Wed, Jun 30, 2010
I’m delighted to say that we’ve been blessed yet again in the Dawe house. Just over twelve weeks ago we celebrated the safe arrival of our new baby boy. He’s adorable, and very hairy! We’ve named him Jacob, although he is often affectionately called ‘Wolfie’, ‘Jacob the Bear‘, or ‘Monkey-Boy’! We’re sure the excess hair will drop off… eventually. His big sister adores him and likes to give him lots of cuddles and kisses, which is quite worrying for us as parents, seeing an enormous toddler about to sit on a tiny baby while yelling “CUDDLE” at the top of her lungs! Megan is fast approaching her second birthday, we’re not quite sure when she went from being a tiny baby to being almost two years old. I think we may have an infestation of some time-stealing goblins!
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Mon, Mar 29, 2010
The silence is so profound it seems to have taken on a form of its own, creeping and stalking its way through the forest, feral and wild. Birdsong has faded, the air now only carrying the stillness of birds; creatures have stopped abruptly in their tracks, tasks at hand forgotten, even the breeze has been distracted from pushing branches back and forth in a game of tug-o-war. The silence that remains is deafening and thick with expectancy. Something is about to happen.
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Wed, Dec 30, 2009
Historically, it seems that the greatest lovers in literature had tragedy entwining their hearts: Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, Arthur and Guinevere... But tragedy is not something that comes readily to mind when we think of Shakespeare's riotous couple of Titania and Oberon.
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Wed, Sep 30, 2009
There is a painting by John William Waterhouse that shows the Fate who measures the thread of life tangled in the strand, looking tentative and uncertain, unwillingly bound by the thread. The Fates in trilogy keep close watch over Titania's journey, watching her make decisions that lead her toward them, and others that lead her away.
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Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Myths and fairytales are very resourceful in giving us accounts of life's experiences. Because of their metaphoric and direct nature they do this with great efficiency. Having developed over many years through stages of mankind's evolution they contain the very essence of human psychology. The great themes of humankind are expressed in their concepts, narratives and symbolism. Their themes have germinated, developed and evolved in direct simultaneity with the evolution of the human heart and mind.
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Tue, Mar 31, 2009
As a painter of folktales I see my role as reflecting some of the underlining unconscious messages of the myth through the emotions, narrative and mood of the painting.
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