Me Time Sale at The Inspiration Factory
Quick note to let you know The Inspiraton Factory in Subiaco is having a half price sale today, Sunday 24th June. So if you’re after a cheap copy of Me…
Browsing: Ponder
Meditation Directions
Yes I’m still fashioning my meditation dream. Recently my at home DIY attempts have proved a tad challenging, as life once more takes a frantic run towards June 30. There’s…
Picasso, by george she’s got it! (New York MoMA at AGWA, Film Festival)
I’ve never been to an Art Gallery Film Festival before but hey, if I can watch a film on a rooftop why not in a gallery foyer. This week I…
Signs an artist has made it (New York MoMa at AGWA: Film Festival)
The other night I went to the Art Gallery WA for a sneak peek of the Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters, Film Festival. The first movie put on by the…
Revealing Marketing: judging a mug by its cover
For some unknown reason I’ve always had a passion for packaging. When friends were stocking up on shoes I’d swoon over an usually packaged kitchen gadget, often giving the unopened box…
Hand, Sand & Soul (Sand Art by Ilana Yahav)
One of the aims of The Ponder Room is to profile inspirational people who enhance our world. On that note it’s great to see both James Foley and Lincoln Fenner…
A momentary peek into the celebrity lifestyle
The other night I went out with three female friends to celebrate their birthdays. While I anticipated an evening of lashings of fluid, exquisite food and infinite chatter, I hadn’t…
When residents design the city Part 6: Chaos
Meanwhile back at the Home Sweet Home charity design project things were getting more and more complicated …The animals had taken to grazing on the roof of the Butchers shop…
Milestone Marketing warning for young marketers
So you’ve been asked to develop of a new marketing strategy, but for some reason all the creative nerve endings in your brain appear to have retracted like a snail…
Forget Eat, Pray, Love give me sweet treats, a tea cosy and a voluminous heart (Mothers Day)
After two weeks of: back to back meetings; looming deadlines; computers with blocked sites (five minutes after workshop attendees sat down to start); a book launch; book deliveries; invoicing; a…
Magnetic domes stubbled not smooth
The other night I once again fell victim to the attraction of the dome, particularly humanoid dome-like shapes. When in the vicinity of a human dome my right arm moves…
Perth has stolen the heart of New York (AGWA Manhattan-style bar)
This morning I was summoned to the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) which I must admit wasn’t a top priority having had a particularly big weekend. Besides in terms…
When residents design the city Part 5 Neighbours (Home Sweet Home)
Back in the daylight hours, I was reminded that while we may try to be the rulers of our own domain, we have no control over what our neighbours do, or who they invite…
When residents design the city. Part 4 Night Life (Home Sweet Home)
…marketing had however made it to …Drunken Dans, complete with signage, a cork (or is that an advertising balloon) on the roof and a drive-through section.The Ponder RoomHowever The Tuck Inn…
Rome wasn’t built in a day but … (Anzac Cottage)
Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Telethon House takes several months, and The Block contestants are going to take 10 weeks evidently, meanwhile …Back in 1916 work began on…
When residents design the city. Part 3 Night life (Home Sweet Home)
… perhaps the unicorn ride home came after an evening at the pub, or ….The Ponder Roomor the ‘Night Club’ although it seems to have it’s own transport system on…
When residents design the city. Part 2 Transport (Home Sweet Home)
A public transport system … beautifully marketed as Unicorns …Oh come on who hasn’t found themselves waiting in a Perth taxi queue dreaming of a white unicorn transporting them home …. or…
Know someone who needs help with Me Time? (Competition for workshop spot)
To coincide with the launch of Me Time: 100 strategies and tips for guilt free Me Time, there will be a Me Time workshop held at The Inspiration Factory. The details are:Where:…
