tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87966254044838624992024-03-13T10:53:29.625-07:00eatpinkloveA blog about eating and cooking vegetarian meals, appreciating the colour pink in contemporary art and a list of 10 things I love each week!santina amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613021104800677267noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796625404483862499.post-84304054500618160702011-12-07T03:16:00.001-08:002011-12-07T22:00:35.707-08:00eat; fakas<br />
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I am soooo feeling for all my friends in the Northern Hemisphere who are starting to experience the onset of winter. Oh dear, no thanks! We actually had a very cold weekend just gone by and it made me want to quit the salads I've been making and get onto what I imagine to be my last attempt at soup for quite a few months...well, maybe a good cold gazpacho will come out in the heat of mid summer! Today's post will be such a great one for all of you about to hit those upcoming cold months. This soup takes a while to cook on the stove and will warm up the house while doing so! It freezes well, which means a big pot of it will not go to waste! Love that!</div>
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Fakas is a Greek Lentil soup and one I have had many times at my friends mums house. She also makes a great chickpea soup which I will have to get my hands on the recipe soon for you all. Enjoy making this soup. Preparation is easy and watching this soup thicken up into a hearty meal is such fun between Facebook updates and checking your emails! LOL! </div>
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Start by soaking the lentils for at least six hours, overnight will be fine. Rinse and set aside as you chop the other ingredients. Crush the galic, chop the carrots into tiny cubes and ditto with the onions.</div>
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Pour the oil into your pot and when hot, add the garlic, carrot and onion and cook until the onion becomes transparent. Add the lentils, bay leaves, oregano and rosemary. Add the water and bring to the boil. Turn the flame down to simmer for about an hour.</div>
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Time to check your Facebook news feed! The soup only needs the occasional stir and may need a little more water. Once the hour is up, add the tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste and cook for a further 10 minutes. The great thing about this soup is that you cannot overcook it. The longer it cooks, the creamier it will become.</div>
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Vola! Soup is made! Buon Appetito!</div>
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I would LOVE to yap on about my own work in today's post as my exhibition at <a href="http://www.busprojects.com.au/2011/11/santina-amato-horses-shed-their-tails.html" target="_blank">BUS Projects</a> is still on (until the 17th of December if in Melbourne, Australia!) but pink does not appear in the work at all! You can check it out <a href="http://www.myyearincarousel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here </a>on my other blog, which will surely satisfy the curious :0) </div>
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It's been absolutely jumping here in Melbourne with graduation exhibitions at every art college signifying the end of an era for the studying artists. The other night, I went along to my college, the Victorian College of the Arts to check out the MFA show. WOW! Talk about overwhelmed! The whole art department was decked out with art from floor to ceiling, each graduating student given the largest exhibition space they will have for a while!</div>
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Pip Ryan is a friend of mine and she is graduating from the MFA program at the VCA this year. She installed her work in the photography department, darkening the space, projecting within doorways and using both small and large spaces to create a bizarre world of 'living' toy animals. As I began to write this post, I couldn't help but think of the childrens nursery rhyme about a farmer named Old MacDonald.<br />
<dl><dd>Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O,</dd><dd>And on that farm he had a [<b>animal name</b>], EE-I-EE-I-O,</dd><dd>With a [<b>animal noise twice</b>] here and a [<b>animal noise twice</b>] there</dd><dd>Here a [<b>animal noise</b>], there a [<b>animal noise</b>], everywhere a [<b>animal noise twice</b>]</dd><dd>Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O.</dd></dl>
But Ryan's animals are very different to Old MacDonald's, that's for sure! A toy zoo of sorts, filled with wind up mice speeding around with no where to go, a giant sized gorrila beating a drum demanding our attention, a pig that oinked oppostie a duck that quacked, Pip Ryans world was created for us to meander through, watching these creeped out toy animals in their 'natural' environment, afterall, what is a 'natural' environment for an animal that is a plastic toy anyway? The animals all projected a sense of wishing they were real. The mouse spining in a crazy sped up circle, determined to become a real mouse with every sharp turn or knock against the wall, the toy duck quaked at unusual intervals; definitely not in a way a programed toy should behave and the gorrila?..let's just not go there!</div>
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Of course the pig stood out for me as it was the only pink animal in Ryan's toy zoo. Watching the 14 second video preview above gives a great sense of what the artist was trying to achieve. A plastic pig is manipulated to 'behave' as it's real-life cousin with a wire forcefully tugging and pulling at it's midriff making it oink on demand. The human hand is hidden; the artists hand manipulating the wire and the hand that initially created the pig (most likely Chinese hands). Occasionally the artists hand does come into shot reminding us (or is it the pig?) that no matter how natural this pig tries to behave, it is no real pig at the end of the day. It is a human-made pig manipulated by the hand of a human to resemble and behave like a real pig. Simple. How can it really compete?</div>
