On creativity, and living with an artist
As the kids and I sat eating dinner together this evening, on my return home from Melbourne and the Blue Diamond Stakes weekend, I picked up "The Sydney Magazine", which comes out with the Sydney Morning Herald. March 2013 is called "The Arts Issue" and there's an interesting little piece about couples who are both creative. It's preface is "The artistic life is not an easy one. So it helps to have someone who understand the 'process' - and the joys and frustrations that come with it". Clearly interested, I picked it up and began reading it. There was some interesting insights: From Jane Campion and Gerard Lee. They are no longer together, but remain fast friends and continue to work together: "They dated briefly before her long work days took a toll on the relationship. 'I started thinkig that there's someone else in her life' says Lee 'and even if it was just the editing desk, I got grumpy about it' ...