LYRICAL UNREST #2

Made In Heights 'Aporia: In These Streets'

Just discovered this AMAZING group via my awesome pal Hailee.... she was cranking the album so much before she left NZ (to return to her homeland in the states...boohoo!) and we were all completely enthralled. But, its taken me a few weeks to actually just take the time to listen to the album from beginning to end and back again and I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH! Its playing on my itunes, playing in my car, playing in my head, playing on the street (when I cant stop myself from singing aloud!!)....Made In Heights have infectiously gnawed their way into the very core of my being! (gawd that sounds disgusting!)... here are the lyrics to my fav track, accompanied with the kind of imagery I get in my head when I hear this stuff..... Enjoy! 

::M∆DE:IN:HEIGHTS:: - Viices

two faces stare at the ceiling
thinking through fingers feeling
dimming headlights looking for a cheap thrill
baby girl picking thorns through the daffodils
i loved you all my life dont
fall asleep without me tonight
they stole the wings from your shoulders
flex your arms rest your muscles on my honor
now we creep through streets every night
through the windows leaning out the side
ride the rollercoaster we dont hold back
hide our face cuz people they cant handle that

got an angel sleepin in my pocket
wrapped around my finger
picture in my locket
read his mind cuz baby im a psychic
we ride every night through every light because we like it
see the future drivin in my rocket
fly to other galaxies
stimulate our eyelids
enjoy the ride now baby im the pilot
hear the engine revvin all the demons they survive it

i dont want to go home without you drive me just a little more
you dont have to say anything just scoot closer to me
stars light up the sky telling me that everything will be alright
we move fast and slow through your neighborhood turn up the stereo

got an angel sleepin in my pocket
wrapped around my finger
picture in my locket
read his mind cuz baby im a psychic
we ride every night through every light because we like it
see the future drivin in my rocket
fly to other galaxies
stimulate our eyelids
enjoy the ride now baby im the pilot
hear the engine revvin all the demons they survive it

i dont want to go home without you drive me just a little more
you dont have to say 
stars light up the sky telling me that everything will be alright
we move fast and slow

Also go and check out there amazing tunes on bandcamp - the instrumentals by Sabzi are INCREDIBLE!

Camera UnObscura...

Its been so long since I've had my own decent camera - finally invested in a cheap little Canon Powershot and it works a dream! A dream for me, that is! I'm just really into candid, relaxed, non planned shots right now....just being in the moment and being a right doofus!! A friend asked me recently why I dont take many photos (even though I LOVE taking photos) and its purely because I'm out of practise and I just love living in each moment rather than recording it for later reference. Theres just been too many years of my life spent observing, NOW is the time to get in there and get stuck in and roll around in the goodness of all things good and life affirming!! Haha!!....


Of course, in saying that, I have had my eye on the sexy Canon EOS 1100 Digital SLR for a loooong time...... ah the old camera perve....what a beast!


Here are some pics from the last few months that I though I'd share.... just to get me back up to speed with this whole blog posting thingy.... yes, feeling rusty! ha!

alfreso dining on Ben's veranda....

mmmmm....snacks......the winning treat of the night was the flaky salt dashed with fresh thyme....best discovery ever thanks to Helena.....

rainbow salad....mostly bought ingredients but enjoyed foraging in Tori's garden for floral treats to add!

hmmmmmmmm....those fork pricks look mighty dangerous....

Eve about to castrate our mushroom pie.... such clever handiwork our Eve! 

A tessellation artwork I created for my little brother and his girlfriend for christmas - made from an old encyclopedia.

The hilariously 'sneaky note' I found to explain my half eaten, well, ravaged Morrocan dish..... passing the buck again aye Eve! (I also found a note from 'Katie' on a bag of my muffins...minus two....I know your handwriting now Miss Clark!)

kids on swings

punks on streets

A tidy bedroom.....At Last!!! It HAS taken hmmm 5 DAYS OF CLEANING/SORTING/CHUCKING! Just finished it today. Phew!

My 'new' (to me) all-in-one desk/shelving system... for organisational extravaganza's!!

a clear table to work on....perfect for the year ahead!

so long.....low song....

Where do you start when its been a ridiculous stretch of time since you last posted....?


