Small world

 

This was M17 ArtSpace for an exhibition by a photographer friend, Brian Jones.  The title was Life in the Old Dog, Yet and the theme was seniors in facial portraits and in activity to display their vibrant and often athletic lives.  I was amused to see relatively unusual athletic pursuits, eg, discus and butterfly, but especially to find a string of faces I recognised, not just Brian and Jill. Not that I knew all the names.  But muso Nitya I do know and he was there and we chatted and also with Jenny, a regular at the U3A Jazz Appreciation Society who also paints surrealism and otherwise mused over the other portrait faces.  We viewed an amusing video called Everlasting happiness by Deborah White and I chatted the work of lawyers with a guy viewing the Daylight Moon exhibition in another room and we explored a quilt-like exhibition of coloured paper squares by Helen Heslop concerning abusive relationships.  Add a few wines and general jollity (ignoring the abuse for a while) and this was a lovely outing, both social and purposeful.  But let's face it, Canberra is awash with purposeful events and there's only so much time but I enjoyed this one immensely.

Brian Jones (photographer) and others presented exhibitions at M17 ArtSpace.