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art Ha Long Bay -
books Cézanne (2010), Parkstone International
A short and accessible book about unappreciated-in-his-time 19th century artist Paul Cézanne. I'm not terribly familiar with art history and it was nice to get this taster in an easy to understand way, whilst still introducing me to ways of discussing art that I don't currently have the language for.
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art Chooks -
books Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid (book club)
Set in the 1980s, a cohort of astronauts in training includes some of the first women to go into space. Also there's a love story. Does it all work together? Sort-of. But not my favourite.
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books Dark Emu (2014), Bruce Pascoe
Aboriginal people in pre-colonial times engaged in grew and stored crops, made complex fish traps, sometimes lived in villages with large buildings, and cultivated the land in a way that allowed them to thrive in some of the most difficult places to live. I don't think I was ever taught this in history.
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art Kookaburras -
art Watercolour workshop with Sue HibbertI have been trying to get into one of artist Sue Hibbert's classes for ages, and I think I'm not the only one - they always seem to sell out faster…
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art Self portrait in gouacheTrying to use up some dried up gouache from my palette. Because I painted the background first, it’s overall a bit pinker and darker than I would…
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books The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K. Le Guin
Humans from Earth, having stripped the planet of its natural resources, have come to colonise and cut down forests of another planet, Athshe. The native people of the planet are considered primitive and inferior, and are horribly exploited, enslaved and brutalised to the point that they're forced to abandon their peaceful nature and retaliate.
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notes Build tools using AI
I like the idea of building small, custom tools for my individual purpose (initially at least) using AI as an enabler. I know a little frontend code…
Letters from me to you, delivered very infrequently. Rambling thoughts, things I’ve made, interesting links.