiesand flower collages;</a> sunny days with threatening afternoon storm clouds; making
crazy variety salads to fend off winter sickness; forcing others to listen to
the B52s and MJ in the car; Lester Bangs’s biography; lemons slowly turning
yellow on our tree; Woody Guthrie wisdom; fireside drinks with friends; <a href="http://www.shopcobracult.com/shop-cobracult/turquoise-spider-ring">CobraCult pieces like this;</a> back-veranda-studio days; and scary future plans. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103511561256883598noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972938182127473533.post-1854814631532291692015-04-28T14:50:00.003+10:002015-04-28T14:50:52.630+10:00HEY NEW ZEALAND!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey Kiwi friends, I’m coming to visit your shores next week,
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Vintage hat, fringed jacket and Harley Davidson boots (via <a href="http://vintagesole.info/">Vintage Sole</a>), <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/chilled-out-dress.html">Volcom 'Chilled out' dress</a>, jewellery from <a href="http://the2bandits.com/collections/necklaces/products/wrangler-neck-cuff">The 2 Bandits,</a> <a href="http://www.rejoicethehands.com/#!product/prd14/2808455571/desert-dreamer-ring">Rejoice the Hands, </a><a href="http://www.treeoflife.com.au/jewellery/rings?range=51%2C84%2C84">Tree of Life</a>,<a href="http://www.shopcoyotenegro.com/shop/la-ocular-ring"> Coyote Negro,</a> and <a href="http://www.loandchlo.com/rings/snake-wrap-ring-with-quartz-rattle">Lo and Chlo. </a></span></i></div>
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<i>You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time – back home to the escapes of Time and Memory.</i></div>
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Lerderderg camping, wandering, night sky watching; Humble’s
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dusk; <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/chilled-out-dress.html">this paisley-and-velvet number</a>; catching up with travelling
musician friends like <a href="http://www.timberwolfmusic.com/">Timberwolf </a>and <a href="http://www.morganjoanel.com/">Morgan Joanel</a>; Mexican and movie nights
with an old friend – talking energy and light and life paths with a new one; putting together one of my <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/ponygold-autumn-change/">favourite installments for the Volcom blog</a>; planting winter vegetables and propagating my mum’s indestructible succulent
strain; <a href="http://idylwildwoods.myshopify.com/collections/cotton-tees/products/wild-horses-sky-blue-long-sleeve-thermal">Idylwild’s ‘Wild Horses’ thermal</a>; (slowly) learning Cripple Creek and
Foggy Mountain Breakdown on my banjo; clean sheets on winter nights; the artwork of <a href="http://www.edithrewa.com/">Edith Rewa</a>; and my new <a href="http://ponygold.bigcartel.com/product/mothvine-moon">Moth Vine Moon print</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103511561256883598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972938182127473533.post-60135361707698399932015-04-08T05:54:00.002+10:002015-04-08T05:54:39.384+10:00AUTUMNAL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Harley Davidson Charisma boots; <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/womens-au/womens-clothing/womens-clothing-dresses-skirts/chilled-out-dress.html">Volcom Chilled Out velvet dress</a>; <a href="http://www.tanglewoodguitars.co.uk/products/banjos/TWBPRO5.html">Tanglewood Cove Creek five-string banjo</a>; <a href="http://threearrowsleather.bigcartel.com/product/eagle-eye-stash-pouch">Three Arrows Leather Mind's Eye pouch</a>; <a href="http://cottonon.com/AU/p/body/flirty-lace-bra/2065122514932.html#start=1">Cotton On Body bralette</a>; <a href="http://the2bandits.com/collections/necklaces/products/wrangler-neck-cuff">The 2 Bandits Wrangler neck cuff</a>; <a href="http://shop.spelldesigns.com/collections/jewellery/products/prism-bomb-crystal-necklace-brass">Spell and the Gypsy Collective Prism Bomb necklace</a>; Rings: <a href="http://www.loandchlo.com/rings/twinkle-twinkle-little-stars-ring">Lo and Chlo</a>, <a href="http://www.rejoicethehands.com/#!product/prd14/2808455571/desert-dreamer-ring">Rejoice the Hands</a>, all others vintage/market finds.<br /></i></span></div>
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Sometime around a week, or maybe two weeks, ago, Melbourne
just dropped the seasonal switch and it suddenly became cold, windy, and drizzly in
general and miserable in particular. This is the kind of climate-specific
event that sends all expatriate northerners into a deep depression. When I
call my parents back on the NSW north coast, they’re still talking about sweltering
heat and swimming in the creek, and cracking their first tin of icy beer for
the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s a thing we complain about every year, and we usually
spend the next five or six months (because that’s how long winter is – <i>at least</i>
– in Melbourne) sketching out plans to move home. I’m sure the city’s surly
weather has beaten back more than its fair share of northern migrants who just <i>can not</i> <i>stand</i>, any longer, the idea of only being able to swim for one
