Connecting through Stories

June 27, 2021 in Storytelling

Stories connect us on a heart to heart level. I look back on my time as a young journalist in a rural town and realise how lucky I was to be able to peek into the intimate lives of the women who lived in the district, empowering them to share their stories.

My first digital story about myself and my father made in 2004.

No Regrets

May 23, 2021 in Creativity, Storytelling

What will you leave behind as your legacy? Think of all of that you have already achieved, rather than what you haven’t. Your creative self expression is your legacy. Be proud to share it with the world, no comparisons, no regrets.

To Taiwan in an artist book filled with temple papers of gold and red.

The virus of restlessness

December 13, 2020 in Creativity, Storytelling

Travel is a “virus of restlessness” writes American author John Steinbeck. This year I have started making artist books again as a way to relive my travels when we can’t travel anymore. Reading Steinbeck reminds me that the urge to be somewhere else can be found by reading a book - or making one.

How a collection of rocks inspired a 5 year arts project and my friend became a writer…

The reward of patience is…..

August 30, 2020 in Art, Storytelling

How a collection of rocks became a 5 year arts project and a painter found her way to write her family’s immigrant story by exploring the rock, Granite. Sometimes stories and artworks need a long time to ferment before they are ready to emerge into the world.

Stories, storylines and storytelling

August 09, 2020 in Art, Storytelling

The idea that we all can participate in the giving and receiving of stories via cultural rituals, community theatre, festivals and other events, is integral to many cultures. Art is a form of citizenship, to be celebrated and valued through the telling of stories.

Backstage opening night of my play If There Be Dragons with Alex (still in makeup)

Imagination, the Language of the Soul

December 01, 2019 in Creativity, Storytelling

How do you turn your dreams into reality? Imagination! When you imagine something and then action it, you manifest your dreams. Imagination is the language of the soul, according to Albert Einstein. When I come up with crazy wild ideas, it’s usually because I have read some story in a book which has fired up my imagination. Like my play If There Be Dragons from 1998.