Video and Photos by Yannick Soyez

Me and Yannick shot this video today and the shoot was about literally and metaphorically swimming between the flags and over the years I have been rescued twice while surfing and swimming and so I have great respect for the surf lifesavers or clubbies as we affectionately call them in Australia. For foreigners the red and yellow flags are a section of the beach with paid and volunteer life guards watching this section of the beach and its pretty much impossible to get in trouble if you swim there.
Also, metaphorically I need to swim between the flags and be careful what I do or say and stay local as much as possible.
I have also tried to grow my mind with a ten: drawings a day project and mum always told me stop drawing yourself and use colour. So about three weeks ago I have stopped drawing myself and using colour Mont Marte pencils, and cut up Woolworths bags mainly and thick and thin colour sharpie pens.
With the drawings I have been using lots of different quotes of past saint’s male and female and ruminating on their meaning for me.

Rough drawing I did yesterday for the beach shoot costume and clothes:
Swatch watch, blue Levis jeans, water linen Kmart t-shirt, white Kmart t-shirt, black converse shoes and gold c3P0 mask from Star Wars character.
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
Saint Augustine
I love this quote today and feel I need more practise in being patient such as waiting in ques at the bank and success with my diet.
“Love one another, bear with one another, and let charity guide you all your life. Find happiness in making others happy. Never see a need without doing something about it.”
Mary MacKillop
I love this quote by Mary MacKillop and as I always say one should choose one’s role models carefully as that is how one becomes and also, I need an equal number of female and male role models.
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
Dalai Lama
I love this quote by the Dalai Lama and I feel I need to grow my kindness and treat everyone the same with that kindness as the Dalai Lama often says and does.
“The gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase.”
St. Rose of Lima
In conclusion my life is good as I live by the beach and walk on it most days and these days also swim there too: always in the flags. I find that beach walking empties my mind and grounds me. I also love the local beaches for my video art and photo shoots with Yannick and these outlets of creativity bring me great joy. To unwind at night time I do movie marathons and at the moment a Star Wars movie marathon on Disney Plus. Also sort of as a after thought I chose the C3P0 mask as I am sort of a weird cyborg droid who is a bit awkward and metaphorically translates all sorts of languages.