29.5.12

Make Yourself Heard New Zealand!

This video is so gut-wrenching and straight to the point.... If you are a kiwi please make yourself heard... and even if your not, but think is just plain WRONG please let your disgust be known!




WE DO NOT WANT OUR SEABEDS TO BE MINED...!!!!! 
WE DO NOT WANT OUR ASSETS SOLD......!!!! 


Email the NZ Prime Minister (j.key@ministers.govt.nz) with your thoughts on this disgusting environmental disaster just waiting to happen... coz its freaking happening people!!!!


"A short two minute film, highlighting the concerns of local kiwis, that our government is selling off mining rights to foreign owned mining companies, who want to strip mine our seabed. Destroying our beautiful country for short term gain. This film and it's soundtrack was created for free by a community (RAGLAN, NZ) that cares more about this beautiful country than money. Thank you to, Josh Kronfeld, Antonio Maioha, Daniel Kereopa, Peggy Oki, Dave Rastovich, and members of the local Raglan community for giving your time and effort."


ALSO: Go and check out the Trash Footwear Facebook page to win a pair of TRASH shoes! Here are the details; 
"Watch this short KASM video clip and get the chance to win a pair of Trash!
All you have to do is Share this video to your page, watch it and email Trash the answers to these questions: 

'How many tonnes of sand do the mining companies want to take from NZ's seabed?' 
How many breeding maui's females are left?' 
. . . . Competition runs until the end of June."



P.S THIS IS THE LETTER I WROTE TO MR KEY.... 

I'm not incredibly articulate, but I feel that it is vital to get ANY message out there!! To all readers; feel free to copy and paste my letter, or use it as a guide to write your own! :-) Arohanui xoxo



Mr Key,

Im going to keep this nice and simple.

Your plan for New Zealand is so short sighted and selling off our assets is only going to 'solve' the problem for a very limited time... and then what are we left with?

Environmental devastation and depleted natural resources. Great. What kind of future does that provide us?

There are incredible people out there who have worked damn hard to ensure that our natural resources are looked after and are regenerating. For example, Raglans Whaingaroa Harbour Care have worked tirelessly to bring life back into the waters of Whaingaroa; planting over 1 million native trees along streams and harbour edges, to stop sediment runoff from land and improve water quality. This is just one group of people who are striving to ensure a future for the next generations.

What are you doing for YOUR people?

What you are planning is not aligned with these efforts and the efforts of so many other New Zealanders.

WE DO NOT WANT OUR SEABEDS TO BE MINED...!!!!!

WE DO NOT WANT OUR ASSETS SOLD......!!!!


Your sincerely,
Melissa McMahon


ALSO GO AND CHECK OUT KASM's FACEBOOK PAGE


22.3.12

ARTIST: Superkid/AKA Cake/Aka Stephanie Homa

Wow this chick is cooooool..... love this photo!
for some reason she kinda reminds me of my rad painter friend Abee... 
Its so exciting to peruse your blogfeed and discover a new gem of goodness and inspiration...Thanks to A Beautiful Party blog for introducing this talented artist....I will definitely be keeping an eye on her!

I love the sense of humour in Superkids work and her brilliant use of colour - I just imagine these works as these vast murals overwhelming the viewer... her use of stars is probably what hooked me in good and proper though! 

These ones really struck me :-)

2010 hairy indians
2011 fuse overdose
2011 garden party
2011 insignificance is a virtue
2011 united sweatshirts
2011 stag with mountain and girl



20.3.12

a dark forest...


“This is what I believe. That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed.”

D.H Lawrence

Laura Gee Illustration

Just Beautiful... this girls work is so sweet... (originally found on Lost At E Minor)





In my body you search for the hills, for its sun buried in the forest,
In your body I seek the boat lost in the middle of the night'
 Octavio Paz



hehehehe - love these - LOVE beardys!!









14.3.12

Organic vs. Conventional Produce...

Its so obvious, but how many of us eat this stuff purely coz we cant afford organic.... sux!! 

thanks for sharing Juliet xo

13.3.12

Clever Green Advertisements...



ALL FOUND ON WebEcoist

For Once, the Dark Side Saves the Planet
WWF ad for Earth Hour - asking the public to ‘join the forces of darkness’ and shut off the lights for one hour.

The Air That Cools Your Home Heats Up the World

The Greatest Wonder of the Sea

12.3.12

postgrad ponderings...

I read this paper 'Branding Biodiversity' (thanks Ben!) and had this one idea..... its just one idea.... not the best idea....but its based around branding 'with love'... its actually the first thing I've made for my course... (eek!).. its not exactly the direction I was planning on heading in but had to start somewhere.... shit just realised its supposed to say 'dash against THE darkness'.. oh well.....

New Tunes #11

Check out my 'Bliss for Your Ears' tracklist to the right of this post.... the new tracks from SBTRKT and Burial/Four Tet and both to die for... plus there is another great track by the delicious Made In Heights duo...



sappho...

Without warning
as a whirlwind
swoops on an oak
Love shakes my heart

10.3.12

just breathe...

this is what I will be listening to on loop today... 




this tibetan chant was playing when I went to visit my beautiful friend Grace recently.... I just sat on her step and looked out at her garden and was filled with such serenity and calmness.... thank you beautiful lady for once again bringing magic into my life xoxox


I finally found a 30 minute MP3 of it if anyone would like a copy of the recording...its truly beautiful....


This is what i found out about the Om Mani Padme Hum incantation...

Syllable
Six Pāramitās
Purifies
Samsaric realm
Colours
Symbol of the Deity
Generosity
Pride / Ego
White
Wisdom
Ma
Ethics
Jealousy / Lust for entertainment
Green
Compassion
Ni
Patience
Passion / desire
Yellow
Body, speech, mind
quality and activity
Pad
Diligence
Ignorance / prejudice
Blue
Equanimity
Me
Renunciation
Poverty / possessiveness
Red
Bliss
Hum
Wisdom
Aggression / hatred
Black
Quality of Compassion