TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Sunday, June 19, 2005

10:23 PM
Posted by jodi rose

this week's mobile journey is brought to you by lindt chocolate, yulla chocolate mousse and madura english breakfast tea from Ben and Sole's Bronte pad. yes, minding the ocean apartment while the kids are in Tassie, am required to give fluffy 8 pills a day for her heart condition and clean out the cat litter, but that's a small price to pay for paradise. walking out the back door into the gully really is incredible. got it together to do yoga this morning, so am vaguely focused and relaxed, finally managing to get some work done.

realised I've been suffering displaced anxiety about the upcoming performances - thought it was free-floating, but is quite specific.
julaine commented on my ocd when I took the movie tickets out of her hand to line them both up the same way - and after that it all fell into place. so decided to give myself a break and not try to build the bridge this weekend - that can be next weeks project. got all the software together and now for the fun part - making it all work.

have designed the bridge model - you know how I love a craft project - and my construction skills are on par with the average 5 year old. but I quite like that DIY kindergarten aesthetic. and bridges are so heavily engineered and slick, it's a nice contrast.

woke up to the paperboy whistle this morning - I love that, it's like days gone by. read all the trashy bits - if you're ever having a moment of doubt in life, there's nothing like the sunday papers to get you back on track - always full of helpful advice for getting fit, findiing your dream job (and house), cooking for kids or dinner parties, ideas for scary dates to get your adrenaline pumping.
tried to go see art with julaine but it was all closed, being sunday.

did make it to the MCA on tuesday for anne and jane's opening - situation. have to go back and look at the work - interesting premise, it's about artist communities in singapore, berlin and sydney. there was a memorable interactive chewing gum painting, another work you could record a message into, but mostly i just chatted with the lovely joyce - she was horrified when I said I'd finally learnt to solder, had another ex-student say the same thing recently - didn't I teach you anything? she asked. well, I think we just weren't paying attention.
but you taught us heaps - without her I never would have imagined recording bridges, or thought I could pull it off. ran into each other a few years ago and she said, just keep going, you'll get there eventually. This time it was 'youve hit the jackpot!'. Funny how you reach a certain level of notoriety and people know what you've been up to.
... well that and keeping a very public journal. :)
the other fun conversation I had was with Lucas, who just got back from WA, sheep and wheat country (... and he didn't taste either - I asked him about wine tasting... it's a long story) anyway chatted about gardening for a while, and his printing press. which reminds me, must send that email and get the design for the other cd underway.

ok, so live show tomorrow night (details above) then work on reports, proposals, tax etc etc then melbourne for liquid architecture, adelaide time place space and back to sydney to concentrate on writing and composing. really excited about having time to learn and take part in this workshop without having to organise anything. except myself!