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Coronavirus Mini-Canvas Challenge 2
Examining online images of coronavirus, they reminded me of dust balls stuck with pins. I’d already created some dust bunnies for my blog...
Marie Dustmann
Apr 23, 20201 min read


Hallelujah Toilet Paper
Three weeks ago my toilet paper ran out. This is my last sheet. Vale toilet paper. In these coronavirus times, official government advice...
Marie Dustmann
Apr 20, 20202 min read


Coronavirus Mini-Canvas Challenge 1
On 1 January 2020, I did a tarot reading for myself for the year. The deck I chose from my collection of tarot cards was Deborah Blake’s...
Marie Dustmann
Apr 16, 20201 min read


Easter Gifts
This is the first time ever that I haven’t attended an Easter gathering with family and friends. Instead we had an ether gathering. I’m...
Marie Dustmann
Apr 13, 20201 min read


Chatswood Ghost Story
To me the Chatswood Interchange feels like an enclosed place where you could spend your whole life. You could live and work in a pod...
Marie Dustmann
Apr 6, 20202 min read


Loving the Virus
A few days ago while I was cleaning my kitchen I listened to a podcast of the ABC’s Heaven Forbid program, called ‘What Buddhism Offers...
Marie Dustmann
Mar 23, 20201 min read


That Armageddon Feeling
It’s hard not to have an Armageddon feeling these days due to the coronavirus. Like many people, I’ve been tuning into the news more than...
Marie Dustmann
Mar 20, 20203 min read


How Orca got his Suction back
My vacuum cleaner is nicknamed Orca because of his black and white casing and because he’s also rather large and heavy to haul around. I...
Marie Dustmann
Feb 19, 20203 min read


Casula Powerhouse, the Gallery Space as Artwork
Whenever I go to see exhibitions at Casula Powerhouse in Sydney’s south-west, the building itself seems like an artwork to me. Features...
Marie Dustmann
Jan 24, 20201 min read


2020 Predictions
I thought I would start the new year with a tarot reading for myself from my tarot deck collection. I decided to use Deborah Blake’s...
Marie Dustmann
Jan 10, 20202 min read


Dreaming of a suburban Christmas
Every Christmas I like to take photos of the Christmas decorations I came across in people’s suburban front yards. These are this year’s...
Marie Dustmann
Dec 30, 20191 min read


Smoke Haze gets in your Eyes
For the past few weeks, smoke haze from mega-bushfires has been in everyone’s eyes. These bushfires are the worst on record. Exacerbating...
Marie Dustmann
Dec 21, 20192 min read


2019 Aussie Backyard Bird Count
I found a flyer for the Aussie Backyard Bird Count at my library, taking place from 21-27 October. I was pleased to see that I hadn’t...
Marie Dustmann
Dec 2, 20194 min read


A Novel Idea by Fiona McGregor - Review
I accidentally came across Fiona McGregor’s A Novel Idea online. I knew straightaway I wanted to read it because it’s about the process...
Marie Dustmann
Nov 19, 20192 min read


Halloween Convert
When I was a child, I always wanted to go trick or treating, but Halloween wasn’t celebrated much in Australia at the time. Then, around...
Marie Dustmann
Nov 4, 20192 min read


Jacarandas, an Aussie Hanami
November is meant to be jacaranda season in Sydney, but I always associate jacarandas with October. From mid-October, I watch out for...
Marie Dustmann
Oct 30, 20192 min read


Birrong Dérive
I decided to explore a part of Sydney I’d never been to before. A dérive as defined by the French philosopher, Guy Debord, is an act of...
Marie Dustmann
Oct 23, 20192 min read


A Home in the Stars
2019 is the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned Moon landing on 20 July 1969. This is the image I would have seen as a child on my...
Marie Dustmann
Sep 28, 20193 min read


Sedition Exhibition Review
I attended the Sedition: The Art of Agitation exhibition at the NSW State Library, wondering if I’d seen any of the posters exhibited at...
Marie Dustmann
Sep 12, 20192 min read


Gifts from Totoro
I first saw soot sprites in the Studio Ghibli movie My Neighbour Totoro and then in Spirited Away. Hayao Miyazaki created them for his...
Marie Dustmann
Aug 28, 20193 min read
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