So now that I have picked La Bohème as my blog title, where do I go?
First I have to say that I regret bitterly having very poor typing skills, a tiny keyboard and stumpy fingers, it makes blog writing a slow and awkward experience, not to mention the yankee doodle spell-check which constantly draws irate red lines under my words because I use British spelling. At the best of times, I am unsure of my spelling in English as my "français" still lurks in the background (be reassured, my spelling is equally bad in French) so I am constantly having to refer to the dictionary and I am starting to wonder if this blogging lark was a good idea in the first place?
La Bohème, not the opéra but the lifestyle...Here we go...The subject came up in the blog of an Australian artist and trying to answer her is what got me on this site in the first place. So thank you me ol'flower you know who you are!
I guess I am a Bohemian. I am excentric, reasonably creative with a lack of concern for conventions and a strong distaste for the system. I write and paint, have got too many cats, a rundown house and a talented husband much younger than me : a bit over-qualified wouldn't you say ?
I aspire to live in a yurt or a vardo screaming with colour and wear nothing but white flowing clothes, long silk scarves and heavy Berber jewellery. Yes I hear you say - probably not the most practical of attire when you live in a wagon, and you're right and maybe it' s that stubborn disregard for reality that qualifies me to belong to the tribe.
An ambiguous sexuality such as Colette's or Dali's Gala is also pre-requisite for Bohemians but it can be replaced by an all consuming monogamy which is equally disturbing for non Boh's.
A fondness for the Arcane Arts and mysticism is more authentically Boh than rationalism and atheism. But there are no rules of course, that's the rule. For me it's mostly about Creativity...that of Art but also that which imbues one's life and unites us ultimately to all creation.
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Oh this is so wonderful! I am pleased in a selfish way that you have created this blog! You have the ideal situation to live bohemian. When our chicks have flown we plan to buy either a broken down stone cottage or build one..on at least 5 acres. There must be water and an orchard. I will make soap and candles, homemade preserves, my art and write (all these things I am capable of). David will breed lamas, alpacas or goats and chop wood without his shirt on and make stained glass creations. (plus we will both work a few days a week in the real world). We will eat outside mostly but a dining room with just a long timber table with candles all down the middle. I imagine myself barefoot mostly, and sometimes wearing floaty dresses. Naked underneath of course!
ReplyDelete"Non Boh's" so funny! My blog is just a lighthearted way of pulling together those threads of my life and my thoughts that can loosely be described as bohemian, to inspire myself and others. I have an oversized black clucky hen sitting on two fertilised duck eggs..so soon I may have two little ducks to follow me around.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:04 PM Pacific Time
ReplyDeleteGreetings to you Michèle Ring
I wish to say thank you for having added yourself as a follower to one of my two blogs ‘The Artist Within Us, I truly appreciate this honour .
When I stopped off at your blog I wanted to send this to your email address but there was none showing on your blog profile, therefore I sent this via a comment option.
If you are concerned about spam by making your email address available in your profile, I can say that I have had no problems.
Anyway, I wish you good luck with your blog and I shall be popping in now and then.
Warmest regards
Egmont
Creativity & grey water... a potent combination, that! My earliest solution was 12m trench, about 30cm wide & 60 deep, filled halfway up with gravel- and "gravel-like" substances (eg broken glass, various seashells, gravel stolen from road shoulders, bucket by bucket, etc) and a series of short concrete pipes (nowadays, perforated plastic pipe-about 10cm diameter- is often used) laid out on top. A bit more gravel added, and then, above the pipe was placed old asphalt roofing (called "3-tab" here, or "rolled roofing"... tar paper works, too... or thick sections of newspaper) and all above covered with soil. I had a row of raspberries that paralleled the trench (they don't root deeply) which was watered in this way... and it was very satisfactory for the 5 years that I was there to observe it (I was renting). Gravity & water are closely intertwined, and will have the strongest affect on the simplest design. (I never want to need a pump- or anything that can break down- for the simple, everyday systems!) Good luck! ^..^
ReplyDeleteHerbert, good to see you! I knew you'd be "au fait" with the grey water system! We've got a great big slope so we'll have to have a pump( solar powered?) Rasberries is a good idea, most of those I planted had a terrible time with the drought and the crickets! Next year I'm trying Neem oil for the crickets.
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