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Regardless of how good the city might be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But anyway, I’m just writing all this down to remind myself that I
feel this way every year. And that every year, we just batten down and try not
to get too sad about the short days and the wet shoes. Because there’s things
like paisley velvet, heavy leather, stiff denim and black lace; hot chocolates
and T.S. Eliot; extended banjo sessions; weird winter blooms; sketchbooks to
fill; infinite variations on turquoise, silver and brass jewellery; a
medium-sized brown dog; road trips in knits and blankets; fires and whiskey; new
moon night skies; a lover and a warm bed; 80s movies and TV shows; Eaten by
Dogs and John Lee Hooker; and a spring that will eventually show up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103511561256883598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972938182127473533.post-25619141799401660052015-03-12T08:37:00.004+11:002015-03-12T08:37:45.437+11:00LOVEABLE: FEBRUARY THINGS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things I loved in the past far-too-short month:</div>
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Melbourne finally having a few summer days Δ playing banjo, still, maybe forever Δ Dexter reruns Δ Lester Bangs and Ken Kesey biographies Δ camping under the stars in the Murray River borderlands Δ this <a href="http://www.alpinebeach.com.au/shop/accessories/watershot-housings.aspx">Watershot housing</a> for taking photos of Humble trying to swim Δ daylight savings evening swims Δ <a href="http://www.souvenirjewelry.com/product/sabbath-necklace">these Souvenir Sabbath jewels</a> Δ quitting commission work to focus on personal projects Δ hungover foodtruck dinners in the park with friends and dogs Δ throwing our first house party in the new place Δ wild rice and mushroom soup Δ collecting wild everlastings and cockatoo feathers Δ Loving Hut vegan food Δ Pretty in Pink/any John Hughes films Δ drinking games around the campfire Δ Jeffrey Eugenides Δ <a href="http://flynnskye.com/products/eterie-maxi-dress">finally purchasing this Flynn Skye Eterie maxi</a> Δ and the work of <a href="http://rachelnewling.com/">Australia artist Rachel Newling</a> -- I'm a sucker for a beautifully drawn osprey Δ</div>
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We landed in Brussels half-delirious and totally over it …
the 30-hour long-haul flight from Australia was replete with all the usual horrors:
loudly airsick person across the aisle, hysterically crying child a few rows
back, water doled out in tiny drink bottles begetting perpetual thirst, weak
sleeping pills, weird food options, bad rom-coms … <o:p></o:p></div>
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But looking out the window on the way down and seeing all
the funny neat houses with their austere-middle-management-type architecture,
all the green fields and white wind turbines, all the crisp early light, was a
new kind of radical. That’s fucking Belgium down there! We’re going to be in
this place, the opposite side of the world, where we don’t know anything, and
hardly anyone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was probably seven or eight in the morning by this time, and
we were met by two friends in a turquoise-green van, papered with DIY skate
company stickers and harbouring a case of warm Jupiler tins. This van – along
with another of the same make and model, only red, and with a better built-in
fridge – would be our home for the next week, as our gang of eight drove from
Antwerp to Malmo, questing for skate parks, sunny days and strong beer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All of which is a fun idea until you’ve built up five days’
worth of hangovers, food poisoning and skating sweat without any showers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But whatever, the highlights were things like …</div>
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ANTWERP</div>
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Antwerp was one of my favourite cities on our whole trip –
the first place we went into was a shop with skulls and urchins, but I didn’t buy
any because I still had to pass customs in five or six more countries. And the
last place we went into was essentially a beer café. I have never drunk so much
beer in my life. I also didn’t drink beer again for the rest of the trip, and
probably not for another three months once we were back in Australia. <o:p></o:p></div>
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DOEL<o:p></o:p></div>
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Doel is an abandoned town/doomed city in East Flanders. It’s
supposed to be demolished en masse to expand Antwerp’s harbour. But it’s got
this beautiful thing happening where colourful street art is climbing the walls
of all the empty houses and shops like rough Ironlak ivy. There was also Roa
artwork and a windmill, all of which I was impressed by. And no venomous snakes
or spiders in any of the overgrown houses (natural Australian instincts were in
overdrive). <o:p></o:p></div>
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ON THE ROAD<o:p></o:p></div>
