Saturday 10 March 2012

Artist'sResponse



i have been off the blog for a while
 because
i recently received some difficult news
i was diagnosed with cancer
and as with most of these events it is not so much the news, 
but what you do with it

when i was told i went into the forest
and spend ten hours on the artwork above
it wasn't so much making the work
as placing myself into a creative state of mind
the state i needed to process the information i received
it worked and i was soon on top of it

i decided to document the whole of the story
then, send it in installments to my concerned family and friends
and regard it as just another art project
bought a voice recorder and will carry my camera

then, for some reason of magic
the ABC open picked it up
and asked me to tell my story in a series of guest blogs
which i decided to do
this is the link, it has one of my stories
and soon the story of 'the dance of life' will be published

http-//open.abc.net.au/posts/tags/petrusblog

           'When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

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