27 posts tagged “sighmon”
its a strange old world out there.
last week my mobile phone died.
dear vox,
i've been kind of busy this week working on a little something for adelaide peeps with a few friends.
its a monthly email of stuff that's going on.. where to frolic and get your party on, cool new shops for essential boys & girl stuff, exhibitions, music gigs and maybe even a little rewind back to the future. :)
we've just finished the first episode..
check it out here: home-slice.net/email
like it? sign up here: home-slice.net
maybe you know of some cool stuff happening in little adelaide that we've missed? well don't just keep it to yourself, share it with like minded kids, email it to us! homeslicemail@gmail.com
well, that's about all i've got for now.. but before i go, don't forget about the short shorts party this saturday at rhino room! it's going to be pretty awesome times.. organised by the same guys and girls that brought you the pimp-my-tshirt rooftop party. so it should be loads of fun.
right, sleep time!
hugs, s. x
http://sighmon.com
ps_ credits to those involved so far:
simon hunt - creator
simon loffler - creator
yasemin sabuncu - creative director & contributor
dan - music reviews
witness_1 - photos
the last few months of my life have been a strange gathering of excruciatingly beautiful* moments of happiness, thoughtfulness, fear, anxiety, loss, hate, pain, desire, need, bliss, anger, fucking, love, disbelief and escape.
lets face it. i'm a pretty privileged 30 year old. i live in a country that gives me the ability to feel all of these emotions, experience them in real time, in a safe environment to explore the whole spectrum of my being. to break down, cry to the point of choking on my body's sadness.. then walk, run, escape, think and level out to a spiritual bliss.
i live in complete luxury. i have enough money for food, shelter, clothes & water. so much so that i have enough left over to offer me the false protection of monetary savings.
all this and still i have more. my world offers me the privilege of hopes and dreams and the exploration of my darkest thought. patterned in full colour for the world to see.
so in all this beauty, luxury and privilege how do i still find myself depressed in a life i am so happy with.
it's my own stupid fault. preconceptions morph to fear. scared states leave me vulnerable, and easy prey for hungry carnivores.
yes those feelings of desire and need, must, now, greed. they're the motives that fuel my fire.
i'm learning to control them.
but it takes time.
my world is a world of electronic instances, that all pass in milli measurements of time.
so my path is long, winding and seemingly endless.
thank fuck for music and friends.
escape.
right, so i think my over-tired state has produced enough babble for one night.
but you get the picture, right??
i'm confused but happy.
:)
hugs and love to the beautiful strangers out there reading.
xoxo
* borrowed from wedding vows of my best friends wedding..
the lovely people over at airtight interactive have been working overtime again.
and they've produced another beautiful on-line gallery app!
yes, it hooks straight up to flickr, and yes it's gorgeous.
it's called tiltviewer, and its basically a beautiful flash gallery app that lets you rotate as you view your wall of images.
hot.
check it out, and build your own by adding your flickr user ID to the end of the link, for example mine is:
http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/tiltviewer/app/?user_id=83267414@N00
what's that? not sure about your flickr ID? well, sign into flickr, and then visit this page.
here's what the gallery page looks like:
si.
things i've noticed in my little puddle of simple beauty lately:
* sleep and relaxation really does seem to clean my head space
* washing the dishes is one of the most therapeutic tasks of my week
* i love vinyl cutters (i just bought a lovely rabbit HX 720 cutter!)
* admitting to things i don't like doing and places i don't want to be really is quite liberating
* my friends are quite possibly my most valuable possession
* feeling lost is my favourite feeling in the world
hugs to all my lovely friends and strangers out there.
simon. x
http://sighmon.com
happy peace day everyone!!!
hope you're enjoying this beautiful day wherever you are in the world.
for those of you who don't know about the international day of peace, have a look over at: www.peaceoneday.org
so what's this photo all about? well my friend has setup a lovely initiative for peace day, but having a photoblog for everyone around the world to upload an image of what they are doing at 11am on peace day.
check that site out at: www.11-am.com
this is my entry for 11-am:
I was walking along the street in the sunshine, smiling at the wonderful day when out of the corner of my eye i spotted it.. the key to peace.
Peace is an amazing thing, it unlocks so many doors, unlocks so many smiles, unlocks so many hearts.
So why do we fight it so?
Happy Peace Day Everbody!
Hugs, love sighmon.
sighmon.com
www.peaceoneday.org
21st september 2007
hello there, fancy seeing you here.
well it's been a while.
yes, i've been a bad vox friend.
sorry!
but things have just been a bit crazy lately.. crazy in a good way.
i've been taking on lots of projects and getting creative in not only my work time, but also my home time. maybe i've been taking on too much, but hey, is too much ever really enough i ask you?
indigenous art project_
a couple of months ago i was invited to take part in an indigenous art reconciliation project for the flinders medical centre 'arts in health' department. it involves me (a graphic designer) working with two indigenous artists and two white australian artists on one combined artwork 4 metres by 2 metres. after painting up the work, i also get to re-develop the artwork on computer with each of the artists to produce 4 separate artworks to accompany the main work. it's been really exciting working with the aboriginal artists, and seeing how wonderfully all of us work together to make the artwork really shine. the timing couldn't be better either, given the current government policy goings on right now. it's been really interesting hearing their opinions on the situation, in that they think the whole policy change has been brought in too quickly and done as a political stunt rather than trying to fix the situation, a situation that they've caused over the past decade or so.
ex-a-sketch drawing at the pub_
the drawing nights at the pub that i've been organising every tuesday night from 6.30pm have been getting more and more popular. we've been building cardboard creatures, painting box walls, and now we're making a magazine! so stay tuned in the coming week and a bit for your chance to get your hands on a copy. it'll be showcasing lots of talented sketcherers work. :)
youth planner 2009_
i realise 2009 is a long way away, but there needs to be a long lead time for this one, because it's being printed in 4 languages all around the world!
so what is it? it's a diary showcasing the artwork of youth all around the world, from Brazil to Israel, Iran to Kenya and everywhere in between.
do you have some drawings, illustrations, paintings, photos or other artwork you'd like the world to see? the theme is for a sustainable world, one where human rights, social justice and equality are things that we strive for. a place where we respect our environment, and help street kids and underprivileged get more equal status.
if you're interested, please send your artwork my way to my work address: simonl@newint.com.au and i'll give you more information. we'll credit you with your name, country & email or website. plus you'll get a free copy!
global education centre_
i'm also working on helping the global education centre, a teachers recourse centre, redevelop their website so that they can sell and or lend their books online. they're a lovely bunch, so go and visit their old site in the meantime and say hi.
chapel lane studios_
then once i've finished that site, i'm getting onto helping a friend develop his music recording studio. they've turned an old church into a recording studio, and it looks absolutely amazing and sounds great! but their website doesn't show off the beauty and quality of their service. so i'm giving them a hand with that.
aside from all that, my usual job is going along nicely, and i keep meeting wonderful people here in adelaide. so things couldn't be better!
so what have you all been up to?
hugs, si. xx