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Things like driving on the Autobahn, spotting deer and
buzzards, keeping an eye out for wolves, collecting wild poppies and acorns in
a vacant lot, photographing nature collections, finding the odd jellyfish, the best spiced whiskey I've ever had (can someone in Europe send me a box of William Lawson Super Spiced Whiskey?) …<o:p></o:p></div>
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GERMANY<o:p></o:p></div>
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The DIY camp in Hannover, Germany gave me a taste for
year-round Christmas decorations in outdoor trees, as well as fortresses made
of pallets, fake plants, and plastic jewels. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hamburg was colourful, dirty, scary and cool – we parked the
vans in the parking lot, got drunk and barbecued bratwurst … I probably laughed
the hardest I’ve ever laughed in that city. I was also the second-most scared
I’ve ever been when I was trying to sleep in the van while a homeless man
circled outside, muttering and yelling into the night. And in German, no
less. <o:p></o:p></div>
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COPENHAGEN/CHRISTIANIA<o:p></o:p></div>
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In Copenhagen we slept in the vans on the outskirts of
Christiania, a ‘free town’ that to my Australian mind was just completely
incomprehensible. And before we slept, we trekked out to a little
beach on the shore of Christiania’s lake – past beautiful handmade houses and
strange rambling constructions – built a fire and drank beers and laughed until
the early hours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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SWEDEN<o:p></o:p></div>
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There was a festival in Malmo, Sweden, when we got there –
we caught the end of a Graveyard set, ate burritos and drank Coronas, somewhat
culturally inexplicably. We walked for miles through the rain to some
scary-loose pub to find two ex-pat Australians, who would lead us through the
city and the bars and eventually get us so dead-lost we ended up on the grounds
of what was possibly a mental hospital, carrying a cardboard cut-out clown, all
arguing about how to get back to the hostel. I also remember laughing a lot playing
a weird board game in a pub in Malmo – I think it was called Caromse or
something, going by the drunken scrawling in my notebook. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And after all that, we waved to the guys in the vans at
Copenhagen airport and turned our sights to Iceland … with the hope of a big of
rehab and rest, and whatever the strangest place in the world had in store for
us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103511561256883598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972938182127473533.post-19653870331927611942015-02-19T09:25:00.002+11:002015-02-19T09:25:32.355+11:00GOOD TIMES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lately I’ve been drawing cats and lobsters, seahorses and
skulls; I’ve been camping on strange riverbanks and staring at the stars,
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Also, there’s 25 per cent off everything in my <a href="http://www.ponygold.bigcartel.com/">online store here</a>, using the code PRINTSALE at the checkout. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103511561256883598noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972938182127473533.post-12674031597976625492015-02-18T09:16:00.000+11:002015-02-18T09:16:55.182+11:00LISTS OF LOVE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/">Volcom Malawi one piece, Holey Smokes tank</a>, <a href="http://www.threearrowsleather.com/">Three Arrows Leather bag</a>, <a href="http://www.loandchlo.com/necklaces/mermaid-fin-with-quartz-necklace">Lo and Chlo mermaid fin necklace,</a> F. Scott Fitzgerald Penguin Classic. </span></i></div>
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I've got a new post up on the Volcom blog <a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/ponygold-lists-of-love/">here</a>, illustrating loads of things I love. Of all my recent illustration work, this is some of my favourite (as well as some of the most time-consuming and mind-bending) ... so go check it out! </div>
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<a href="http://www.volcom.com.au/news/ponygold-lists-of-love/">LISTS OF LOVE</a></div>
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I'm sure that any minute now I'm going to uncover a to-do list of twenty missed deadlines, seven abandoned projects begging to be finished, four crucial emails that remain unwritten, and some kind of convoluted, time-consuming exercise plan for my dog. </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Vintage turquoise necklaces, <a href="http://www.asos.com/">Asos shirt</a>, rings: vintage and
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Fireworks from rooftops <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> quitting drinking for a month <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>driving lost through bushland
listening to Alabama Shakes <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> surprising a wedge-tail eagle drinking from a
