I am an artist but I’ve also worked as an autism consultant since 1996. Because autism is a ‘fruit salad’ underpinned by a vast range of combinations of different, sometimes compounding conditions, that job involves researching a vast range of issues and conditions that impact on or compound the person’s autism. I have an encyclopedic mind, learn languages easily and like anything that involves lists or systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Coles and Woolworths are Australia’s largest poker machine merchants, reaping mega profits from the misery of Australians whilst posing as ‘family friendly’ supermarkets. Read the rest of this entry »

Most people will experience the loss of their mother at some point in their lives and most will cry at the loss of someone they at least at some time in their life, bonded with. Read the rest of this entry »

Why Not Go With The Flow?

I’m the black sheep of the family.
I am not a substance abuser, alcoholic or drug dealer.
I’m not a thief, fence, fraudster, gun dealer or bank robber. Read the rest of this entry »

Awesome

Reflection, shared giggles, and dimples.
Rose petals, snowed and fragrant fall on her head.
Tomatoes straight from the vine, exploding with flavor and juice.
Bees like mini helicopters buzz, buzz around lemon blossom. Read the rest of this entry »

We all assume from our own normalities, our own perspectives and experiences, cultures, histories, orientations, personalities and identifications. And strangely, no matter how many times life kicks our butt, proving assumptions are so very fallible, there we are again, assuming. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever been bored looking at perfectionist, somewhat predictable art which just fails to draw you in, fails to connect, fails to transport you anywhere? When I paint I want to create atmospheres I want to walk into, touch, even eat. I want dripping ice-cream colours, textures that make me feel I’ve touched them even though I’ve only seen them. And most of all Read the rest of this entry »

We so often take our lives so seriously, so personally. But how seriously or personally do we healthily want to take our lives? What might an Emo say? What might a sociopath say? Is the healthy stance somewhere between the two? Read the rest of this entry »

As an autism consultant with an encyclopedic mind for systems and lists of information I often found myself perceived as something of a walking textbook, a mine of information. Read the rest of this entry »