After losing my gallery, at the Arts Centre here in Christchurch, twice within six months due to earthquakes I am left feeling…..lucky…to have survived (especially considering what is going on in Japan at the moment with their earthquake situation) But also exhausted and very much in limbo……Life can take you so many places that you never ever thought you would go. How interesting it is….suddenly I find that I know all about earthquakes and liquefaction and digging long drops and the insides of other peoples showers and taking every day as it comes.
For there is no other choice when all you have known is suddenly gone and you realise, really realise, that nothing will ever be the same…….and that you are powerless……You realise that that is the truth for every one of us here on this planet….and there’s something freeing in that….believe it or not….
So here’s the start of me ‘getting on with it’
If any one of you is in Auckland and would like to see some of my work in the flesh I am taking part in a group show at HOUSE OF HEDONE (5b High St, in the basement). I am not sure how long it is on for…but it began on the 26th March 2011…I’ll keep you posted.
At the moment I am working away in my studio (albeit very slowly) on some exciting new designs involving crows….which I am probably going to keep on the down low until the NZ Jewellery show in Wellington in September…..But if anyone’s interested in having a sneak peek there might just be something popping up here in the coming months.
Also please take note that I have changed my email address.
April 5, 2011 at 2:39 am |
Hi Monique,
Just re found you on the web. Love what you are doing, as always!! Thoughts of all you guys in ChCh, especially the Arts Centre. I am the new ACE Admin. person at Tai Poutini Poytechnic, Greymouth, West Coast. Always on the look out for tutors!! Love Lynda.