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ntic with hygiene and limits any face to face contact with other workers as much as possible i wish he could just be at home with me but i don t imagine the building industry will be closing down anytime soon at the moment with all of this i honestly feel like my cancer is the least of my worries fortunately the uni courses i teach have transitioned to online learning using zoom classrooms etc i am so lucky to be able to work from home and so happy to still be able to continue teaching my amazing students my studio is also in my home and remains my happy place i m pretty much isolating i only go out for treatment and thankfully can now completely avoid public transport i m even social distancing from my kids no hugging or kissing no sitting too close i hate it we re a demonstrably affectionate family it s so hard we are taking evening walks in the fresh air for the sake of sanity our small town has not been spared the ridiculous and selfish hoarders the same as everywhere else i ve heard that people are driving up from the city to strip rural supermarkets bare of essentials and even our local butcher is overrun with non locals demanding bulk kilos of meat wonderfully our local butcher is a kick ass babe who isn t afraid to show these folks the door we are sensibly stocked and what we can t get we do without fresh food is widely available at this point and we have all necessary medications plus a little extra panadol so that s where i am currently i m most definitely scared but not too much i hope i m also incredibly grateful for so many things modern medicine skype and other technologies that keep us visibly in touch with each other for art and books and excellent streaming services and for the kindness and consideration of the majority of the population i m also so grateful for social media i basically disengaged with fb years ago around the time of the 2016 us election such a dark day and switched over to instagram but i ve recently been checking back in and it s providing me with comfort mostly and some great laughs i just want to know that people are doing ok i don t want to end this post without also mentioning a few wonderful things that i experienced earlier this year the first was seeing the incredible amanda palmer s there will be no intermission show in adelaide in mid february she is hands down my favourite live performer and her heart and soul were laid bare during this performance after the show she stayed back to talk with patrons i am proudly one and to take a group photo my husband was standing on the sidelines waiting for me when amanda recruited him to come up on the stage and take the photo on her blog the next day she said he nailed it he really did you can see me towards the back bright pink hair a couple of days later she announced a small ninja gig for patrons and friends which of course we attended along with my eldest daughter and her partner after the show i chatted with amanda and we shared a long and deeply felt hug it was good for my soul i love her the next day as a last minute spur of the moment decision i accompanied my youngest daughter and my two nephews on a tree climb adventure i was very nervous and unsure about this i d only just got my sternum pain under control and honestly even though i walk a lot i m just not very fit i was not confident that i could get through all the increasingly difficult courses but i did the final course in particular was very challenging i was genuinely scared at some points but i did it we all did we were such a good team i was bruised and sore for a week afterwards but so proud and surprised that i could push myself like that i also surprised my sister which is not easy to do i actually can t wait to do it again with guy next time high up in the trees with archie leading the way waiting our turn to zoom down the first of several flying foxes my face says it all here in early march i had my birthday and on the same day received a teaching award from unisa i was pretty chuffed i had birthday dinner out with my wonderful family my daughter meg baked me a gorgeously delicious rainbow birthday cake and bought me a much longed for birthday present perfect for curling up to read while gently swaying my other kids banded together to buy tickets to a fabulous fringe show called by a thread for me and my husband it was breathtaking the following week we all went off to see the fire gardens a french festival event held at night in the adelaide botanic gardens it was overwhelmingly beautiful my dinky iphone photos do not even begin to do the spectacle justice a huge rotating fireball on the lake a steel structure with flaming terracotta pots the entire garden was filled with wonderful structures flaming arches this incredible artist was playing eerily moody cello music in this gorgeous steel and lantern filled structure i could have sat there happily all night the recently restored victorian glasshouse was filled with floating illuminated vests magical and lastly a couple of weeks ago my sister adopted another gorgeous greyhound named maude she is the prettiest sweetest girl makes me miss jasper and long for a pup so badly perhaps when all of this is over a good girl all in all things are shit in the big picture but the small picture still has a great deal of joy i love my home and my studio so being confined is no problem for me i can still communicate with my friends and loved ones as often as i want by multiple means i can continue to work i am never ever bored i know this will end eventually there are always people doing it tougher always ways that you can help people out even if it s just by staying home washing your hands don t forget to moisturise shopping sensibly and non selfishly being creative and genuinely considering other people i m planning to blog more it helps me to get this stuff out and i m not really great at short fb or instagram statuses never been good at small talk either i have a lot of projects in the works and this is the perfect opportunity to share please stay safe everyone love to you all and see you again soon posted by lorell lehman at 5 13 pm 4 comments thursday january 4 2018 a few good things from 2017 i feel like the general consensus for 2017 is that it was a crap year it certainly was for me emotionally stressfully depressingly capital c crap from the global circus of politics to health financial and creative difficulties on a personal level 2017 was an uphill battle to keep from being overwhelmed with feelings of anger sadness and hopelessness however when taking down my calendar the other day ready for a fresh new year i flicked through and was surprised by just how much loveliness was also in my life last year it s so easy to forget the small things when you just view the year through a large lens so to usher in what will surely be a better year here are some of the personal highlights that kept me going through the year that was january my first picture book no room for a wombat was published it was a dream come true to see it on book store shelves january was also the month i saw p j harvey in concert extraordinary february went to see amanda palmer at her majesty s theatre in adelaide hands down best most emotion inducing performance i ve ever been to march saw sam simmons show at fringe festival ridiculous and absolutely hilarious april finally got to see wolfmother perform at the gov it was everything i could have hoped for and more