Welcome, welcome, welcome….
to the creative disaster that is my mind!
In brief…I, am a frustrated artist.
I just don’t know what kind of artist I am!
I want to be an artist……This I know…….but what kind of artist?
……….Well, there in lies the mystery!
This blog is a vain attempt to thrash out ideas and thoughts so I can finally filter through the mush and get to the good stuff I am hoping will finally appear.
Am I a budding actor?
Like many people, I’d love to be, but I just don’t think I can be bothered with all the competition. I once was an actor of sorts….until my penchant for the opposite sex became apparent and then life became a drama of a different kind.
A Dancer?
Definitely not! Especially after this last weekend when I managed to dislocate my knee by doing a impromptu spin during a dinner party I was hosting. However, in the 80′s, I did perform in a Big Brother inspired number (the George Orwell kind) at a school rock eisteddfod. Boy was that fun!?? A bunch of bad dancers, in very bad costumes trying to dance to very very bad music. Hmmm. Not one of my finest moments…but I did manage to snog someone backstage which is always useful to break the boredom.
Perhaps a singer?
Once again, I used to be. Well sort of. If you count taking up singing for the HSC and then proceeding to pretend to be a songwriter of sorts with a few ex-hippies with guitars. “Salvador Blue”, I think we were called (I have a minor obsession with Dali which will no doubt be discussed at a later date) and I recall our most public appearance being at the Bridge Hotel on Bridge Rd in Richmond, performing at our first open mike. I believe the comment from someone in the crowd was, “Don’t give up singing!”….which could have actually meant one of two things. Either they really liked my unique deep, husky singing voice….or my song writing was really CRAP!!!! I took it as the later and left in pursuit of another artistic talent.
….SURELY THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE!
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO BE AN ARTIST!!!!!!
Could I be a painter?
Ah…well now we’re talking! This artistic talent is certainly one I can sink my teeth into. For the past 6 months I have been tackling this endeavour with some success. I have painted a number of masterpieces now. 15 in fact (see number 5 above) and with each comes a little improvement, a small amount of creative upgrade and one more gap in the wall filled. My technique leaves a bit to be desired but overall my attitude is that “you just don’t know until you give it a crack”. And cracking I am! I’ll keep you posted on these developments suffice to say that my latest endeavour is inspired by a fantastic Aussie artist, Colin Parker ( I say “inspired”, because I am still working on the “original” bit of the creativity to kick in)
And finally, A writer? Well, you tell me. I still think I am more of a painter than a writer, but I won’t let that stop me!
Here’s to having fun figuring it all out!
