A note to self

A black feather lying on dead grass — alone and separated from its life source. As a creative, there’s nothing quite like finding your tribe. ’Tribe’ is that over-used term for a group of like-minds, whose values and interests align with yours — a community of interest. For me, finding that community took years. I …

Shifting gears

A photo of the lights of Dubbo City at pre-dawn.

Behind the microphone at ABC Western Plains. August 2025. Just when you think you’ve found your groove, and life has a sense of rhythm, along comes a speed bump causing life to wobble until you shift gears. This happened at the beginning of August when I decided to find out if I wanted to work …

2020: a paradoxical year

On site at the CORRIDOR project (photo taken by Phoebe Cowdery)

2020 has been a year where less has become more, we were forced to live in the present for the sake of the future, and the only constant we could be sure of was change. It's also been a year of limitations and incredible opportunities. Eye of the Corvus landscape installation view, Western Plains Cultural …

2020, please slow down

Dust storms continue to roll across Dubbo (summer 2020)

Eye of the Corvus exhibition ad in magazine at GOMA (Brisbane) giftshop (February 2020) The year 2020 was supposed to be a 'cruisy kinda year' on the back of what had been a whirlwind 2019 -- a quietish year to plan for more adventure in 2021. This post is about how that hasn't been the …

The debrief: looking back to move forward

It was the focussed joy of a special needs child experiencing my VR video in Eye of the Corvus that left me feeling that what I do is worthwhile. It was unplanned and unexpected -- no doubt for both of us, but it will be that little boy who handed me his plastic Australian flag on …