Well I’ve just returned home from a 60th birthday and I’ve been having a nohi at the election results. My goodness, why am I not surprised? National are back in the house but I’m happy for one thing and that is my party vote for GREEN counted tonight. No longer can we rely on our […]

What matters today, right here, right now? So many things swishing around in this brain of mine – a realisation that this year is nearly over and in 36 more days it will be 2012! My goodness – time is so precious, every day we must embrace, each day has meaning, every minute important and […]

I remember the feeling of selling my first piece of art work, there was nothing quite like that feeling! I can’t remember the exact amount I sold the artwork for, it didn’t matter, but that feeling of satisfaction – wow, unbelievable, awesome, yay me! How does success feel? I remember playing a national touch final […]

I love it when I talk to our old people – they are just a big kete of knowledge. We visited a lovely koroua today to capture some wonderful kōrero about a traditional Māori way of fishing. It was so beautiful to watch. These gifts handed down from our ancestors – these are real taonga […]

When you let go of expectation, it’s amazing at how things turn out. I always feel so enlightened after I’ve painted a rock and have totally let go to the process. There is something about letting go that is so fulfilling and so hard at the same time! Most times I think I know what […]

You will know the truth and the truth shall set you free – I was reminded of these words yesterday, words I had learnt many years ago. I am not religious, but these words of Jesus really touch me deeply. And as a child I actually had a good relationship with Jesus, I thought he […]