As I write this it is the last day of 2014 and 2015 is only a few hours away!
When I was a pre-teen, my two brothers and I would talk about how old we'd be in years that seemed an eternity in the future. When we were younger years like 1985 and 1990 seemed to be almost impossibly reachable. And, ages like 20 and 30 seemed so incredibly old! Well, the three of us have passed these 'really old' ages with flying colours! And, we are still definitely not old.
And, here we are now on the cusp of 2015...a number and year my brothers and I never discussed because it would have seemed too scifi futuristic! But, I catch myself as I write this sentence...maybe one of my brothers thought about it, although he did not talk about it...he was into scifi!
Time, when I was younger did pass slowly. Sometimes ploddingly slowly. A half hour Math class with a certain dreadful teacher seemed like more than an eternity!
I am not sure when time seemed to hasten its speed, but it does now almost fly.
An interesting, and possibly worrying, thing is that I have noticed today's young school-age children talking about how fast time flies for them. My children, when they were younger, certainly mentioned it. They'd say things like, 'This week has flown' or 'This year has gone so fast'. I never said things like that until I was an adult!
Perhaps the languidness of time-past is something to think about and possibly aspire too; time to think, notice things, doing something like throwing a ball up against a wall...again and again, to do nothing [not even watch tv!]. Seemingly purposeless activity, in hindsight, definitely has benefits.
Anyway...
2015
Wishing all of you a wonderful and prosperous New Year
and
hoping you get time to do nothing every now and then!
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DINING ROOM
The photo above is my dining room.
The three paintings hanging on the wall are all 2014 ones. Left to right : New World Habitability: Vacation Anyone?, Surrendering Horizon and Beacon. The painting leaning up against the wall at the end of the dining table is Beyond Yesterday .
I took this photo to show my paintings in a domestic environment. I think they look good...even against a you-beaut 1970s timber clad wall! [I did not clad the wall...it came with the house.] I have grown to appreciate the cladding for many reasons; it does not show the dirt, it is a fantastic acoustic buffer for noise from the tv etc, I can bang nails in anywhere [I don't...I am actually thoughtful about this], it seems warmer in winter!
The photo shows the paintings off in a way that cannot be shown when I post them individually...as below.
Paintings in a dining room help stimulate vibrant dinner-time/party conversation!
AND, I've made a 'gallery' on my website of 20 paintings that would look great in a dining room setting. Not only would they look terrific, they'd also spark inspirational and stimulating conversations. You can view the gallery For Your Dining Room HERE
DINNER-TIME CONVERSATION
Here's what I mean!!!!
New World Habitability: Vacation Anyone? Oil on linen 70 x 102 cm
...conversations about the age-old transcultural/religious tree-of-life and its importance in 21st century stories and connections, to the past and future. Like a beacon, the tree-of-life guides us. After a bit of chatter about beacons and the sea, beacons as metaphor...the conversation could then...
Beacon Oil on linen 91 x 102 cm
.... lead to ideas about propelling landscape beyond Earth by surrendering concepts of horizon to the cosmos. Questions about new perspectives of Earth and humanity might stimulate previously un-thought of possibilities for solving environmental issues...and more. And, after a bit of chatter about politics, natural disasters, global warming and climate change, the conversation could lead to.....
Surrendering Horizon Oil on linen 100 x 150 cm
...discussions about time! Is there a possibility of beyond yesterday?
And....I'll leave the rest of the conversation to you..................................!
Beyond Yesterday Oil on linen 80 x 55 cm
Cheers,
Kathryn
www.kathrynbrmblecombe-fox.com
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