The Pragmatic Town

I don't know what time Blogger is on but the time here is 1 pm Thursday October 30.

Last night I did the tutoring of art thing I do at a local community college. It is my favourite thing to do besides surfing. Coaching four mature women to do more and become more confident in their art making. Sometimes the class has had 13 members, but four is good, it presents the opportunity to apply a more customised service.

I'd like to be doing much more tutoring in art. However Warrnambool has an oversupply of Fine Art graduates and a general lack of interest in doing art as a populace. The mindset is largely rural and pragmatic, and the coast is inspirational to the artist.

The above picture was taken at Armstrong bay at one of the Merri River openings. What I like about it is the timeless beauty. No houses or people clothed in a manner that says 2008. There are many cliffs, coves, beaches, without even a footprint in the sand not far from Warrnambool. No signs, telephone wires, antennas, and certainly no houses perched and peering into what might have been a moment of timeless consciousness.

No car noise, just the birds and the rythmic rumble of waves.