Author: Amanda Viviers

Place: My Office

Poison: Water

Favourite Things: life…

The last few days with Kym in town has been very crazy. In response to my craziness, there has not been much journalling happening in the normally prolific writing life of Amanda Powell.

It made me think though, who am I actually writing for…

There are parts of my journalling that are purely processing. Venting my spleen, getting it out there, theraputically letting it flow, so my nearest and dearest dont get an ear full.

Then there are those poetic moments, when pen hits the paper and I romantically fantasise over the generations to come and who out of my family will get their hands on my writings, musings and general dribble.

Then there are divine moments, when I have a life changing thought or moment, normally about me, love, friendships, life and God. They are few and far between, but are noteworthy.

But mostly my journalling is a bundle of words put together, to help me maintain focus on what is essential about life and what is not. Whomever said it was imperative that there was a time of day, a season of ‘rightness’, a form of paper, a particularity of pen, I believe are so bound by rules that they lose the essence of what great writing is about.

Journalling is all about connecting your heart, mind and emotions, through the power of communication.

Journalling for me is theraputic, but not a religion.

Freedom comes, when you forget who you are writing for…

A

 

Place: My Office

Poison: Cinnamon Altoids

Favourite Things: Child in charge doco…

The last few days have been quite amazing and manic all in one. We had a surprise Party for Kym on friday night. Which ended up not really being a surprise because she read the email telling people about it (Mental note, sending emails with the party information on it, with a title TOP SECRET, is not the best for someone who is very curious)

Then yesterday at IMAX  in northbridge we held the documentary launch for Kym and Bryces doco called ‘Child in Charge’. It was breathtaking.

We held a art exhibition raising funds for Rwanda, the art was amazing and of course there was the first screening of the documentary.

I cried, laughed but was mostly so proud of my friends who went out on a very thin line to create this movie. They had had little sleep in the last month and have just run so hard to do this amazing feat.

I love creativity that lives on the edge. Its not safe and measured and full of caution. There is nothing worse than seeing someone live their life careful. I would prefer to live a creative life on the edge and then stuff up a few times, than live my life careful.

So for all those parents out there who constantly drill into their kids ‘Be careful, Be careful’ Do you actually know what you are drilling into them?

Live scared! Live measured! Live CARE-FULL, which translates to full of cares. Creativity and living the life you were created to, is not specific and matter of fact. Its organic, risky and powerfull.

Live on the edge…

Do it afraid.

A

Place: My Office

Poison: Coke Zero

Favourite Things: My beautiful friends.

Just been on the phone to Ruthie, who has just arrived in Sydney and so I thought I had the strength to watch this tribute video to Coli.

Looks like I dont…But you can share it with me. Man she is an amazing chick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49oGx46NoqE 

Miss you already Cole

A

Place: My Office

Poison: Water

Favourite Things: candles

 

I am doing research for our Easter Productions and Celebrations and am looking for movies with any scenes about Chocolate.

ANY THOUGHTS?

YUMMMM

A

Place: My Office

Poison: Water

Least Favourite Thing!: 42 degree heat with sunburn!

Its a scorcher here in Perth today and yesterday we went out on a yacht on the swan river and I got sunburnt accross one patch in the middle of my back, where I couldn’t quite reach to get cream there. Ouch…42 degree’s outside, 57 degrees on my back!

Anyways, I am having a whinge about SPAM.

I want to know which individual, what crazy person, actually thinks that spam will actually do something good for their company. WHO ARE YOU?

Email is such a privelege and in the land of event management, a massive time saviour! However the junk that flips through my inbox is enough to make a saint turn less saintly! Enough to make a kiwi fruit turn purple and Country music turn cool!

What is happening to our world, when crazy emails bomb your inbox with madness and obsessive craziness…But worst of all, they mean nothing.

Whomever you are out there…GET A LIFE!!

Moved!

A