It was a year ago that I slowly became aware of the suicide of my favourite blogger, Theresa Duncan. A stranger from America was kind enough to track me down and tell me. Lisa had noticed I was a regular commenter on T's blog. Thanks again Lisa.  I was devastated. And massively confused. How was it that someone I had never met could impact upon me so? But it's nothing new. Take the mass...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all,there is only the meaning we each give to our life,an individual meaning, an individual plot,like an individual novel, a book for each person. - Anais Nin It's interesting that in young adulthood we adopt our own - individual - role models. If we are lucky, those luminarie's keep guiding us and reassuring, long after their deaths and long after the i...

I'm never coming out of my bedroom again. Tell the children! No wait - I can send them a message from my                                                  &n...

There has been a lot of media attention here recently around issues of child images, "corporate paedophilia" and art. Bill Henson's exhibition was shut down in May before it opened due to including images of a naked 13 year old girl. Art Monthly Australia (July Issue) has just released it's July issue. The cover is shown. It's a current subject of controversy. The girl's father has defend...

"A is for Alcoholic Shortly after my father died, I'm told that while entertaining a couple of friends I crawled into the kitchen on my hands and knees. When I asked if I'd been trying to be funny, my friend replied, 'No. You just wanted another bottle of wine, and that was they only way you were going to make it. My attitude to drinking has been entirely formed by my parents. If your mother was es...