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Welcome to the New Year…well at least according to the Gregorian Calendar. It’s worth noting that in Western Astrology the New Year doesn’t start until March with Aries Season. That said, use the energy of this January to feel into your intentions, but be careful with putting place plans at least while Mercury is retrograde. You might want to think about laying your intentions in late January once there is a little bit more clarity on offer.

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Awesome to catch the Danield Boyd ( @d_a_n_b_o_y_d

Awesome to catch the Danield Boyd ( @d_a_n_b_o_y_d ) exhibition Treasure Island before it shut and experience all these amazing works under one roof at @artgalleryofnsw . Thanks @atelieragnsw, what a treat !

I’m a proud Australian who loves this sunburnt c

I’m a proud Australian who loves this sunburnt country. I also adore Aboriginal people and their ancient and beautiful culture and wish for them to be able to enjoy Australia Day without the long shadow of genocide they associate with today’s date.

Can we #changethedate so we can all be united as one in this wonderful country? #iamyouareweareaustralian 🖤❤️🧡

Hola! Here’s this week’s wrap up: - I knew I

Hola! Here’s this week’s wrap up:

- I knew I was keeping extra summer clothes for a reason all these years and it wasn’t so my cupboards would be impossible to close; it was for a time when my folks moved seaside. That time is now so I’ve begun unpacking a permanent and extensive occupatory wardrobe in a claimed room. Ha! Oldies thought they were getting a sexy retirement, instead they have their adult daughter visiting every weekend 😂

- this creek meets the beach secret spot in the national park of South West Rocks became my daily living room. I have to live a certain way!

- I’m not sure if I’d be ok living in the country though. I already felt fine not brushing my hair and showering only in the sea. Dreadlocks? Who cares!

- this is what fire tree blossoms look like up close

- went to visit an oyster farm and learnt so much stuff: did you know it takes 2-3 years to grow an oyster to it’s full size? Also, NSW rock oysters can live outside the fridge unshucked for 2-3 WEEKS whereas the Pacific ones only keep a few days. Shut the front door! Here David shows us the proper technique for shucking oysters.

- went to the opening of a new @carriageworks event displaying some colourful magic and glittered LGBTQ genius. From incredible costumes and out of this world make up of @willhuxley to Oz icon meets Harajuku madness of @paul.yore , this was an out of this world fun show.

- new snack obsession alert: dried white mulberries with pepper studded pecorino. Can’t stop won’t stop 🤤

- now Mercury is out of retrograde, I’m working hard on organising the house and myself for 2023, meditating deeply on what will be my intentions for this New Year. I’ve learnt to be gentle with myself and very slow but deliberate when taking continuous steps to upgrade some of my blind spots. If I chew off too much or go too fast my inner rebel freaks out and tries to sabotage progress. This is why I feel it’s most important to get down to the intentions first, they add meaning onto which it’s easier grafting new choices and justifying actions . Have you made resolutions this year?

Hiiiii! Sorry for the radio silence I’ve been on

Hiiiii! Sorry for the radio silence I’ve been on a holiyay at my parents’ new place up north in South West Rocks and bloody loving it here.

Situated between national parks, rivers, creeks and many beaches, this place is like Byron Bay before the crowds and traffic jams. Maybe I’m just in a honeymoon stage but every day I find another cove, there is plenty of places to unleash my Euro nudist, fresh prawns and oysters are on tap and I can get a rockstar car spot anywhere.

Already dreaming of becoming a misunderstood recluse artist, leaving the big smoke, opening a ramshackle studio in one of the boatsheds on the waterfront, where I’ll drink strong chai with jaggery and offer terrible portrait paintings to tourists 😂

As a fresh arrival, I need more info tho! Anyone know anything about this place? Any secret history, tips, people I should meet? Or good organic fruit, veggies, dairy, meat or artesian farms? Awesome spots to hang? Anything within 80kms applicable! I’m ready for adventuring!

