me myself and I

Not much time for procrastinating on the internet what with a Masters project due and with bubs to balance too. But here is a quick post with a couple of my latest images

Jai Felix Keet

The waiting is over
I have met
Our little Alien
Our little one
The Bump
The Parasite
Our little angel

baby journal 39+5 weeks pregnant

i get the
feeling
that
you are
that
i am
that
we are
going to meet
very soon

baby journal

As part of my attempted commitment to stay in touch with my art over the last period of my pregnancy and the early stages of the baby, I decided to do something that I find very difficult at the best of times: stick to a routine. Well, to be precise I decided to write and take a photo every day in relation to the changes happening in my mind and body around the baby. I have a journal and from 35 weeks pregnant and for the first weeks of the babies life this is my aim. It doesn't take long to do, some times it's just a line of quick thought and a quick snap.

Here is the image and the line from 37 weeks and two days pregnant

I fluctuate between feeling ready
and
feeling overwhelmed
the idea of the birth
and breast feeding
and
nappies
and sleeplessness
is all so much

Grandma and I

Thanks to some scans of some old negatives by Andy here is an image of my Grandma when she was about 19, and myself with her, at 28.

excuses

Why I have not posted for a long time
excuse 1 - moved house
excuse 2 - been in Melbourne
excuse 3 - been writing an essay from the lectures I attended in Melbourne
excuse 4 - moved house again
excuse 5 - pregnant and nesting (only 3 weeks till due date now)
excuse 6 - new owners of two bengal kittens known now as the little devils
excuse 7 - internet only just up in new house
excuse 8 - i am good at doing things that I am not meant to be doing

Above however is the latest husband and wife image. An image I started working on some time ago and have just redone. I would love to know what you think, if you still pop in here that is as I haven't been too regular at posting have I!

Alien

I'm off to Melbourne this weekend for two weeks of lectures for my MFA. We are also and at the same time, moving house, again. I've attached some completely unrelated words and an image. The image I took, and will likely never be used for anything, but I do like it anyway. The words, are by my all time favorite band - Lamb- , both for their music and their lyrics. These words are, I am assuming, about being pregnant. They are perfect.

"alien"

this was a body
now it's a home
for you my little alien
i feel you moving
it's oh so strange
do you like the music?

and i'm a happy home
what's it like in there?
yeah i'm a happy home
i hope it's cosy in there

if home's where the heart is
that's where you are
my heart is right there
so long i've waited
to be quite so occupied
mysterious being by you