“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“I wear myself out trying to render my subjects so they are not stiff…” Berthe Morisot Melissa and I have been chasing Impressionist art across Australia. There is a lot of it about at the moment. For me this work which we saw in Geelong, was one of the most engaging. It even has a… Read more

“Anaesthesia was invented to make surgery possible, not easy…” Anonymous A friend and colleague recently posted on her socials, about the first general anaesthetic given in Australia. Of course I had to find out more. It turns out that the issue is complex, controversial, and best of all disputed. Like early convict settlements, it involved… Read more