Ta x

HAPPY 2023 MY PEOPLE MAY IT BE THE BEST ONE YET! 💫✨🌟

JANUARY HOROSCOPES BY THE AMAZING @iampippakate ARE NOW UP, link in bio ✨

Photos by Coco x

Hello frens, hope the Xmas to New Year period is t

Hello frens, hope the Xmas to New Year period is treating you well - personally I have no idea what day it is, so my coping mechanism is to constantly top up with cheese and leftover ham.

Had a 3 day flu ( I know right, can you believe that still exists? ) - it was kinda nice ‘cause I really convalesced in the style of 1800s Europeans visiting fancy Swiss retreats. Every day, I’d sunbathe on the balcony for my vit D, eat a dozen oysters for my zinc, make fresh lemonade with honey and yummy chicken soup with ginger and garlic and sleep whenever I got tired. Man, do I feel better now than ever! I really feel like proper convalescing is a lost art that needs to be brought back

- Been loving the Australian summer vibes - lots of dancing going on! Did you know there are such things as private fisherman’s clubs and anyone can join and use the venues?

- If you are a cooked prawn enthusiast may I suggest my sauce on the side? I make it with a proper free range egg aioli ( try Good Fat ), organic sriracha sauce, a touch of organic tomato sauce and a little lemon. Increase sriracha to desired spice

- right before I got sick, I visited the MCA to see the winner of the new @theaustralianfashionfoundation @_aaausa scholarship. Brilliant work on the convertible trench! Congrats @hauteqatur !

- this sunset is with no filter. I know right?

- Back to Pilates after a long time out of class and honestly the first few sessions I couldn’t walk afterwards and magnesium oil saved me. If you’re getting back into it and experiencing heaps of lactic build up like me this stuff is amazing!

- my house organisation is now in it’s final stages and my attention is turning to book culling and organisation. Should I be doing alphabetic order or grouping by vibe and context? Also should this be a whole personality question? 😂

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Merry Xmas and happy holidays to all my peeps! 🎄🍄🎅❤️‍🔥

#throwback to this fun 2010 Grazia shoot ‘cause I just found the mag digging through my photo boxes

Photography: @harolddavidstudio
Styling: @petersimonphillips
Hair: @______renyaxydis______
Make up: @victoriabaron

Why, hello there! Have you ever wondered : do we l

Feel so grateful to be surrounded by many gorgeous

Feel so grateful to be surrounded by many gorgeous, talented and intelligent women producing beautiful work.

Today I want to especially thank my friend @lipasalic for this cute little artwork and congratulations for being accepted into @studiogallerygroup !

Secondly : DECEMBER HOROSCOPES ARE UP PEOPLE, with thanks to the amazing @iampippakate ✨⭐️ link in bio!

#horoscope #december #newartistalert #mercuryretrograde

Got dressed up to see @sydneydanceco new dance spe

Got dressed up to see @sydneydanceco new dance special last night. Loved the format of seeing many choreographers’ work in short pieces, especially ethereal movement with ingenious fabric draping and the pack of wild pink vampires 👉 swipe for video.

Thanks @arts__matter for having me!

#newbreed2022 #artsmatters #dance #SCDnewbreed

20 years old and no shrinking violet, I got a job

This week : - got to wear some sequins for a Hubl

This week :

- got to wear some sequins for a Hublot event

- Back on the coffees but trying to take care of my adrenals. I love rich coffee but not the jitters, so I’m doing two tablespoons of normal coffee and two tablespoons of water extracted decaf in a French press, then putting it in a blender with a little ghee - it’s like a butter coffee but smooth and deliciously creamy. The oils help to slow down the caffeine hitting the bloodstream.

-summer curls are back and this time it’s personal !

- beach has been popping and I’m here for it

- collecting antique and depression glass trays and ashtrays and vintage lover geeking over how pretty they are grouped together

- reporting disturbing levels of kitsch happening in this corner of my house stylistically depicting the undersea world and Opera House on Dynasty steroids.