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All of Ryan's animals showed struggle with this fact. I love this video and was completely mesmerized by this little pig, captivated by it's struggle, yet compelled by it's cute and adorable animated facial features. This is how we want pigs to look, right? Clean, cute, a wonderful shade of pink and creating such adorable sounds. Hmmm. The struggle us humans have with what is real and what we want our reality to be.<br />
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Pip Ryans work can be viewed at the <a href="http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/events?id=281" target="_blank">Victorian College of the Arts</a> until December 11th 12-5pm.</div>santina amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613021104800677267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796625404483862499.post-51829654356797754792011-12-07T02:15:00.001-08:002011-12-07T21:58:26.458-08:00love; ten things i love this week<div style="text-align: justify;">
Well it's been a few weeks since my last post and soooooo much has happened that I am grateful for, it's crazy to only come up with ten! But I will try!</div>
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1. Creating work again! Yes it's been a while since I got out the saw and hammer to create a work but let me tell you, I certainly have the bug to work with wood again! LOVE!!!</div>
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2. Having help installing my show. Seriously, how great are friends when they come along to help out with something that means sooo much to you?!?!?! Thanks again guys (you know who you are ;0)</div>
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3. Opening night of my exhibition. Really, I think that's what most artists look forward to when making! Well, maybe just me. I always did love <i>Show and Tell</i> as a kid in Primary school! LOVE!!!!</div>
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6. Receiving an IPhone3G hand-me-down. WOW!!! Talk about changing my life! Now I check my emails and whats going on on F.B about 50 times a day rather than the usual 20! LOL! LOVE!<br />
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7. PROCRASTIBAKING!!!!! What a great term! My friend Mel told me that's what I was doing when I spent the WHOLE day baking Italian biscuits and cake instead of actually doing my artwork! LOVE! <br />
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8. Buying my mum a new stove! She wont accept rent from me so I decided to buy her this AMAZING stove. LOVE!!!<br />
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9. Getting yet another friend hooked on green smoothies!!!! YAY!!!!<br />
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10. Having time to write again! I have missed writing for eatpinklove and also myyearincarousel. I do love it and looking forward to writing more! LOVE!</div>
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1. Ok, Halloween is sooooo over but I couldn't help but mention it in this weeks post as I missed not being in the States for it! A friend of mine shared<a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/10/24/haunted-air-halloween-photos-1875-1955.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=FaceBook"> this link</a> on F.B. Now this is when Halloween was scary and home-made, not sexy and polished! LOVE!</div>
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2. I may be a little Halloween obsessed but how could I not direct you all to these <a href="http://flavorwire.com/223057/incredible-carved-pumpkins-by-ray-villafane">amazing pumpkin carvings</a> even if Halloween is sooooo over! LOVE! </div>
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stirs up in me as I look at it. New York is one of those places that
EVERYONE loves, even before having visited. It has an incredibly loud
history which seems to be stuck in everyones imagination and formed a sort of pseudo personal history within us all. It is the city
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The photograph above seems to capture a moment in a womans life of
either surrender or victory. New York is either her demon or her oyster. Is she embracing the city in communion with her successes within it or is she falling down in
her failings with it? We are unsure of this womans story but the
assumption is she is either about to jump to her death in surrender or
she is playing with death by leaning and teasing into the city that is
offering her everything she hoped for. Either ways, a feeling of danger
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Lately, Australians I have been talking with have asked me why I am so
fascinated with America and it is simply because of it's sink or swim
mentality. Here in Australia, we are a culture that is pretty laid back,
floating through life as if riding in a well suspended vehicle that takes the shocks
of bumps along the journey of life in it's stride, allowing for easy transitions
as these bumps occur. America on the other hand, has no such journey installed for it's
people. Americans ride in a vehicle with the worst suspension in the world,
feeling every tiny little bump along the journey of life, changing it's
course as a result. I like this feeling of unpredictability. It is what has made America so great in the past.<br />
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and develop my own opinion. I have no expectations of how my own experience of this historic, iconic place will unfold. I will find out next year when I
do live there for six months and discover whether I will be feeling like
I want to jump off a building in complete surrender, broken by the experience or be in complete happy communion with this 'great' city. Either ways, I know the experience of living in New York City will be memorable and life changing, just as living in Beijing, Los Angeles and San Francisco were for me, altering the way I currently live my life and the values I currently hold true to my own experience as an artist.<br />
