Feeling listless

on the grounds of st davnet's monaghan

pure stubborn
watercolour on recycled card 19cm x 24cm

RCNI | RAWA

"The HSE has informed RCNI (Rape Crisis Network Ireland) and SAFE Ireland that all of our core funding will terminate, in its entirety, on June 30th 2011."

RCNI and SAFE are seeking to reverse this decision, requesting people contact the Minister for Health, Dr Reilly (drjamesreilly@gmail.com or james.reilly@oireachtas.ie ) and an Taoiseach, Enda Kenny (enda.kenny@oireachtas.ie).

Follow link for more info.

RCNI: http://www.rcni.ie/real-rape-crisis-help.aspx


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A total of 2,765 cases of violence against women and girls were reported in Afghanistan last year.

"The incidents included 144 self-immolation, 261 attempted suicide, 237 forced marriage, 538 beating and 45 murder cases. The self-immolation attempts left 75 dead and 20 others disabled. Twenty-two individuals recovered after treatment."

RAWA: http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/rawanews.php?id=2239#ixzz1MS5CexBp


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Sham boxes

I was helping mr john harrison make some boxes. here's a few i put together this morning from some old pallet wood.

this wonderful painting is by kaiser caimo

Also, new page on the website.



Music :: nina hynes on repeat.

treasure hunting

emily has plenty eyes and ears for learning and enough hands for doing, but little needs for taking.

watercolour on 19 x 24.5cm reclaimed card.

Shelter from the Storm

haven't much to show you. so i'm mostly going to talk about music. there is this though, graphite and house paint on random bit of wood (unfinished);



Check out the latest New noise podcast. A special listen out for the opening and closing tracks. Sweeeeet! That Fixer track may be a new fav.

Great gig in Whelans on Thursday; Catscars, Ilex and Angkorwat. had yet to see ilex or angkorwat live, so was especially looking forward to them. Can generally be the case with that sort of synthy, laptop music that the live performance just doesn't translate, but they were brilliant. Just quality tunes, and major dancing urges. I probably talk enough about ilex on this blog, but if you haven't heard her, i recommend Bells W/ Nobs On as a good place to start. (Then i recommend you pay the neat little euro each for the rest of her tracks up there and hope she makes an album soon).

And this, a lovely film about a lovely teacher. short simple little piece but beautifully shot and edited.

Shelter from the Storm from John X. Carey on Vimeo.

Shop updates

Two new drawings in the shop. Painted on recycled card. Check it.



and this in the works;




Also, the blog title image was in much need of changing. We like?


Oh, and in case you haven't seen this yet. Lykke Li, being her delightful self. Lovely vid;

Lykke Li - Sadness is a Blessing (Director Tarik Saleh) from Lykke Li on Vimeo.