Giddyup {Cowboy Party}
Yesterday I played photographer while my nephew and his little friends, powered by sugar, ran riot. Three-year-old birthday parties are fun but hard to photograph. But in the name of capturing the moments, I climbed up the juggle gym, jumped off the juggle gym and generally ran after them with a camera. Best excuse to act like a kid ever! My Mr. also ran about - chasing children, being chased, soccer three-year-old style and hoop throwing.We were the big kids at the party.
Living like a Myth
What is money? Lately I've been asking myself this question. It seems that money is the thing that divides people, makes some people feel better, more entitled and even smarter than other people who have less.
I wonder what a little child would say if I showed him or her a note of money. I bet the child would call it 'paper. That would make people with lots of 'paper' and an exaggerated sense of 'worth' because of it, seem a little silly. And it would make Daniel Suelo, the man who quit money, seem like one of the smartest men in the world.
Suspend your left-brain for a few minutes, the part in us all that numbly obeys the rules of the world, and consider the possibility that money is just an illusion.
Okay so I'm not sure about living in a cave or eating road-kill but Suelo makes a good point about the real human nature - our inherent desire to give and help each other. Sadly we've been blinded to our natural state by the bright lights of consumerism. There is a price, we're running out of our planet... literally! According to the recently published Living Planet Report, we're using 50% more resources than the Earth can provide. By 2030, even two planets will not be enough! That's no illusion.
So who's really living like a myth, the man who gave up money or us?
I wonder what a little child would say if I showed him or her a note of money. I bet the child would call it 'paper. That would make people with lots of 'paper' and an exaggerated sense of 'worth' because of it, seem a little silly. And it would make Daniel Suelo, the man who quit money, seem like one of the smartest men in the world.
Suspend your left-brain for a few minutes, the part in us all that numbly obeys the rules of the world, and consider the possibility that money is just an illusion.
Okay so I'm not sure about living in a cave or eating road-kill but Suelo makes a good point about the real human nature - our inherent desire to give and help each other. Sadly we've been blinded to our natural state by the bright lights of consumerism. There is a price, we're running out of our planet... literally! According to the recently published Living Planet Report, we're using 50% more resources than the Earth can provide. By 2030, even two planets will not be enough! That's no illusion.
So who's really living like a myth, the man who gave up money or us?
The Cat's Whiskers
Friday nights have been redefined! Friday night is art night. Don't bother to invite me out (I only go out on a Friday the 13th anyway), I'll be arting*, on little canvases like this one...
I didn't know what to get a friend of mine for her birthday. Then it hit me, she LOVES her cats (which is far better than hating her cats but you know what I mean). So, like a Facebook stalker, I copied one of her mobile pics, bought a 15x15cm canvas and started painting. This is how last Friday night looked...
I didn't know what to get a friend of mine for her birthday. Then it hit me, she LOVES her cats (which is far better than hating her cats but you know what I mean). So, like a Facebook stalker, I copied one of her mobile pics, bought a 15x15cm canvas and started painting. This is how last Friday night looked...
Recycled DIY {Customised Envelope}
Last week I made a customised recycled envelope...
I photographed the process and submitted the tutorial for All4Women's Green Tips (see it here). I felt like Martha Stewart and had just started to bask in DIY smugness and when I went an spilt my coffee all over it. Oh well, such is life.
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