Jean Burman

The Gift of Goofy Goodness

Jean Burman — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:54:07 +0000

Image © Mission Australia She sat slumped in the big people’s chair tinkling on the little wooden xylophone she had “borrowed” from the shelf. Her mother and a friend sat beside her chatting and sipping coffee in the busy coffee book store that has become my favourite place to write. I looked up suddenly… fascinated. [...]

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Your Own Personal Style [NEW VIDEO]

Jean Burman — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:12:40 +0000

“For Emily Wherever I May Find Her” Watercolour 30″ x 30″ © Jean Burman 2011 There’s been a lot said this week about the importance of uniqueness and the struggle to find your own personal style. I thought it wonderfully odd… as I struggled to bring you this new video clip [a watercolour portrait of [...]

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Squall [NEW VIDEO]

Jean Burman — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:15:11 +0000

[watercolor detail] © JeanBurman 2011 I woke at daylight to the sound of rain falling heavily on the corrugated iron roof. It took me back to my childhood on the farm… and early evening suppers of soft boiled eggs and toasted soldiers while summer storms raged outside. Somehow it felt cosy inside. Although cosy is [...]

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Backyard Politics [why Obama is here in Australia - really]

Jean Burman — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:55:27 +0000

Cartoon © Jean Burman 2011 [re Australia to export uranium to India] Okay… that got your attention didn’t it? Sorry [grin] But I have a story to tell you! A few years ago I was sitting in a small stone cottage in the ring of Kerry in Ireland. Rain tumbled down in the growing darkness [...]

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No Asteroids In My Little World

Jean Burman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:34:10 +0000

Cartoon © Jean Burman 2011 We “create” the world we live in… we get to choose. Nothing is real. Just perceived. How wonderful that is when you realise. A giant asteroid is hurtling toward earth. The 2005 YU55 asteroid will pass within 200,000 kilometres of the earth on Tuesday. That’s TODAY. Am I worried? No. [...]

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Painting With Seawater [NEW VIDEO]

Jean Burman — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:52:34 +0000

detail © Jean Burman 2011 I don’t always feel like painting. I guess I’m just not as in love with it as I should be [grin] These days other creative projects compete for my time… and painting sometimes has to take a back seat to other [more important] things. And of course… there is always [...]

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Midnight in Paris [a 30 second review]

Jean Burman — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:40:51 +0000

Here is my entry in the Quickflix Sofa to Screen Competition. It’s only 30 seconds. And what I can’t get over is… how difficult it is to make a video that’s only 30 seconds! I guess it’s like anything. The simpler it looks… the more difficult it will be to pull off. Well that’s how [...]

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Do That Crazy Thing [why you need to... why it matters]

Jean Burman — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:36:58 +0000

Those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who actually do – Steve Jobs In looking back… I sometimes wonder if I could have been crazier… braver… or more adventurous! Or that perhaps I should have opened a few more of those doors of opportunity that… in [...]

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True North

Jean Burman — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:25:03 +0000

I’ve been out making pictures! I’m still learning [grin] Let me know what you think. I wanted to travel down and take a look at progress after Cylone Yasi struck back in February this year. I had originally intended to interview an elderly lady living in Cardwell who had been living without power in her [...]

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Drawing A Line In The Sand [10 things you need to know]

Jean Burman — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:23:15 +0000

You can’t be a wuss when it comes to sticking up for yourself or drawing a line in the “sand of ordinariness” over which you will not step. There are times in your life when you simply have to do it. But first you have to see it for what it is. The line in [...]

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