Kirsten JohnstonJan 1, 20202 minNewnessI imagined a funny smugness amongst the people at the supermarket at opening time this morning. ‘Well, we didn’t succumb to the...
Kirsten JohnstonDec 31, 20192 minThe nope cardI 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...
Kirsten JohnstonDec 23, 20192 minGood enough?As you may know, I like to paint on paper. I like the way the ink reacts with the absorbent surface. I enjoy the permanency of the marks....
Kirsten JohnstonDec 16, 20191 minArmourScared 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,...
Kirsten JohnstonDec 10, 20192 minInstant recallI careered headlong into a memory. I was simply making my way and collided, completely unexpectedly, with the back of a solid something...
Kirsten JohnstonDec 2, 20191 minIt’s on the listI am an inveterate maker of lists. Multiple lists, in a notepad and on my phone, and a detailed paper diary keep me on track and rolling...
Kirsten JohnstonNov 27, 20192 minGaining confidence?Miriam Schulman is an American artist and art teacher. She is also the brains and voice behind The Inspiration Place podcast where she,...
Kirsten JohnstonNov 17, 20192 minIt’s all in the detail – sometimesI am currently editing some creative writing. It is an extensive story and is requiring quite a degree of input from me. The job has...
Kirsten JohnstonNov 11, 20192 minDoing the timeI recently went to a concert. Rod Laver arena was full and the crowd enthusiastic. Expectation was high as one of the select band of...
Kirsten JohnstonNov 6, 20191 minTimeThe 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...
Kirsten JohnstonOct 29, 20191 minNot much happeningSome days there’s just not much happening upstairs!! Until next time, Kirsten
Kirsten JohnstonOct 21, 20191 minZero to oneI read the other day that there is a mathematical suggestion? theory? fact? that the distance between zero and one is greater than the...
Kirsten JohnstonOct 15, 20191 minRobustI 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...
Kirsten JohnstonOct 8, 20192 minAdolescenceListening to a podcast this morning, I heard US artist Flora Bowley refer to that middle, often difficult time in a painting’s...
Kirsten JohnstonOct 1, 20191 minOne colourOne thing I have learned from painting is that nothing is one colour. By the time you take into consideration the light hitting an...
Kirsten JohnstonSep 27, 20191 minQuestionsA 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...
Kirsten JohnstonSep 22, 20191 minDislocationMy blog is dislocated. Its normal position has been disturbed. It has been ‘disrupted’ and ‘moved from its proper place or position’....
Kirsten JohnstonSep 8, 20191 minImmersion therapyI am mid-immersion. Like soaking in a warm bath up to your neck or plunging into the ocean and, more, knowing that the experience won’t...
Kirsten JohnstonSep 1, 20191 minFocusFocus can be a noun. The focus. That element which captures our attention. The centre of interest or activity. It can be that place you...
Kirsten JohnstonAug 27, 20191 minI’ll get back to you …… or not. Recently, I have written a small handful of emails that took a great deal of courage. They were emails that ‘put myself out...