roadside pond <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> new soles on my Harley boots <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span><a href="http://savagesilver.com/products/oceans-call-ring">more Millie Savage silver</a> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> finding
new local florists vs. stealing flowers from gardens and roadsides <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>Tom Robbins
autobiography (Tibetan Peach Pie) <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span><a href="http://lykkewullf.com/shop/wild-horses-t-2/">this cute Lykke Wullf shirt</a> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> forcing Weenie
Mutt to swim in icy southern waters on 40°C days <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>ginger ale (sans whiskey) <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> banjo playing and my <a href="http://www.allansbillyhyde.com.au/prod/TWBPRO-5/Tanglewood_TWB_PRO-5_Cove_Creek_Series_5_String_Banjo.aspx">black Tanglewood beauty</a> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> painting native Australian birds
and plants in vibrant colours <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>re-watching Arrested Development episodes <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> <a href="http://www.thebodyshop.com.au/shop-by-range/coconut.aspx">these coconut </a><a href="http://www.thebodyshop.com.au/shop-by-range/coconut.aspx">goods</a> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>B52s and Jackson Five <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> long floral 90s dresses with chunky
boots and Harley tees <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ</span> crisp summer mornings in southern Australia <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>new <a href="http://www.threearrowsleather.com/">Three Arrows Leather goods</a> made of the softest magical leather <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Δ </span>daydreaming up plans
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She would drive us out to the nearest beach town; just not the
one with the bay, not the one with the easy, gentle white sand dunes. We’d go
to the one where you had to clamber down the rocks and it wasn’t so good for
swimming, where people parked their cars on the headland, and where you couldn’t
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the drive out there. We lived in a tiny valley, and it was just as likely we’d
run into someone who knew our parents and would dob us in. But once we were
down the rocks we were safe and hidden. Never mind that our dad’s truck –
parked alone in the headland carpark – was instantly recognisable to anyone who
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But that was our summer mischief. We’d spend the afternoon swimming
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Today in Melbourne it is kinda cold and drizzly, and I'm sticking to my challenge of not drinking for the month of January. So today I'm finding myself even more out of step with our national holiday than usual. </div>
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For those of you not attuned to Antipodean goings-on, today is Australia Day. This is an occasion usually marked with standard ocker practices like drinking beer, hitting the beach, frying in the sun, being enthusiastic about cricket/tennis/whatever, and barbecuing some stuff while listening to the wireless (radio, that is). </div>
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It's also slightly troublesome because it celebrates the day white people landed on the continent, which, for our country's Indigenous people, doesn't mark the happy anniversary of our country's foundation, but is actually the starting point of decades of genocide, racism, dislocation, and attacks on their ancient and enduring civilisation. </div>
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As a beneficiary of our country's sad history -- i.e., if not for white settlement in Australia, I'd probably be anywhere in Scotland, Ireland or Germany -- I'm in two minds about this day. I'd like to celebrate this incredible land that we are so, so lucky to live on, but perhaps not today. Not if demonstrating our love for this country comes at the expense of respect for the traditional inhabitants, who themselves understand and love her much more than we ever could, and who today have every right to mourn. </div>
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So, today I'm going to stay inside and draw some more, I'll think about all the things I love -- from gum blossoms to weird birds, wide skies to wild oceans, horse dust to Akubras, VB tins to seventies-era Holdens -- and remember at just what cost I get to love those things. </div>
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Having a relatively short attention span when it comes to ideas and preoccupations, I rarely draw 'studies' for paintings. I'm never really that well prepared, and am usually just hoping things will turn out OK. Mostly, the image is making a kind of faith-based jump from my mind to the page. </div>
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