introducing...

hello beautiful world!

recently my lovely friend caroline "buttface" dale kick-started a shiny new blog, and what can i say? i'm a sheep in cat's clothing! truth be told: watching caroline slowly accumulate entries, i began to feel as if i also wanted some more internet turf to call my own, and so this zany site was born.

the idea here is that i am going to post about things that have INSPIRED me in some way. this is a broad category because i am talking about any kind of "thing" (book, garden, animal!) and any kind of "inspiration" (towards passion, anger or jealousy - but hopefully mostly towards LOVE!). essentially, i hope that this will serve as a sort of makeshift collection of "stuff" that i think is worth remembering. maybe occasionally i'll post some of my own work, but i'm pretty shy like that so maybe not.

i suppose that for starters i should discuss the blogs that have inspired me. nb: i don't read many blogs, even though i am a communication studies student and so i probably should. maybe there are some blogs you'd like to recommend?


natalija creates : i first met nat on the set of the sculptor, where i was working as a production runner earlier this year (making coffee, sweeping millipedes, feeling glamorous). even before we were formally introduced i was already regularly lurking around her blog (something that i initially denied & then later confessed to out of misguided drunken sincerity). the thing that i love most about nat is that she makes things happen. while the rest of us sit around dreaming of dream careers, she's off teaching photography in minngenew and making dolls in south africa, and documenting all that in her blog. reading about her adventures makes them feel more tangible to me, more attainable and therefore all the more worth dreaming about! i also love observing the way in which she seems to inject creativity into her everyday activities, transforming it into a sort of "way of life" if you will. what's more, her pictures are pretttty!

rode out as a lion : for starters, i love this blog because i love caroline, that's a pretty simple factor. what i find most inspiring about this blog, though, is how it documents caroline's concentrated attempt to transform sporadic creativity into routine. i think that anyone who thinks that creativity can be sustained without discipline is naive. sure, inspiration can strike at any time, but for this to grow or evolve into anything greater conscious effort is required. also, reading about others' creative endeavours inspires you to pursue your own (creativity via virtual osmosis!). that applies to nat's blog also.


ok phew, some beautiful words from me today.
"that'll do, pig, that'll do"

x magda