‘Twas an epic day Sydney but now I need aloe 😅

#firstsummerblush #ouch

That feeling when a house starts feeling like a ho

That feeling when a house starts feeling like a home. 🫶🏡

Also, check out these Sydney Spring blooms. Jacaranda for lyf!

Getting into weekend riviera mode with new @capisp

Getting into weekend riviera mode with new @capisparkling #SunsetTonic blended with @malfygin , enjoyed atop a #DIY tie dye @lucy_folk towel

#ciaomalfy #immaginamalfy #drinkresponsibly -AD-

Struggling, and faint, and fainter didst thou wane

Struggling, and faint, and fainter didst thou wane,
O Moon! and round thee all thy starry train
Came forth to help thee, with half-open eyes,
And trembled every one with still surprise,
That the black Spectre should have dared assail
Their beauteous queen and seize her sacred veil.

On an Eclipse of the Moon by Walter Savage Landor

#mooneclipse #redmoon #turningpoint #shadowworkhealing #taurus #scorpio

It’s been household waste collection day around

It’s been household waste collection day around where I live and it has really sparked my thrifting bug again seeing so much interesting discarded stuff on the street.

So far, I have hauled home 2x 1950s suitcases, a vintage crocodile skin briefcase, 9 riedel wine glasses in mint condition, 2 x cool stools I will paint white and 2 beautiful crystal wine glasses.

People have been throwing out the craziest stuff, which has been awesome for me because so much of my glass stuff went missing in storage when away in Europe.

Still, it wasn’t enough : not only was I not satiated by these finds alone but now I had to check out every local op shop finding more stuff to fuel my crystal and glass addiction and then coming across cute 70s sandals in the process and crystal salad serving sets and and and…help! My Venus in Taurus is outta control! 😂

At least this new apartment I moved into has actual neo Georgian display cabinets built in to showcase them all.

I wanna give a shout-out to truffle prosciutto with pepper sheep’s pecorino on gluten free sourdough with olive oil for being my midnight addiction lately.

Also I’ve loved the sculptures by the sea even more on a sunny, quiet day.

I stopped going to the races when I found out about horse abuse. I was cool with it when I thought the horses were voluntarily racing. But they’re actually being whipped and abused. So yeah. That’s why I don’t go anymore. It sucks because it’s such a fancy dress up time with great food and all the brands really make it special. I wish they would change the practices! #nuptothecup

And last but certainly not the least: November horoscopes by the excellent @iampippakate are now up on myempiricallife.com JUST IN TIME FOR ECLIPSE SEASON! ( link in bio )

As a teen raver and hip hop enthusiast in New Zeal

As a teen raver and hip hop enthusiast in New Zealand, I never imagined just over the Tasman sea my future baby daddy was touring and hanging out with all the bands I then found too emo to listen to😂

The other night our daughter Coco and I got to experience his life before us in full technicolor at the opening of his @powerhousemuseum retrospective exhibition titled #Unpopular

Featuring never before seen art, photos and videos from Summersault and other 90s tours, the show is a time capsule into a transformative cultural period which dramatically changed the meaning of cool.

The collection includes 200 objects from Pav’s archive, footage of live performances, unheard music demos and live audio recordings, photographs by Sophie Howarth and others, original graphic art, posters and fanzines plus Kurt Cobain’s Martin guitar and new commissions by artist and film maker Julian Klincewicz and artist Lillian O’Neil.

Congrats Stephen Pavlovic we are so proud of you!

Follow @this_is_unpopular for more

#nirvana #kurtcobain #sonicyouth #pavementband #beastieboys #mudhoney #bikinikill #fugazi #thelemonheads

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activi

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Can you tell it’s been a while since I’ve been

Can you tell it’s been a while since I’ve been to a dress up party, especially one with an eclectic dress code such as evening + sports wear?

Hermes always do the best parties - I had a blast! Thanks for having me @hermes @evh.agency #hermesfit

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