Found in the back of picture frame.
Thanks for what?
Sidewalk beauty...
Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty. George Bellows
Making Lauren's books at the Royal Academy of Arts…
I’m taking part in the Royal Academy’s Festival of Ideas ( @royalacademy’s #RAFestOfIdeas ) 2nd–6th May – a celebration of creativity, culture and critical thinking.
Lauren Child and I will be speaking about making Lauren’s books on Sunday, May 5th at 10.30am.
Lauren is very interesting and you’ll probably be surprised to know how she makes her illustrations and her unusual writing process. And there’ll be the chance to ask questions if you need an answer. I hope you can come and join us in May. I’d take the number 9 bus to Aldwych and get off on Piccadilly outside Cordings, but that’s just me.
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Radical thinking allows progressive building design for river city…
I was recently travelling through a busy city when I was approached in a cafe by a person claiming to be a town planner. After a short conversation, it was clear that a new high rise building was needed for a site overlooking the turpentine river that runs through the city’s heart. I didn’t want to be too forward because I was just a visitor to the city, but I suggested that I could design a suitable structure in a short space of time and under budget. The town planner finished her decaffeinated coffee and drew up a contract on the reverse of a flyer advertising hot yoga which I eagerly signed.
I returned to my modest hotel and began work.
I remembered that I had been promised 1300 ship’s portholes from a sailor I met on a plane, so I made a reverse charges call to Maine and arranged for the portholes to arrive the next day at my hotel. I also designed the building in two point perspective which allowed the construction to proceed quickly and under budget which pleased the town planner and, in turn, the city. The design included limited colour (the river is naturally the colour in the drawing) so only one or two coloured pencils were required for the construction. This pleased the city and the town planner immensely.
Before I knew it, the entire building was designed and ready for the green light.
Unfortunately, the building has been lost in the bureaucracy of a big city and is currently on hold. I heard that hundreds of cement trucks were sent away from the site on groundbreaking day which was hugely embarrassing for their drivers. I’m happy to say I was paid in full for my design and I anticipate construction proceeding within the next 5 years.
Parking at rear.
Does this tickle?...
This cockatoo feather fell from the sky. Cockatoos don’t have the most delightful voice, but they are my favourite bird and I especially like seeing them wild. I am lucky to see some black cockatoos flying by as I passed in a car a few weeks ago but that’s unusual for me.
Good for flying.
Shhhh.....this is a state library...
Working at the state library, transfixed by the moving cars. I must replant my window box at home.
James Garner is like a peaceful river through our chaos. Kaley Cuoco.
People are strange...
I don’t know these people. They’re strangers in my photo library.
May I see pictures of the wine list?...
Always read small print.
Heavenly filter applied...
Charcoal drawings on the concrete slab outside show evidence of precipitation and ants.
Looks like rain.
Books being made by hand...
Walter Stahl is making books with children at his holiday workshop at the State Library of Queensland. The kids’ illustrations are good and look even better in the photocopied books he’s making. Go Walter. He’s full of clever ideas especially with crocodiles.
Very imposing.