http://helenbucknall.com/blog Opinions of a nobody. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:25:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you yearn to see some pretty scenery and you are in the UK,  get your arse down to Dartmoor. There are vast moorlands that are totally bristling with ancient stone rows. standing stones, stone circles and other paleolithic masonry. Some are right near the road like these ones near Merivale. ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=173 We saw Tim Minchen last night at the 100 Club in London. He was hilarious! The 100 Club is a shitty shitty venue. Bad sound, bad positioning of the stage so only about 10 peopple can hear and see properly. They started half an hour earlier than advertised, no coat ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=171 Our aim this year was to have the laziest Christmas EVER! Not sure we topped the time years ago when Brett, Tania and I played computer games all day and ate macaroni. I did cook a goose for lunch. And we bought a treadmill and I did my first work out ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=169 I have to rant this. It really shits me when professional adult artists have bio statements like: 'has been making art/drawing since s/he was a child'. Like that proves how gifted s/he is. My question is...who the frack hasn't?  Don't all kids do craft and finger painting and stuff? *huff huff* I just ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=168 This is something I've been working on for quite a few weeks! It's finally finished and up on YouTube. It's for all those people who've ever stopped to wonder who would win in a showdown between the unbearably perky and the fatally political. http://www.youtube.com/v/6ElYct0Nyd8 http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=167 Brett took me to Ireland for the weekend for my birthday. We flew into Cork and stayed at Blarney Castle Hotel. It's a very nice old pub next to the famous Blarney Stone Castle. The night before we arrived the Police Station next door to the pub we stayed in had ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=162 Hooray! Recession is here and I can now go into to full on cheap scape mode without actually feeling cheap. I love to scrimp. Its in my blood. Its fun! It uses all that intelligence, imagination and creativity that normally just gets wasted making money. I read this article about a ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=161 I've met so many people who count Prague as their favourite city that I was worried it would be a huge let down. But nooooo. Prague, like Paris, can soak up accolades like a spongy Diva. Prague is magical. It is very slightly spooky, with its cobbled alleys, Gothic spires and ... http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=153 We saw Doris Salcedo's crack. Its huge! It runs the length of the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall and has everyone enthralled. What struck me was how it fascinated the little kids. Even the babies wanted to walk astraddle it without any prompting. It's called Shibboleth. That's deep. I'll let the Guardian explain. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2187568,00.html http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=149 Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. - Sutta Nipata http://helenbucknall.com/blog/?p=148