The spirit of creative play is alive and well
in Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the World
and….shh…
The Nature and Culture of Newtown 1
how about a
The Nature and Culture of Newtown 2
Love is the Answer
Category Archives: Creative Inspiration
What would you like to bring to fruition
in the new year?
And what’s wrong with pears anyway?
I’ve never understood why Pear-shaped means something’s gone wrong.
Pears are beautiful.
They’re smooth, balanced and voluptuous. They are nature’s art – alive and juicy. They even stand up by themselves. Perhaps they need to stand up for themselves, along with their pear supporters.
Pear-shaped World 2
Sally Swain © original art
2017 vision
What do you think is a
Looking backwards, floating forwards
Beyond our control, whether we like it or not,
2016 slurps, skids, stutters and slides into 2017.
How is this time of year for you?
The Dream
Sally Swain
© original art
Are you adrift in the sea-sky
of the supposed festive season?
Are you firmly grounded in the daily laundry of life?
Are you lonely or surrounded by love?
Or both?
What Makes the Soul of a Nation?
I challenge you to write a list.
Neurocosmos
Sally Swain
© original art inspired by Radio National program ‘All in the Mind’
I love the
Have you had your Beauty Fix today?
I was tired. I yearned to be in a quiet, dark place, but had to go into the city, to the dentist. Ergh. Trudge trudge drudge. I yearned and yawned. I dragged my feet along the pavement. Pound pound sludge.
Chrysalis
Sally Swain © original art
Then I saw it.
Texture Breathing
Bird and Boat,
Bird and boat.
I wonder
how you stay afloat.
Boat and bird,
Boat and bird.
With water
and with wings, I’ve heard.
Bird and Boat
Sally Swain © original art
teeny watercolour in journal
There’s much I could
Small enough to whoosh away
Chip off the old block
Dad and me (and she) and creativity
Do you have a muse? Many ongoing muses?
Who or what inspires your creativity?
Dad and me
My original muse was
Art and Soul Space 