The diary of an inner city pig

Saturday: This little piggy went to Redwater markets (Redfern, Sydney), 
Sunday: This little piggy stayed at home (renovated terrace), 
Monday: This little piggy had a latte (at Tapeo), 
Tuesday: This little piggy had none (was watching his weight), 
Wednesday: This little piggy worked out in Redfern Park.

Don't forget to embrace joy in your life and celebrate it on JoyDay 25th November, every day. 

Treating time Lightly

When is a plate not a plate?  When it is a clock.  
This wonderful example of shiftazine thinking has been designed and produced by an Australian company called 'Lightly'. 

Inventive, exciting, beautiful things have been born out of an original thought of Cindy-Lee Davis. 
And as directly quoted from the Lightly site "Cindy-Lee Davies launched Lightly in 2005 with an acclaimed range of home-wares and lighting inspired by doilies and lace.
 Marrying the aesthetics of traditional craft with cutting edge technology, 
she established a new decorative style dubbed “Nanna Technology” that has 
since become a signature throughout Lightly's work."

Lightly clearly rocks. Go see for yourself at www.lightly.com.au.

Set a spell

There is something magical about a comfortable lounge chair.  It calls out to you to take a load off. 

To just relax, even if it's for only a moment.  
But lounge chairs do not have to be big, and beige, and 'cutting edge modern' to be the star of the room.  
These two examples illustrates the fun that can be had with an old chair that has been recovered with funky tea towels found at the Paddington Antique Centre (Brisbane) 
or a fabulous fabric from the 'Pearl & Jack' collection from Seasonal Concepts (Sydney). Make your own new soft place to land.

Bagging some JOY

The idea of turning black rubbish bags into a large sculpture that found its place at the Asia Pacific Tri Annual at GOMA in Brisbane brings me JOY.  
Almost everything has potential to be something else. Shift a little more. 

Drawing on Joy

Drawing is one of the first things we all do when we are babies.  
It is an endeavour that brings us JOY from almost Day One...
so why do most of us stop as we grow up?  
Remember the things that brings JOY and celebrate on 25 November, every year.

Open for renewal

CREATIVITY IS THE KEY THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO NEW  POSSIBILITIES . NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. 
AND RENEW NEWCASTLE IS THE END RESULT OF THIS COMBINATION OF OBSERVATIONS.

The disused David Jones department store found in the heart of the Newcastle CBD is now populated with a group of wonderful, 
original artists and crafts people all selling their wares and all using a space that would just be going to waste.

The following text is from the Renew Newcastle website: "Founded to help solve the problem of Newcastle’s empty CBD, 
Renew Newcastle is a not for profit company limited by guarantee, 
and has been established to find short and medium term uses for buildings in Newcastle’s CBD that are currently vacant, disused, or awaiting redevelopment." 
GET INVOLVED AT renewnewcastle.org/get-involved 

A wall to bespoken about

Another exemplar of WALLISM.  Keep your eyes peeled...there are hundreds of instances of this contemporary art movement all around you. Shift a little.