So much has happened in the time since...... I'm just going to do this in some kind of backwards timeline bullet pointed list format...

waiting in a hallway while people talk about me...

• I quit teaching! I was driving home one day, miserable that I wasnt in a job where I was somehow creating SOMETHING each day...... Heard an ad on 95Bfm for the post-grad course in graphic design @ AUT... went home.... inquired....enrolments had actually closed the previous day....they gave me a week..... completed proposal....had interview....was accepted.....resigned from job..... 2 days later school ended for the year. This was all in the space of a week! Yeah that was planned..... hmmmmm..... best way to do it though! Like pulling off a bandaid! I love changing shit up.... Cant wait to start making and designing every day!!

• Said goodbye to the raddest class ever.... they are all off to intermediate this year... they've grown up so much since the beginning of the year. I created a class facebook page so we could keep in touch.... we still chat every now and then. I miss them heaps already and hope they come find me when they are all grown up!! These kids were what kept me going through all the other crap that comes with teaching - inspiring me to challenge their thinking and expand their understanding of the world around them. We explored so many interesting topics this year; C.C.D - Colony Collapse Disorder (of Bees), making zines and even creating a Zine-ing station complete with typewriter! Graffiti art - focusing on local auckland artist FLOX and visiting the Cut Collective Street Artist studio behind K-Road...just to mention a few... (By the way, thought I should add... these pics were taken on their graduation day so thats why some of them are dressed all fancy - usually they are a pretty chilled slightly rugged bunch!)

• Went back to Sydney for a family christmas at my little brother and his gorgeous girlfriends house in Manly. Me, Ma and Pa stayed with them in their cute little apartment and Helena's parents came and spent Xmas day with us too. Helena cooked up a storm and blew us all away with her amazing cuisine; every meal she whipped up was done with such grace and delight, exceptionally fresh ingredients and a lot of love!

 

• Also went and visited our relly's in Oz - our first cuzzies and aunties and uncles! So cool! Recreated this photo of us 4 kids - my how we have changed! Was so lovely to see them all, especially getting to properly meet their awesome kids and see their beautiful new homes! Thats cousins Ben and Melina and my little bro Braden in the foreground!

Photo by Sue Tsang

• Went to Raglan and spent New Year then the following 2 weeks with this delightful boy......... Had the best time ever!!............. Gettin knees up and low-bus on the new year d-floor in Jo's kitchen.......... running round with giant sparklers in the backyard to celebrate 2012.......... jumping off the bridge and being a shoulder for Ben to lean on to bust backflips off the top rail.......... doing bombs (or attempts) and backflips of the jetty.......... eating fresh fruit yoghurt icecreams.......... having a deliciously floral alfreso evening meal with my flatmate Eve and her lovely dude Sam - Eve topped it off with a mushroom pie emblazened with a pastry phallus! Classy broad she is!.......... busting totally hilariously stupid Spoonerisms....... Drinking too much 'Hole in The Wall' coffee (mmmmm).......... watching a sweet boy surf waves and wishing I was on them too (just bought a board today!) .......... eating Raglans legendary Tofu Masubi (MMMMMM).......... sharing beautiful meals with Bens flatmates.......... crackin up at random shit round the dinner table.......... rummaging round at Kahu's Nest (The Xtreme Waste dump shop).......... trying to recapture my chai-making youth.......... staying up late assisting in making shoes.......... cranking raucous wild beats in the workshop.......... playing on the industrial sewing machine.......... making shoe bags and a wallet and generally helping out with my organisational MacGyver style set of skills........Ha! All resulting in a trip with him back up to Auckland to set up his amazing display in the Sitka Newmarket store.... Looks freakin awesome!

Photo from Solscape Website

• And last but definitly not least... I am about to spend a week at this amazing place!! I think I may have mentioned that I was doing some design work last year... well this is it! I designed the brochure for Solscapes 'Eco-Logic Learning Adventure' course.... of which I will be attending as a barter for my design services! What an amazing opportunity! Will let you know how it all goes on my return; well rested and inspired to begin a year of creating!

Love to you all xoxox peas!

THIS WEEKEND!!

