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Planing theatre

Mr Andrew and I plot and plan theatre on a sunny Tuesday afternoon

Coffee at the arts centre

Waiting for Matt at Curve Bar espresso

Sent from Samsung mobile

Theatrical Wish List

BAB Aluminium Stand - $3000

MicroSet headset mic - $300 ea

I’ve been reading fantasy books.

I’m re-read Le Guin’s Earthsea Trilogy and have started Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy. They are extremely addictive and I’m spending most of my free time reading, so much so that I’m taking the long PT route home just to read the book.

Things have started to settle down a bit at home, getting fired up about making theatre again. Working on Candle Ends 2011 and my HUGE Fringe Festival production of The American Astronaut

Yeah for Fantasy and making Theatre…

When a rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it heavier. When it is thrown, the circuits of the stars respond, and when it strikes or falls the universe is changed. - Le Guin, U. The Farthest Shore

Moments after my last post my world was turned upside down

Thank you to all those who have been there for me and for Asha

Cheers to life

Hello organisational fairy, my old friend , how I have missed you.

Those who know me well know my love for all things organised, colour coded files, bookshelves arranged alphabetically and in accordance to subject, pencil holders and a place for everything. I've been lacking the organisational zing recently, what with mum staying with us I gave up my room and any dilution that I had any control over how things were organised in this house.

I have reworked my CV and work files in order to start the search for a new job to go with my new degree: Masters of Arts Management!

Still trying to decide if I am a Mater or a Mistress: Mistress has connotations that can lead to misunderstandings so I think I'll stick with Master. And then laugh melodramatically Bwahahahahaha!

Brain clicking back into place after Christmas holidays, getting ready for exciting work, performances and people…

getting picked up....

by a stong man...

A few weeks ago the lovely Ali had a fund raiser to raise money to help her stay in the country. A night of Burlesque, circus, song and dance. And I got picked up by a strong man... so much fun
(I'm the one on the strong mans left)

Experimenting with lomo on my phone

Sent from the 112 tram

Experimenting with mobile posting. Pumpkin pie on the table at super fun happy day (our version of christmas since most of us are of different religious backgrounds)

I love Melbourne! As I take an obscure wrong turn down an alleyway off Little Burke Street on my way to soak up some sun on the roof of Cookie (ah, Astroturf and deck chairs, how sweet life can be) I stumble across a series of signs bearing philosophical quotations:

NEW CAMERA!

An intense couple of weeks has scuttled by, barley escaping sand traps, hidden razor wire and halibut projectiles. Musical theatre, final presentations, hard goodbyes, gardening, morbid visual arts, coffee, the ever present too much work, staying up late, sleeping on the floor, chips fried in beef fat and dreams of mountains.

Springtime Melbourne photos

attempting to upload photos to my homepage on http://www.lomography.com/homes/erinvoth meeting with swirly colour wheel of death

Spring in Melbourne

Sunshine, jasmine blooming on the neighbours fence, blue skies and the lack of stockings and thick scarves heralds the beginning of spring in Melbourne. Opening all the windows to let the warm breeze permeate through the house after too many months of winter. I am looking forward to summer in Melbourne, expressly after two winters in a row, warm nights riding my bike through the back streets of Brunswick and Fitzroy and that wonderful early morning smell that signals the heat approaching.

Travels to Cambodia -notes:

13th Aug - Sitting in Perth botanical gardens with Ru. Drinking strawberry tea watching the rain come in over the city. Sun, rain, sun, rain, sun.

14th Aug - Saigon, steam bun, mushroom and spices. Big city, noise, fumes from carn motorbikes making everything hot. There are no longer swarms of bicycles, the roads are covered with motorbikes. The country has become richer and people have traded their bikes for motorbikes. Our room is clean and cool. Almost on the top of a 6 story building. We climb up the narrow tiled stairs and turn to ascend the last few wobbly steal steps to our hidden room. The window opens, it is raining and the breeze is cool. The land lady told us a story about her love life, her boyfriend will not marry her. There are 14 hook on the wall. Banana chips.

15th Aug - Bread and coffee for breakfast. Temples. Ru and I talk non stop on the bus. Tunnels. Steam bun for dinner, washing hangs on the window to dry.

16th Aug - Bread, cheese, coffee. Watchign the large blocks of ice being hacked into smaller pieces with large dagger looking combs. They took our passports on the floating hotel.

17th Aug - Cambodian border waiting for visa. American couple taught us how to play hearts on top of the boat travelling up the Mekong Delta. A young American man was told her could not get a visa into Cambodia as he had run out of pages. $50US and a smile and he is on the boat to Cambodia

Sui S-dey - Hello

Aw Koon - Thank you

Ley Soon Hi - Good Bye

Aroon Suo S'dey - good morning

Re Trey Sou S-dey - good night

Two new books adorn my bedside table, travel guides to 'Nepal' and 'Bhutan.' Onwards to adventure!

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu

Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong- sometimes it's letting go.

HOLGA 120 Cross Process Colour Slide Film

Travel to Cambodia

All photos taken with 120 Pro 800Z FujiColor Film with HOLGA

Travel to Cambodia (Angkor)

Travel to Cambodia (Angkor)

Travel to Cambodia

Blogs blogs eveywhere all of them to post on... I've another new blog that I'll be posting on, this time it's all about photography.

Dinner club started out being a time for good food, good wine and great friends and with the loss of two of its members to sunny Singapore the three remaining members have bannded together in their love of good coffee, food and photgraphy... And so Dinner Club has become dinner clubb

Edited on the 18.1.11 to add:

Unfortunately dinner clubb has not continued like I hoped. Two of the Three remaining members have also flown away to exotic destinations of their own and so there is no more happy snapping and dinner. Perhaps I will find others to join in the photo fun in the future

Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island

time to breath

My drawing a day has taken a hit over the past few weeks due to totally devotion to Candle Ends Festival so I have a lot of catching up to do. The lack of drawing was worth it; Candle Ends was a wonderful success with a great turn out, even in the cold rain that haunted us in the last two nights. So great that I was actually able to pay the artists for performing, not a lot but it’s better than nothing. So many artists perform/exhibit their art for free or in many cases pay for the privilege of showing their work in galleries which I think is awful, so it was nice to be able to pay my artists something for all their hard work and dedication to Candle Ends. Thanks a whole bunch and an extra hand full guys

After recovering from a bout of food poisoning on Saturday night I am now back to my old self, more or less, and spent last night lying in bed trying to sleep and failing. It’s only been 2 days since Candle Ends finished and already my brain is battering me with ideas and plans for possible future projects:

Continuing with a Project Do Something!
Going Postal Mark II
Collaboration with Andrew, Salome
Collaboration with Julian and Andrew, The Importance of Being Ernest
Rebooting Hands project
Faces Project

Oh and I start my final semester of my Masters in 4 weeks so that’ll be fun and time consuming too.

I think I will spend the next few weeks drawing, reading, planning, keeping warm and being with friends.

…maybe do some much needed sleeping

Candle Ends!!!

Candle Ends, Candle Ends, Candle Ends has taken over my world!!!!!!!

CANDLE ENDS mini festival