TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Sunday, August 27, 2006

12:06 PM
Posted by jodi rose

the gold coast remains as luridly opulent a monument to naked greed as you will see outside dubai. Haven't made it to the versace palace yet, but today we have planned a trip to paradise spa.
anything involving water and bubbles is good.
otherwise hibernating in usual fab philippa style, watched most of new series 'weeds' on dvd - very dark dystopic comedy about a suburban housewife who takes up dealing to get by after her husband dies. excellent cast - elizabeth perkins, mary louise parker - and shockingly funny dialogue. So that's the trash quotient, and a little bit of the most recent series of 'entourage' via one of the US writers tivo.

Mixed with reflection on how to live a more authentic life, make less impact with my environmental footprint, be more present and grounded everyday.
Nothing if not a juxtaposition of complete opposites.

Again find comforting wisdom in strange places - today it's from tina arena, ex child pop star who has reinvented herself as a french-australian chanteuse.
I love that phrase, 'reinvented herself.' I've tried it using shoes - according to the wisdom of a glasgow theatre director who commented that you can tell and build a character simply by their shoes - in particular those kick-ass red boots I picked up in berlin and had to post back to myself as excess luggage. Currently wearing in some chunky platform clogs with red flowers, and a pair of plain black heels still waiting to make their debut, in the uberjodi of the future. Ms International Bridge Consultant.

Tina says 'In Australia... 10 years ago I was a laughing stock. No-one wanted to work with me. But you've got to live through that transition... If you work hard enough, and if you stick at it long enough and believe in what you do, it's interesting how people come around.' Indeed, and once you are successful, everyone wants to be part of your story.
It's an incredibly privilege being able to operate in an international context, where people respond to the work I do, and keep receiving enthusiastic and supportive emails from people who actually want to help and take part in the project in various ways.
Very different to the slightly bemused australian art world attitude of mild interest mixed with disbelief at exactly how I'm managing to keep doing this. People keep asking - how are you doing this?
Persistence, persistence, persistence.
So, time to crawl out of this trough of decadence and get back on the bridge.