in this month we also acquired a clapped out 1970 s viscount caravan and we are currently restoring re modelling it july had an indescribably wonderful five days in ballarat as part of the fibre arts australia winter school teaching a doll making sculpture workshop this event is worthy of its own blog post wish i d done that but suffice to say it was one of the best most enjoyable experiences of my life i met amazing artists and made some beautiful new friends all of whom i ll see again this year when i return i can t wait after the winter school guy and myself went on to spend a few days in melbourne where we saw the awesome aardman exhibition at acmi we then travelled on to bright where i saw snow for the first time it wasn t super great snow but it was still snow and was magical august bookweek i did manage to blog about this it was exhausting but worth every minute i just love working with kids and they were so responsive and enthusiastic incredibly rewarding experience october i organised a weekend in the city as a surprise for guy and part of it was seeing scary beauty a performance featuring skeleton one of the world s most sophisticated androids singing with the australian art orchestra definitely one of the most unusual remarkable performances i ve seen completely unique of course the end of the year is taken up with halloween and christmas both enormous sources of joy for me i should also mention that i am so lucky and so grateful to have my beautiful family and friends who provide endless joy and fun and support all through the year good times and bad whether for coffee dates drinks at favourite bars barbecues movie nights friday nights in the kitchen they really are what matters most and i would be lost without them to finish up here s a couple of lists i love making lists favourite things i read in 2017 smoke gets in your eyes caitlin doughty lincoln in the bardo george saunders trigger warning neil gaiman depends what you mean by extremist john safran how to be a woman caitlin moran beautiful darkness fabien vehlmann kerascoet graphic novel rosalie lightning tom hart graphic novel fun home are you my mother alison bechdel graphic novel black hole charles burns graphic novel patience daniel clowes graphic novel favourite things i listened to in 2017 heaven upside down marilyn manson in the aeroplane over the sea neutral milk hotel joanne lady gaga s town podcast from serial and this american life favourite things i watched in 2017 twin peaks the return mindhunter the handmaid s tale black mirror schitt s creek it 2017 the babadook that s it when you write it all down it s not too bad here s to 2018 and the return of optimism inspiration and happiness posted by lorell lehman at 8 53 pm no comments thursday september 21 2017 book week with wombats and monsters welcome to another of my all too infrequent blog posts children s book week was a few weeks ago and this year i was thrilled to be invited to speak at three eastern fleurieu r 6 campuses i talked to 27 classes from reception to year six across 3 days everything was beautifully organised by r 6 library co ordinator brilliant children s author and all round unstoppable force jane jolly and things could not have run more smoothly the response to no room for a wombat text by lynn ward pictures by me published by scholastic was absolutely wonderful i took the kids through my process for creating the characters and illustrating the pages from scribbly roughs to finished artwork and talked to them about drawing from life the zoo being a great place to start and the importance of always carrying a small sketchbook around to jot ideas into they loved seeing some of my own sketchbooks and were full of questions about the fuss free wombat and his over zealous buddies as great as that response was i truly was not prepared for the overwhelming enthusiasm for the second half of my presentation monsters now i know that kids love monsters i certainly did when i was young and if anything i think i love them even more now so it was especially gratifying and actually quite emotional to see them respond so positively to my monster illustrations for this part of the talk i focused on giving their imagination free reign of course but i also talked about composition in their drawings experimenting with different media sometimes using a few different media in one drawing and telling a story with their artwork they were all bursting with ideas and after the first day of talks i returned the next morning to stacks of drawings the kids had made in their classrooms of all kinds of amazing creatures more drawings came in each day some of them with little stories even some rhyming ones attached it made me so happy to see them so engaged and so proud of their work and proud to show it to me i think one of my most special moments among many was being approached the following week in a local cafe by a mum who told me that her daughter was drawing every day since the school visit and that she had to keep going in to her daughter s bedroom to turn off her light at night because she was still drawing in bed definitely teared up for that one so i want to say a huge thank you to efs r 6 for inviting me to jane for being jane and especially to all the beautiful enthusiastic intelligent and talented students i had the absolute pleasure of meeting during book week i loved seeing all of your amazing illustrations and answering your excellent questions and i hope you keep drawing and creating whatever you can imagine check out the pics below for a small by no means exhaustive sample of the kids fabulous work slide presentation and table of original illustration work yours truly with an illustration from no room for a wombat magnificent year 6 class display amazing monsters drawn with graphite and a touch of colour by year 4 class i spread a selection of drawings that students gifted to me on my studio floor wow these are all junior primary posted by lorell lehman at 1 56 am no comments wednesday february 22 2017 no room for a wombat is in bookstores my first children s picture book no room for a wombat was published by scholastic books last month it was exciting and slightly surreal to see it in bookshops and online stores to my delight my favourite adelaide bookshop imprints booksellers featured it in their window display which was a kind and supportive act that meant a great deal to me this book was a labour of love a very steep learning curve that was often frustrating yet remained thoroughly enjoyable right to the end i feel so grateful to have had the support and encouragement of my family who are beyond awesome and special friends patricia dyan linda and greg who were always ready with excellent advice and excellent coffee i already have a number of projects on the go for this year i m currently working on my second picture book for scholastic books as well as teaching within the visual communication program at unisa there are some sculptural projects underway and i m very excited to be teaching a 5 day sculpting doll making workshop at the fibre arts australia winter school in ballarat in july so that s my long overdue update i intend to make every effort to update this blog on a more regular basis yes i know i ve said it before but maybe this time it will stick till next time no room for a wombat 2017 spread from the book my book in the window of imprints and my beautiful niece enjoying her copy posted by lorell lehman at 3 42 am no comments sunday j...