Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Infants, Penrith Primary, tagged beauty, Charlie Chuckles, coloured pencils, creating, Derwents on December 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Beautiful shades & hues. (these are not Derwents, though)
My colouring-in techniques are not great.
Loving the beauty of graduated shades & hues
In a full set of Derwents
Isn’t enough to create beauty.
A determined & tidy start
Falters rapidly & declines …
Into a disappointing (messy) finish.
Persistently sent to Charlie Chuckles.
Acknowledged by certificates of merit
But alas! No prizes.
Charlie Chuckles Club Pin
Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged beauty, grace, love, secret, truth on October 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We leave the performance* behind
Enter Sydney’s nightscape
In a dreamlike state,
Vulnerable.
Emotional.
Open to possibility,
And I see anew
One of my theatre-going compatriots
From a younger class.
Stunned by beauty & grace.
Time stops. Moment preserved –
Until now,
A secret, permanent,
Private touchstone,
To truth, freedom, & love.
Note:
* This moment was definitely after the St Mary’s Cathedral performance but it seems certain it was of The Tempest not Macbeth. Further, the 1972 date is more sensible chronologically than the 1971 date (which is when the Nimrod did Macbeth).
Still it doesn’t lessen the potency of that moment preserved, withheld, and treasured for decades.
365 Short Memories 