tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post6839862187704311188..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: On turning into a crrriticAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-19471157302022366272009-09-02T00:35:29.380+10:002009-09-02T00:35:29.380+10:00“I never really meant to be a Critic” – sounds a b...“I never really meant to be a Critic” – sounds a bit like me.<br />“I began with an irresistible loquacity, a desire to talk about the art stuff I see” – ditto.<br />“married to the desire for interested interlocutors” – ditto.<br /><br />Damn it – now I know how my life is going to pan out. Thanks for spoiling it!<br /><br />As for the seasons – winter over summer always. It’s much easier to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-68471705925920153202009-09-01T17:30:42.773+10:002009-09-01T17:30:42.773+10:00Daumier is brilliant. I haven't got to the NG ...Daumier is brilliant. I haven't got to the NG yet, despite a whole lot of good intentions. My daughter liked it a lot, though.<br /><br />I like the changing seasons too, and generally do ok in cold weather. But I'm well over it... and isn't the flu season supposed to be past tense? Everyone I know is hawking and spitting and has the complexion of the undead. Me included.<br /><br />Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-10016508010897623082009-09-01T16:47:12.071+10:002009-09-01T16:47:12.071+10:00I'm with Tim - I love winter - but I can most ...I'm with Tim - I love winter - but I can most definitely relate to the angst about journalism, which seems to have eaten my creative endeavours almost entirely...richardwattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950174268698168041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-47494845411853408402009-09-01T14:31:42.910+10:002009-09-01T14:31:42.910+10:00Oh - Daumier! I trust you saw the exhibition of sa...Oh - Daumier! I trust you saw the exhibition of satirical woodcuts from the 18th and 19th centuries at the NGV? What did you think? In my uncritical opinion it was fabulous.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-60452273739369129522009-09-01T14:27:22.327+10:002009-09-01T14:27:22.327+10:00Oh, by 'wheel of fortune' I was of course ...Oh, by 'wheel of fortune' I was of course referring to the ridiculous ferris wheel, the 'Melbourne eye', that is currently being deconstructed in an attempt to make it work.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-25122525137765597032009-09-01T14:26:35.955+10:002009-09-01T14:26:35.955+10:00I love winter, and only wish August could have bee...I <a href="http://willtypeforfood.blogspot.com/2009/08/citizen-weather-report.html" rel="nofollow">love</a> winter, and only wish August could have been extended for another month or so. Right where I'm sitting at the moment, at work, watching the vista of West Melbourne and the wheel of fortune, I get to see the seasons roll over the city as clouds are blown around the sky and billow above TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com