Sometimes the email inbox sends me a treat, its not a chocolate bar or a glass of Claret but sometimes it has the same effect and today I was sent some Australian culture. This picture, "House With Native Tree" by Howard Arkley for a start, simple and effective and look at the colours which I adore. This i would hang in my study at home, for it would fit there perfectly and I could watch it from my winter perch, as I try to keep warm and remember that the sun is just around the corner. But this music arrived at the same time too and I have never come across Archie Roach, though I wish I had because I love this song - and he is being accompanied by the wonderful David Bridie on piano and Helen Mountfort on cello. Both from the band My Friend The Chocolate Cake - which is surely a great name for a very good band indeed. And then it brings something home - how small the world has become when we can all tap into each other's culture without having to do as we did in the past - conquer and steal and colonise - which are all bad things in their own way. Surely this picture and song are reasons why we should give the Elgin Marbles back. I send both out into the ether with a "chorus of smiles" which is a new phrase I have learned and learned to love too - and my ears and eyes are open for everything new the world can send me in 2010 - and I will definately be looking for more Archie Roach.Sunday, 3 January 2010
FiftyFive ~ # 13
Sometimes the email inbox sends me a treat, its not a chocolate bar or a glass of Claret but sometimes it has the same effect and today I was sent some Australian culture. This picture, "House With Native Tree" by Howard Arkley for a start, simple and effective and look at the colours which I adore. This i would hang in my study at home, for it would fit there perfectly and I could watch it from my winter perch, as I try to keep warm and remember that the sun is just around the corner. But this music arrived at the same time too and I have never come across Archie Roach, though I wish I had because I love this song - and he is being accompanied by the wonderful David Bridie on piano and Helen Mountfort on cello. Both from the band My Friend The Chocolate Cake - which is surely a great name for a very good band indeed. And then it brings something home - how small the world has become when we can all tap into each other's culture without having to do as we did in the past - conquer and steal and colonise - which are all bad things in their own way. Surely this picture and song are reasons why we should give the Elgin Marbles back. I send both out into the ether with a "chorus of smiles" which is a new phrase I have learned and learned to love too - and my ears and eyes are open for everything new the world can send me in 2010 - and I will definately be looking for more Archie Roach.