types

The first sketches I did for 3 of the 9 personality types
of the Enneagram (5, 6, 7). I did them all as masks.
Then I did the finished art which
was used in Eli Jaxon-Bear's book on the subject.
At least the first edition.

Later I did a smaller version above with all 9 together.
These days I'm not much interested in
developing/working on the personal, but the enneagram
can give a good sense of the basic types.

Great shots of young people by Danielle Levitt

altitude

Thinking I'd like to visit Lhasa before I get too decrepit.
Altitude didn't bother me at all, when I was younger,

in, for instance, Ladahk. I guess there's no way of telling?
Does anyone know? Above is an old Tibetan note.

between worlds

sitting

Perhaps it's astrological, have almost no desire to
communicate, & if your comments are anything to go by,
you too have been in gemini retrograde or whatever..

It's a good opportunity to be quiet. Quiet-er.
It must be time I visited a Buddhist country again.
H.S. De Jong in Myanmar

hoard

Have been hours finding the photos of people from Turkey
who I said I'd send prints to -at last- & printing them.
Above from Mardin, because it's a Leo full moon.

& gold because I read an interesting piece about the
'hill of gold' hoard currently exhibited at the British Museum.
Imagine what we might be missing because of looting.
Left from a small museum in Van.
Though I don't look much at jewelery these days,
the average store probably wouldn't excite
any archeologists 1000 yrs from now.. if there are any.
What do you think?

small towns

Had to fill in some time in a nearby town, wandered through
back lanes, where I saw the spooky face (a tattoo place).

I find some small towns quite stifling, via the thought I might
have to stay there .. trapped.., I suppose ~ though
I haven't lived in a large city for ages.

In the late 60's I was an art director in a big Sydney ad agency.
It was like the tv series Mad Men, I liked it, didn't you?
Just saw this piece.

a heart

Saw an A next to a massive camphor laurel tree with it's
heart. Many consider camphors a noxious weed, here;
I really like the look of them, though they are prolific
in this climate. Plants that were well behaved in the
northern hemisphere ran rampant in Australia, rather like
humans, everywhere..

strange horizons

hearts

Maybe I've posted the one on right, before; if so, too bad,
here it is again. Not too sure what is loving what, but
most folks like that part of the dream..

I really enjoy this site even when I don't understand:
but does it float

still there

Still in Turkey, in a way: making new pictures from
the photos I took there. Took the twin sphinx (what's the
plural?) to night at the museum. I've made 20 or so
new images, which are available as limited edition prints.
Most are about A4 size, not expensive.
(email me for details)

the WAFA collective has some interesting works

bangalow

Found a tiny fingerling gecko in the kitchen one morning.
Celebrated a friend's birthday in Bangalow, right is one
of the seed pods from their signature palms.

There are quite a few trees I don't know the names of
& several lovely shops full of things I don't need,
though they are pleasant to look at.
It's a tiny town, not far inland from where I live.

far away, these surprising photos of Afghani police men

plaited

The photo of a huge rope seen on the beach (too heavy
for me to drag home) & the plaits (mine or my twins)
were in the same folder, so I put them together,
thinking various thoughts; you can make up your own story.

My friend Susan Dorf has a new site
Check out this unbelievable act!

experiments

Have been trying out some morphing ideas, they
are mostly too big to upload. One with tiles, several with
water, & lots with buddhas.

The simplest ones work best, there are many
that end up looking like a fluid earthquake, it would
work better with a fade..

Heard this interview last night on the BBC,
what a remarkable little boy he must have been.

gold

A gold brooch left, passed down on my mother's
side, probably from our great grandfather. I'd realised
it was an Islamic design, but only on my last trip did I see
that it must be Turkish. Lots of gold was used there
in manuscripts & many forms of decoration, especially in
Ottoman times, usually with a master's restraint.

gildedplanet looks useful if you want to try it

cyclone

From the plane to Cairns one time.
There's a massive storm /cyclone about to hit Cairns &
many other places up north, they predict 290km hr winds,
..send peaceful thoughts..

A typical road near Cairns from a trip a few years ago.
I remember the massive paperbark trees at port Douglas,
found this piece of bark (unchanged)
under one in Byron Bay. Lady Godiva.