Comments on Ampersand Duck: The Rapture

You know K-Rudd went back the next day with his fa...

2008-03-21T13:03:00.000+11:00

You know K-Rudd went back the next day with his family and actually went into the exhibition to look at the art. Now isn't that refreshing, a pollie who goes to art exhibitions in his - limited - free time.

ha ha, of course I didn't really expect heels!!def...

2008-03-17T08:36:00.000+11:00

ha ha, of course I didn't really expect heels!!

definitely on for coffee.

I think you're on the money there, Pav, as usual!f...

2008-03-16T12:56:00.000+11:00

I think you're on the money there, Pav, as usual!

fifi, prepare for disappointment. I haven't worn heels since some drunken New Year's Eve in the early 90s when I chucked my heels off the Sydney Harbour Bridge and walked home barefoot. I dress up, but my shoes are ALWAYS flat.

And Turner is pretty good, too. I like looking at the changes he made as he got older, very much like Lloyd Rees. His best work was done when he was about 70.

It is a spectacular show, but a bit chocolate-box-ish at times. If you come down, we should have a coffee!

People who talk though speeches are actually demon...

2008-03-15T16:31:00.000+11:00

People who talk though speeches are actually demonstrating how naff and crass they are. I am approaching an age where I won't hesitate to point this out to them, should the occasion arise.

I have several different grave doubts about Kevin, and yet I seem to share the awe. I think the awe, generally speaking, is something to do with his having exterminated the Rodent.

Splendid! but what SHOES did you wear, is the impo...

2008-03-15T16:15:00.000+11:00

Splendid!
but what SHOES did you wear, is the important question. I will be disappointed if it wasn't an 11cm spike heel in daffodil yellow.

And, the Whitlams, I really miss seeing them towering over the hordes, always such a thrill. How strange it must have been to be at eye level (since they were sitting down.)
Margeret Olley: can be cantankerous, often spotted at the AGNSW, but I must say I still get excited about her as well.

You know, I love Turner. I do, I do. Monet has been blighted forever by a legion of printed umbrellas and other such paraphernalia, but I still manage to lose myself utterly in Turnerscapes. I'll no doubt drag my carcass down there at some point to have a look.

Good on Kevin07. Yay! I'd have been for touching his hem...

also -- Sach and the other anon whom I suspect cou...

2008-03-15T15:51:00.000+11:00

also -- Sach and the other anon whom I suspect could be Auntie Lou, you should start giving your comments identities! There's a dot point you can check under the comments box that allows you to enter your name (or anyone else's name if you're feeling cheeky)... claim your name!

Yairs, happy to be an Indian, too many chiefs already :)

No, it's just meant to convey a weighty pause :)Ye...

2008-03-15T15:49:00.000+11:00

No, it's just meant to convey a weighty pause :)

Yes, the Whitlams looked fabulous. Margaret Ollie was there, too, I noticed in the Canberra Times this morning. I missed her, but don't regret it, because apparently she chain-smoked through the whole thing.

In case anyone's wondering, we weren't invited because of me -- we got the tickets via BB's brother, who has many connections...

OOh, forgot to add. Nothing takes the breath away ...

2008-03-15T15:27:00.000+11:00

OOh, forgot to add. Nothing takes the breath away quite as much as a Van Gogh. I have stood in front of a few in the past and have found myself inexplicable awe struck. Don't understand intellectually the magic he had as an artist but the impact of his work is always the same - breathtakingly beautiful. Sach.

Sweetie, is there suppose to be a piccy of the Rud...

2008-03-15T15:22:00.000+11:00

Sweetie, is there suppose to be a piccy of the Rudd at the top of the post? If so, it aint showing my end. Could just be my faulty back end of course. Great post. Would love to have seen the Whitlams in their matching motorised chairs. I imagine they are still tall and imposing figures all the same. Sach.

Great post &d. I've been wary of this Kevin-as-go...

2008-03-15T14:55:00.000+11:00

Great post &d. I've been wary of this Kevin-as-god attitude too, even in myself. After being so long under the cosh of Howard et al it's all too easy to see Kevin as some sort of saviour. His whole campaign was geared in this way and why not, it worked. He's got to have flaws, he's got to make mistakes, if he's not then I tend to think it's because we're not seeing them or the media is not reporting them, not because he's not making them. That's not a good place to be, even with Kevin.

Yes but darling, we'll eat him alive if he stuffs ...

2008-03-15T13:16:00.000+11:00

Yes but darling, we'll eat him alive if he stuffs up the ed or arts sector budgets....

Beautiful piece, love the notion of the artseoisie actually shutting up long enough to focus on something other than their own reflections...

it is a great change for this time in Australia's ...

2008-03-15T11:40:00.000+11:00

it is a great change for this time in Australia's history, we just need it all to come true! I hope the gap between less advantage workers who do a great job and the higher wage earners get closer, as Grandad used to say quote! " You will always need checkout (chick)operators behind a store counter.". You need more indians than chiefs!