Tasmania Residency

My first night at the shack was a bit restless as I felt a bit hot and nauseous and ended up getting ravaged by mosquitoes all night. It was like whenever I would get cool and comfortable I would then hear a little mosquito in my ear and would have to wrap myself back up in my sleeping bag. I've doused myself in aerogard for the second evening and am going to sleep in a different room. As I have two shacks and a caravan to choose from I could probably manage to sleep in a different place each night.
I explored the grounds a bit more today to get my bearings and see what I could find. It was fun to zig-zag around by myself through the grassland bobbing up and down sand dunes and looking out to the views beyond. I went for a little swim this afternoon and found myself on a long stretch of beach all by myself looking over to the Hazards. Pretty amazing.

It was nice to hang around the shack a bit today and read and draw. I've had ABC radio on a lot in the background which has actually been quite enjoyable. You never know what songs you will hear or the sort of conversations you will drop in on. I did this little drawing of one of the table surfaces this morning as I listened to an interview with John Armstrong about his new book 'Art as Therapy' that he has co-written with Alain de Botton.  He discussed things like how museums present art to an audience, how art affects us, art and memory, art and sentiment and the need for using words in relation to art. The interview felt really relevant to things that I have been thinking about in recent years and it was nice to just do some work and listen.