The Beauty of Decay

The beauty of things that are decaying seems to be an oxymoron but it isn’t really.

Flaws, wear and tear, and age are all ingredients for true character.

A sense of uniqueness. Of being special, one off...something to be honoured.

There is a repository of old wares, wonderful things of faded beauty,

all with their own history, their own unique tale to tell or fill your life or home with.

It is called Tarlo & Graham on Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia.

If one picture is worth a thousand words, the pages above will speak for themselves.

“I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.” Henry Miller

The Perfect Formula at Damien Minton Gallery

Shape, Balance, and Colour is the perfect formula for these wonderful artworks created by Louise Tuckwell and which are now on show at Damien Minton Gallery in Redfern.

This gallery has been an important bridge in the creative life of Sydney. 

It has been the vehicle for emerging artists into the Sydney art world and has also enabled young art lovers to find new art and to begin their collections. 

Damien Minton has brought these two elements together in a way that no other gallery in Sydney has done.

Shiftazine would like to thank you Damien for your eye, your heart and your enduring enthusiasm.

JOYDAY_Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.*

*Seneca

It’s that time of day or night when all things are possible.

The joy of beginnings...Celebrate the thing that brings you JOY.

Remember every 25th November is JOYDAY!

'And fast I gather, bit by bit'

Tables of driftwood.  Made by hand for a wonderful bar called The Rocks, that is perched on ancient lava flows which spill into the Moclos Bay of the Mirrenbello Bay, Crete.  
The same bay and view were enjoyed by Anthony and Cleopatra, who stopped for a brief respite while they were en route to battle with the Roman legions in North West Greece. 
These where the legions he had deserted for the love of a great beauty.  
These tables hold great beauty too, as they are not just rubbish adrift on the waves but are the separate pieces that make a whole in the form of delightful furniture.

Greece Colours:No.4 The Sweet and The Bitter

The sweet trill of the little bird’s song only emphasises the bitterness of where they are singing.  

Dear little creatures born to fly and dance on the breezes, stuck in a tiny cage for the pleasure of humans who can leave at any time.