Thursday, June 5, 2008
I have a dream
At the moment I'm stripping the wallpaper in the Pool room. I'm hoping to exhibit my work and other Artists from my home. I've decided I'd like to be an Art Collector and to sell work that I think is wonderful. At the Glass sculpting class I intend to try and do a single breast. Graham suggested that I entitle it "Keeping Abreast of the Times". He really made me laugh! I think it is a brilliant title for the work!
Today I cleaned a ceiling
Today I cleaned a ceiling. It was not exactly fun but it was cathartic. I went to the Art Society to get my clay sculpting tools and Kay told me a sad story about someone sending back her pottery all broken. It would have been so heartbreaking for her. How inconsiderate. Heather Stuart and her daughter Bronwyn are having an exhibition at the Paeroa Arts Society and their work is very good. Nobody has bought a painting yet but fingers crossed for them.
Pommegranate
Today I ate the seeds of the Pomegranate. They are delicious. And I also was privileged to see the works of Anthony Davies at the Waikato University. I enjoyed my lunch with the Etching Ladies.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Letter to John Key 1st wish list
Dear John
You will soon be at the top of our country and be the most powerful. As one of the weakest members of this society I put a proposal to you and here's hoping you read it. Short of having Asylums which gave some sort of protection to the mentally ill can we please have benefits that actually do recognise the C.P.I. And can we introduce work schemes that actually reward people for making an effort. I see the minimum wage as too low and the top earners as being too high. Most pointedly I see a need for actively employing the mentally ill so that they may feel part of the community. At the moment we offer work to the intellectually disabled and not the mentally disabled. To neglect these people and leave them with time on their hands is dangerous because people with time on their hands and no hope get into all sorts of trouble. When I did have work the work was a doddle but what I could not cope with was the hostility that still prevails in our society towards the mentally ill. I'm sick of taking pills to cope with this hostility and think that you should make a more user friendly environment for the mentally ill. I have spent most of my adult life training to get into the workforce and easily achieving every goal I set out to achieve but the only work I could get was part time on the minimum wage. Only an idiot could see the incentive. A lot of these "nutters" that our society is so hostile towards are actually extremely clever people trying to kid themselves that they have a reason to live when society shuns them. That teacher on T.V. is a glowing success story but few of us have significant support.
Anyway
God Bless
With you and Obama in office I'm really hoping that the 21st Century will be a better one for the meek.
Oh and can we have a Legal System that protects the weak and the meek as well!
Sincerely Iris
You will soon be at the top of our country and be the most powerful. As one of the weakest members of this society I put a proposal to you and here's hoping you read it. Short of having Asylums which gave some sort of protection to the mentally ill can we please have benefits that actually do recognise the C.P.I. And can we introduce work schemes that actually reward people for making an effort. I see the minimum wage as too low and the top earners as being too high. Most pointedly I see a need for actively employing the mentally ill so that they may feel part of the community. At the moment we offer work to the intellectually disabled and not the mentally disabled. To neglect these people and leave them with time on their hands is dangerous because people with time on their hands and no hope get into all sorts of trouble. When I did have work the work was a doddle but what I could not cope with was the hostility that still prevails in our society towards the mentally ill. I'm sick of taking pills to cope with this hostility and think that you should make a more user friendly environment for the mentally ill. I have spent most of my adult life training to get into the workforce and easily achieving every goal I set out to achieve but the only work I could get was part time on the minimum wage. Only an idiot could see the incentive. A lot of these "nutters" that our society is so hostile towards are actually extremely clever people trying to kid themselves that they have a reason to live when society shuns them. That teacher on T.V. is a glowing success story but few of us have significant support.
Anyway
God Bless
With you and Obama in office I'm really hoping that the 21st Century will be a better one for the meek.
Oh and can we have a Legal System that protects the weak and the meek as well!
Sincerely Iris
Smoking - Not our Future
As a closet smoker, and as one who is very ashamed of the fact that I am quietly killing myself with cigarettes I make the plea that we simply do not sell cigarettes and make them illegal within this country. If they weren't there to buy next to the milk and lollies in the Dairies then I would not buy them. I have battled with the addiction most of my adult life and see this as the simplest way to eradicate the harm that the habit causes. I suppose I should try to give up and be pure but I can't see why we sell them at all. I see that cigarettes take the firmest grip on the most vulnerable and most stressed in our community that can ill afford the expense so why make them available in the first place? Is it the revenue that makes continued selling attractive? If it is then that is so hypocritical.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Millicent Wyllie
Today I went to Millicent's home and it was picture perfect. A happy home with beautiful gardens and lots of wonderful Art. Some of her work was sheer magic and we even had some lovely baking. She is a ray of sunshine.
Monday, June 2, 2008
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