an open letter: being in newcastle reminds me of livejournal so ... here i am?
i'm in newcastle for TINA. the first time i have been to the festival and only because i don't live here anymore.
TINA is actually an amazing festival and i am completely inspired and finding great value in getting the arse out of sydney so i can
a) stop being a crooked cynic all the time
b) meet lots and lots of people who live very close to me in sydney and who are amazing artists and who i would not have spoken to so freely and enthusiastically without the warm breast of newcastle to suckle me back to confident communication with fellow artists.
so the plans are flowing.
debrief on the year that is passing:
one.
i haven't performed in a show all year, but have found myself on t'other side of the stage, being a union bitch and loving the arts funding like some kind of funding whore and making a two-week arts festival that went very well.
two.
acid was fun. and so is being in a hiphop band and wearing swimmers to parties.
three.
the cat is well, albeit lardy around the midsection.
four.
europe is happening.
five.
i am still ludicrously out of my depth in great ways.
six.
my 21st birthday party was better than all of my friends' put together. for me anyway.
the plan for the future that lies ahead:
first.
drink more beer with my favourite artists - it is the best way to make collaboration happen and be constantly inspired.
second.
find more performance venues. and then perform in them.
third.
get more writing done. even if it's bad. get it on stage. change it. throw it away. love it. accept the criticism. make it gold. keep making it.
fourth.
get some funding for next year and make a dinosaur costume.
harry comes back from "harry's explicit world tour" and he has emailed about more writing. i hope our collaboration process again involves a bit of pashing because beer and also pashing are nothing but blessings to the artistic process.
yes, it's all quite excellent.
i hope everyone's lives are nice. i think summer is going to be the most incredibly time of your life.
TINA is actually an amazing festival and i am completely inspired and finding great value in getting the arse out of sydney so i can
a) stop being a crooked cynic all the time
b) meet lots and lots of people who live very close to me in sydney and who are amazing artists and who i would not have spoken to so freely and enthusiastically without the warm breast of newcastle to suckle me back to confident communication with fellow artists.
so the plans are flowing.
debrief on the year that is passing:
one.
i haven't performed in a show all year, but have found myself on t'other side of the stage, being a union bitch and loving the arts funding like some kind of funding whore and making a two-week arts festival that went very well.
two.
acid was fun. and so is being in a hiphop band and wearing swimmers to parties.
three.
the cat is well, albeit lardy around the midsection.
four.
europe is happening.
five.
i am still ludicrously out of my depth in great ways.
six.
my 21st birthday party was better than all of my friends' put together. for me anyway.
the plan for the future that lies ahead:
first.
drink more beer with my favourite artists - it is the best way to make collaboration happen and be constantly inspired.
second.
find more performance venues. and then perform in them.
third.
get more writing done. even if it's bad. get it on stage. change it. throw it away. love it. accept the criticism. make it gold. keep making it.
fourth.
get some funding for next year and make a dinosaur costume.
harry comes back from "harry's explicit world tour" and he has emailed about more writing. i hope our collaboration process again involves a bit of pashing because beer and also pashing are nothing but blessings to the artistic process.
yes, it's all quite excellent.
i hope everyone's lives are nice. i think summer is going to be the most incredibly time of your life.