I came a little late to the whole YouTube phenomenon, mainly because my audio on Internet files decided, mysteriously, to stop working some months ago. I've finally found a fix for that and now I'm a bit of a YouTube-a-holic. I've just looked up some of the songs that really stopped me in my tracks in 2009. Here's a couple
The Oscar winning song from the awesome movie 'Once' - 'Falling Slowly'. Love it. And can't stop listening to it. Over and over...
Gabriella's song from the movie 'As it is in heaven'. Unless you have seen the movie the vid may not make a lot of sense. And I couldn't find a good clip with subtitles. But still...have a listen.
And as I searched I found a nice acoustic version of Anna Nalick's 'Breathe'.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Creative for kids: Justine Clark
I used to cringe watching the Wiggles with my niece and nephew and was dreading having to listen to children's music with my daughter. I'm not sure why we treat our children as stupid little people and feed them a diet of ugly toys and silly music. Lots of people will disagree with me. I mean The Wiggles are fun and a total phenomenon and some of their songs are OK, but then I found Justine Clarke.
What a relief to find intelligent, funny and well written songs for kids. Justine Clarke's songs are simply not predictable. You wait for the corny rhyme that you think is coming and she suprises with something original. This is really thanks to Peter Dascent who pens the songs. There is a story-like quality to the songs which I love (for e.g. 'Mrs Knife and Mr Fork'). It's not easy to be original; Peter nails it.
In fact, I'd probably listen to the CD 'Songs to make you smile' while driving even if my daughter Layla wasn't in the car. 'Doin' it', the first track is the best of the bunch on that CD.
Justine's got a couple of Melbourne gigs in March. Check her website for the dates. I won't be there as Layla is still too small but either gig would be great.
What a relief to find intelligent, funny and well written songs for kids. Justine Clarke's songs are simply not predictable. You wait for the corny rhyme that you think is coming and she suprises with something original. This is really thanks to Peter Dascent who pens the songs. There is a story-like quality to the songs which I love (for e.g. 'Mrs Knife and Mr Fork'). It's not easy to be original; Peter nails it.
In fact, I'd probably listen to the CD 'Songs to make you smile' while driving even if my daughter Layla wasn't in the car. 'Doin' it', the first track is the best of the bunch on that CD.
Justine's got a couple of Melbourne gigs in March. Check her website for the dates. I won't be there as Layla is still too small but either gig would be great.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Creative cooking: Tony Chiodo
We're fortunate in Melbourne to have access to some really inspiring chefs. Tony Chiodo offers something quite unique. We're lucky to have someone like him here in Melbourne. Tony is into beautiful, natural foods. His cooking style is clean and healthy and totally delicious. Tony cooked for me once and I've never forgotten the meal. His articles/recipes in the The Age and other foodie mags are always worth keeping.
Tony has an apprenticeship from Mietta's under his belt, experience with Aryveda and yoga, and is a macrobiotic and wholefoods teacher. I'd love to attend one of his cooking classes. His website says that he is now also offering cooking classes for children. I'm sure these would be fantastic. If my daughter was a little older I'd book us both in for sure.
Tony has an apprenticeship from Mietta's under his belt, experience with Aryveda and yoga, and is a macrobiotic and wholefoods teacher. I'd love to attend one of his cooking classes. His website says that he is now also offering cooking classes for children. I'm sure these would be fantastic. If my daughter was a little older I'd book us both in for sure.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sand art
OK, I know what follows is not about anyone in Melbourne. But I just had to share it with you whilst I remember. There'll be more on Melbourne to come.
I can't think of a better way to start this blog than by recommending you watch a video of 24 year old Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova creating sand art. Check out the YouTube video . It shows Simonova creating a beautiful and moving artwork.
The work is about The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, which resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
It's so rare to see an artwork that is emotional and intelligent and in a medium which is really different. To be honest when I saw the words 'sand art' my expectations were pretty low, but I was mesmerised throughout the whole video.
Can you even begin to imagine how Ukrainians would feel watching this?
I can't think of a better way to start this blog than by recommending you watch a video of 24 year old Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova creating sand art. Check out the YouTube video . It shows Simonova creating a beautiful and moving artwork.
The work is about The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, which resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
It's so rare to see an artwork that is emotional and intelligent and in a medium which is really different. To be honest when I saw the words 'sand art' my expectations were pretty low, but I was mesmerised throughout the whole video.
Can you even begin to imagine how Ukrainians would feel watching this?
About this blog
'The art of living creatively' is a Melbourne-based year of programs and short courses. Each program/workshop helps participants to reach new levels of creativity and healing. The associated Facebook page and blog are dedicated to creativity in its many forms and to original thinkers worldwide.
Our programs cover both creative expression and healing. They are more aligned to art therapy than to pure artistic practice. Our work is based on the philopsophy of Rudolf Steiner who brought together the arts, science, religion and philosophy. The blog takes it lead from this and covers original and creative people in the fields of art, design, philosophy, religion and psychology.
We may be Melbourne-based (Melbourne is a thriving, creative city) but the Internet means we now have access to creative people and organisations worldwide. This blog will feature creative people from Melbourne mainly, but may also feature the best of the worldwide discussion about life as it is brought to us by creative people everywhere.
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