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Kirsten Johnston
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
The nope card
I gave my brother-in-law a new game on the market called Exploding Kittens. In order to win, one must avoid being blown up and be the...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Dec 16, 2019
- 1 min
Armour
Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing. So wrote Emma Donoghue in her novel Room. A shout-out to Alex Mathers,...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
Doing the time
I recently went to a concert. Rod Laver arena was full and the crowd enthusiastic. Expectation was high as one of the select band of...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
Time
The other day I was listening to a song, sung by Tim McGraw. The song was about how our lives get busy and we lose touch with things and...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Oct 29, 2019
- 1 min
Not much happening
Some days there’s just not much happening upstairs!! Until next time, Kirsten
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Kirsten Johnston
- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min
Zero to one
I read the other day that there is a mathematical suggestion? theory? fact? that the distance between zero and one is greater than the...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
Robust
I like the word robust. I like the way it sounds. In its quietly onomatopoeic way, it sounds as it suggests. It is a solid word, not...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Adolescence
Listening to a podcast this morning, I heard US artist Flora Bowley refer to that middle, often difficult time in a painting’s...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Oct 1, 2019
- 1 min
One colour
One thing I have learned from painting is that nothing is one colour. By the time you take into consideration the light hitting an...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Sep 27, 2019
- 1 min
Questions
A while ago I had a significant gym habit. It had many positive side-effects. I have just started up again after a lay-off of eighteen...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Sep 22, 2019
- 1 min
Dislocation
My blog is dislocated. Its normal position has been disturbed. It has been ‘disrupted’ and ‘moved from its proper place or position’....
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Kirsten Johnston
- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
Focus
Focus can be a noun. The focus. That element which captures our attention. The centre of interest or activity. It can be that place you...
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