Enacting my values
Trying to pinpoint, how our values manifest in every action or inaction we take – is like chasing pieces of eggshell …
Author Archives: Naomi Lee McCarthy
An unrestrained response
Abdul Abdullah, untitled self portrait, oil and aerosol on linen (2020) 183 x 163 cm. An unrestrained response This work …
A personal reflection on acknowledgment of country
Recently, as a speaker in an overcrowded symposium panel, where our time had already been cut from ten minutes to …
Leaning into the slipstream – talking about art with strangers
At the edge of the abyss we step without reserve towards the other. This is deconstruction at its finest and, …
Burnham, Chardin and Bellini
This is how my mind work …. Part way through reading ‘More on Metaphor’ I recalled a presentation I went …
An intimate reflection on Bow Echo
When I first encountered ‘Bow Echo’, by Aziz Hazara, it was on exhibition at the 22nd Biennale of Sydney in …
Once more unto the Breach
Supervisory instability: an exercise in resilience, flexibility and gratitude My thesis was originally titled, On the Road to Damascus: theorising …
Be careful what voices you listen to…
When introduced at a conference last year, I was shocked to hear the person introducing me, laugh and say that …
An excerpt of Esther’s Camino Memoir
Stage 21 Leon to Mazarife 13.8 miles. The sun came out in the course of the morning and it was …
My current guiding light: Distant Rain
My current guiding light is Shaun Tan’s, illustrated story, ‘Distant Rain’. It seems to make sense of my eclectic research …
How to start a love affair with art 