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With Halloween now in the shadows of our rush towards the end of the year, I decided to share with you what I created for my film crew a couple of weeks ago. Scones are one of those great things that are extremely versatile, easy to make and great when you have to come up with something quick for a get together with friends. They can be made sweet or savoury and the variations are endless! Try substituting the pumpkin with your favourite savoury combos like olive and feta cheese, or sun dried tomato and basil or sweet with dried apricots and vanilla bean or currents and cinnamon! YUM!</div>
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1. Finding out I am one in five finalists for a major art award! YAY. Fingers crossed! LOVE!<br />
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2. Eating cupcakes sprinkled with glitter on a train ride heading out of Melbourne! LOVE!<br />
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3. Checking out one of the oldest carousels here in Australia in Geelong. It was made in 1895 and is the oldest carousel I have checked out so far. LOVE! </div>
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5. Going to the hardware store and buying up BIG for my next project. Something kinda fun about a trip to the hardware store leading up to an exhibition! LOVE!<br />
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6. Having a meeting with my film crew at the North Melbourne Town Hall Pub over a few pots of beer (thats glasses for ye Americans!). Ahhhhh, Australian Beer Gardens, I missed you! And what a perfect office you make! lol!<br />
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7. Baking. I haven't really baked that much at all this year, preferring raw sweets to baked cakes, but this week, my mum requested my banana cake, which I haven't made in years! There is something lovely about the house being filled with the smell of a cake baking. LOVE!<br />
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8. I came across <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=finger+monkeys&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=702&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=My6hTqv8AYuviQesx7S8Bg&ved=0CDsQsAQ">these</a> 'finger monkeys' last week and think they are AMAZING! I can't imagine them actually existing for real but apparently they do! LOVE<br />
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9. Watching The Devil Wears Prada on telly. Great to see New York again even if it is on telly and how great is Merryl Streep?!?! LOVE!</div>
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10. Swapping my flannel sheets with summer sheets! It is the sign of summer coming. YAY! LOVE!</div>santina amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613021104800677267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796625404483862499.post-35587849537543364182011-10-20T18:18:00.000-07:002011-10-20T18:18:04.963-07:00pink; (untitled performance) pink tube<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chicago based performance duo Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger have been making work together since they starting dating in 1994. Whilst doing some research on this duo, I came across a work they did where they held each other in a naked embrace and waited to be sunburnt in this position. As I read it, I imagined the couple lying down in the embrace on a sandy beach, waiting for the sun to do it's thing, but instead, I came across images of them standing, between two vertical sunbeds and for a period of 45 minutes. Hmmm. Not as romantic as I would have liked to see :0(</div>
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<i>Untitled Performance (Pink Tube) </i>is an ongoing work the couple began in 2003 and is performed at various locations. Miller describes their collaborative performance as "a matter of fact" which I agree with and love. This work is not about heterosexuality nor homosexuality it is simply about the connection to another human being we either have, had have or crave to have, matter of fact. </div>
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In this work, the couple knit to be connected, yet knit away from each other at the same time. It's a work that reflects on the opposing forces of love between couples; love and loss, life and death, connection and separation, etc.</div>
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I have this dilemma where I am just about to experience my second summer in a row (I know..."poor me'!!!) which means what is in season here is NOT in season in the States and vise versa! Today, I went through some old photos (taken from Nat's great camera!) to write this post and came across this amazing salad I made earlier this
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Buon Appetito!</div>santina amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613021104800677267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796625404483862499.post-13162328582216726972011-10-13T22:09:00.000-07:002011-10-13T22:13:26.578-07:00love; ten things i love this week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#%21/photo.php?v=10150293374142540">This artists work</a>. Seriously?!?!?! How much do I love this guy right now?!?!? </div>
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2. Spring Mornings. How lovely are they?!?!?! Summer is coming!!!! LOVE!</div>
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3. Fare welling a great friend of mine who is heading over to New York for a year. I do love that most of my friends are travelers. Meet you in the Spring Kiera! BTW, how adorable is the Bon Voyage Cupcake?!?!? LOVE!</div>
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5. Coming up with an image for my show. WOW! LOVE IT! This is always difficult as most of the time my work isn't complete until it is installed in the gallery. But I do love this pic!</div>
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6. Going to openings in Melbourne. Seriously, I think I could go to any oepning at any gallery here in Melbourne and find at least one person I know! Love it!</div>
