Saturday, 9 July 2011

territory time

i had a wonderful day today
the usual class pace
[never fast enough for some of you over the Pacific]
was cranked back to territory time
V E R Y     VE R Y
S  L  O  W



we were allowed a fire
made bundles
talked about country
and about colour



and
at the end of the day
i was taken out
to where the red rocks
sing
over pools of still water




a very good day
finger-painting on the wall by at
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14 comments:

  1. Velma Bolyard9 July 2011 at 21:28

    love the woven driftwood. i always think i'm too slow...especially since i live here.

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  2. Louise Dalton9 July 2011 at 23:18

    Ohhhh! That would have been wonderful! If it had been advertised, I would so love to have come. Hope you return soon.... And yes, Alice is a far-out place! Wonderful, and sometimes whit terrible. I love it.

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  3. Joei Rhode Island10 July 2011 at 00:17

    I can just smell the dry air with the eucalypt perfume and then the wet of the ponds. Lovely pictures.

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  4. india flint10 July 2011 at 07:21

    oh i'll be back. it would be perfect to have a boilup somewhere under a blue sky and near red rocks...

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  5. lynda Howells10 July 2011 at 08:07

    Beautiful images Indiax

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  6. roz10 July 2011 at 08:36

    love the song of the red rocks above pools of still water ..
    i am there

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  7. Ahipara Girl10 July 2011 at 08:59

    I love the photo of you. Shadow self portraits are one of my favourite things too. It sure does sound good to be where you are right now. Alice Springs, all I can remember is the movie about the crocodile hunter Nick Dundee and A Town Like Alice. The place where the red rocks tower over water sounds awesome. I think I'd die in the heat or is it dye? xxx

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  8. Trace Willans10 July 2011 at 10:13

    Perhaps you could apply for that wonderful residency they have up there.

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  9. Unknown10 July 2011 at 15:05

    I just love seeing these images of the bundles going together, s l o w l y - and relish the vicarious pleasure of warmth which we are not having here in Alaska this summer.

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  10. Ro Bruhn10 July 2011 at 16:27

    Just bought your new book today India, it looks fantastic. I paid full price at a lovely little book shop, I didn't see the special offer from Book depository, but it's well worth the price I paid. I'm going to sit in front of the fire tonight and have a good read. Thanks so much for all of your inspiration.

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  11. india flint10 July 2011 at 18:04

    winter is a good time to come here, Ahipara Girl, about the same temp as summer in Porirua!!

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  12. Anonymous11 July 2011 at 07:00

    that looks like a special place..

    and I know about the pace too..
    it's a tonic to slow down...

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  13. Anonymous12 July 2011 at 21:52

    oh this totally sounds like my kind of perfection... the women, the stories, the rocks, the water, the slow pace of life... yep, perfection...
    sigh...
    xo

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  14. Cate Rose21 July 2011 at 03:53

    Gorgeous photos, India. I finally rec'd a good copy of your Eco book from Amazon yesterday -- the first one came seriously water damaged. Perhaps it had been in someone's dyepot!

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