This is where I will be this weekend - supporting the delightful Ben and the gorgeous Jodi in their shared stall at the Little Big Market in Mount Maunganui; Ben with his freakin ridiculously cool Raglan-Made, recycled material sandals and Jodi with her beautifully quirky artful creations and craftiness - and lil ol me..... with my first real attempt at market art sales.... making my weird little DIY diamond tessellation installation kits (I still cant decide what they are called!!).... come and visit us and we will love you forever!! xo

lyrical unrest #1

Eyeless in the morning sun you were
Pale and mild
A modern girl
Taken with thought still prone to care
Making tea
In your underwear
You went out in the yard to find
Something to eat
And clear your mind
And something bad inside me went away

Quaking leaves and broken light
Shifting skin
The coming night
The bearers of all good things arrive
Climb inside us
Twist and cry
A kiss on your molten eyes
Myriad lives
Like blades of grass
Yet to be realized
Bow as they pass

They are cold 
Still 
Waiting in the 
Ether to
Form
Feel
Kill
Propogate
Only to die

They are cold 
Still 
Waiting in the 
Ether to
Form
Feel
Kill
Propogate
Only to die
Dissolve magically
Absurdly
They'll end
Leave
Dissipate
Coldly and
Strangely
Return

'Those To Come' The Shins

ZOMBIE PROM

Just wanted to share these amazing photos taken of the crew before attending Zombie Prom at The Winchester on Saturday Night ... thanks to our lovely Eves mean azz photographic skills, we now have a delightfully ghastly set of portraits to adorn our flat hallway! Love that asylum style lighting! Now, to find a set of 5 sexy vintage matching frames to hang them in...

 Katie

 Eve

 Hailee

 Ben

Me 

Lindy, Zombies, Markets & Sweet Shoes!

For those of you that were interested last time, there will be another delightful Lindy Hop class happening in Raglan this Sunday!!

Sorry for the poster blurriness - you can go and investigate more details on the Cats Corner Swing Facebook Page :-)

I, myself, will be attending only if I can manage to fly down there in time after the many other events that I am whisking myself off to this weekend!

SO...On Saturday DAY I will be helping my friend Ben at his Trash Footwear stall at the K-Road Markets - I helped him out at the Mission Bay Markets on Monday Labour Day and that boy was kicking ass with his new designs etc!! Lots of keen people interested and talking about his awesome range! I have a delicious pair of ballet slippers that he made for me as a first trial pair and I've had so many queries he better be crankin those sweet things out by the dozen soon! These beeeauties are made from conveyer belt, recycled canvas and some black satin ribbon that I added after the fact to feminine-ise them up a bit more! Just love those cute ass ankle bows!!

Here is a sweet pic that my brother took whilst stopping for a well deserved Coopers after shopping in Newtown, Sydney (I've just been there on holiday for ten days - but more on that later!)

And while I'm at this devilish plug, I spent a few days down in Raglan before I went to Oz, helping Ben in the workshop to make my brother and his lovely lady some sandals to take over to them as gifts on my visit... here are my little brothers ones and his stoked azzz testimonial! These ones are made from conveyer belt and recycled charcoal denim. Thats one happy jandal owner!

“Best jandals/thongs I've ever owned...made by Ben at Trash Footwear made from 100% recycled materials by hand in Raglan NZ. Primo bro! trashfootwear@gmail.com and trashfootwear.blogspot.com - check it y'all!”

AND...On Saturday EVENING, myself and a posse of corpses will be attending the 95bFM, NO magazine, & Lonely Hearts ZOMBIE PROM... a night to be dismembered!! Cant wait to dress up like a dead thing and roam the streets and zombie hop the dance floor!!

Found some very cool makeup tutorials on how to look 'dead' - thought this one was an exceptionally good and simple one using mostly makeup you could find around the home! (or at least in our girly as flat!)

SO yes, thats the plans for the weekend! How about you?? Anyone delving into the darkness to explore their inner zombie?? Anyone planning a trip to the seaside to learn some devilishly dapper Lindy moves?? Anyhoo - Hope y'all have a saucy sunshiny weekend/beastly bewitching halloween!!  Mucho Hugz to you all xoxox

P.S While Im here I just HAD to pop this gorgeous pic of my wee cousin Claudie in her very first modelling shoot - it terrifies me how grown up she looks! Yikes! But what a stunner!!

Photo taken from http://thegypsyandthefool.tumblr.com/