i Write
An Artist in the Country
Here is an excerpt of the article first published in the Australian Poetry Journal, click on the text to read the full article:
My shift from urban to rural living meant my rather complacent and flailing desire to be artist was honed sharp by the envy
of all that I´d left behind: the opportunities, the culture, the people, the immersion. I grieved that through laziness and a lack of confidence I had let opportunity pass. I was frustrated by my apparently banal surrounds and angry at my own ineptitude. I rallied against what I saw as a lack of understanding of contemporary art and writing, and a love of all things seventies. I bemoaned that every creative community event´s theme centred on living in the country as if there weren´t any other experiences to draw on and I loathed persistent paintings of galahs.
My shift from urban to rural living meant my rather complacent and flailing desire to be artist was honed sharp by the envy
of all that I´d left behind: the opportunities, the culture, the people, the immersion. I grieved that through laziness and a lack of confidence I had let opportunity pass. I was frustrated by my apparently banal surrounds and angry at my own ineptitude. I rallied against what I saw as a lack of understanding of contemporary art and writing, and a love of all things seventies. I bemoaned that every creative community event´s theme centred on living in the country as if there weren´t any other experiences to draw on and I loathed persistent paintings of galahs.