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7.<a href="http://nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com/2011/09/dylans-candy-bars-shoe-in-favorites_21.html"> Shoes</a> made out of candy?!?! Yes please!!!</div>
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8. Click <a href="http://www.paulsadowski.com/Numbers.asp">here</a> to find out the meaning of your name! I love that my 'soul urge' is to lead and direct, to work independant of supervision, by myself or with subordinates! Subordinates?!?!? WTF? All I can say is that I have ALWAYS been a rebel, thats for sure ;0)</div>
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9. Adding superfood ingredients to my 'cooking'. I'm yet to buy<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Superfood-Cuisine-Cooking-Natures-Amazing/dp/0615480608/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318567539&sr=1-1"> this book </a>but adding superfoods into your diet is as easy as adding chia seeds to your juice. LOVE!</div>
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10. Italian biscuits. Yup...my weakness is a biscotti with my espresso. It's in mi blood afterall! I'm definitely going to have to try a raw version someday. LOVE!</div>santina amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613021104800677267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796625404483862499.post-63833690950984802922011-10-13T20:51:00.000-07:002011-10-13T20:51:23.004-07:00pink; hero<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Born To Rule </i>by<i> </i>Nick Waddell was the title of his show at Westspace in July/August this year. I wasn't here in Melbourne at the time so haven't seen this work, but I have fallen in love with Melbourne's artscene again in the last few weeks and decided to stick with a local artist, who is an alumni of my College and exhibiting at one of the many artist run spaces here in Melbourne. </div>
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The Royal Wedding earlier this year seemed to have captured the imagination of the world. I was in the United States during the build up to the big day and was quite surprised at how many Americans were really and truely excited about this event. The only connection they have to the Royal Wedding is Disney Princesses! Frankly, I was not interested at all. Maybe it's because I grew up at a time in Australia when the only Australians supporting the monarchy, or even interested in them, were the Australians who had been here for generations, with roots going back to England. Since the influx of immigrants into Australia from the 1960's, the demographic that makes up Australia has changed immensly. No longer are a large part of the population rooted to 'The Motherland' of England.</div>
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I'm not sure what Nick Waddell's background is but this exhibition certainly suggests a lack of interest or support for the British Monarch. I paricularly like the work below as it is a cropped image of the Queen's throat and chin, who is on our five dollar note and all our coins. Having a quick glimpse at this work, I saw a penis! It made me think of naughty young teenage boys drawing penises on everything as a sign of retaliation for authority. Very cute indeed, but of course I would find anything with a suggestion of a penis 'very cute indeed'. LOL!!!</div>
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The tilte of the work confirms this teenage boy retaliation against authority. In the eighties, at the time when the last royal wedding was happening, the word 'hero' was used in Australia in a derogatory fashion to suggest that someone was too big for their boots, a smart arse or simply too bloody confident. Using the word 'hero' as the title of this work definitely suggests a facetious tone towards the Queen and all that she represents. </div>
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Here it is!!! Get your tastebuds on, get your blender out and start soaking those nuts for a truely amazing trip into the world of a raw parfait!</div>
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As most of you have been hearing lately, I've been introducing raw foods to my brother (BTW, he took the photos below! Thanks big bro!) who is a little sick. A great way to introduce raw to someone new to it, is through raw treats. Everyone loves sweets and the best part of raw desserts is that they are packed with great things and every ingredient is actually great for you; antioxidents from the cacao, omega from the chia seeds and great fats from the cashews! </div>
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This recipe is taken a little from<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Am-Grateful-Recipes-Lifestyle-Gratitude/dp/1556436475/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318204797&sr=8-1"> Cafe Gratitude's <i>I Am Grateful </i></a>cookbook and a little by me playing around with stuff. I've made them in whiskey glasses but feel free to use whatever fancy glasses you want to. They are quite rich so this recipe allows for half filled glasses only. </div>
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<u> Chocolate Cream</u><br />
1 1/2 cups soaked cashews (four hours)<br />
1 1/2 Tbs lemon juice<br />
3 Tbs sweetener of your choice (honey, agave, maple syrup)<br />
2 Tbs raw cacao powder<br />
1/2 cup filtered water<br />
pinch salt<br />
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1 punnet of strawberries<br />
1/2 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed if possible)<br />
1 Tbs chia seeds<br />
1 Tbs sweetener of your choice (honey, agave, maple syrup)<br />
<u>Almond Crumble</u><br />
1 cup soaked almonds (overnight) <br />
4 soaked dates (four hours)<br />
2 drops vanilla essence or 1/2 a vanilla bean<br />
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Start with washing the strawberries and divide the amount in half. With a potato masher, mash
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1. The out pouring of love surrounding an amazing man's departure from the world as we know it. I loved Mastin Kipp's <a href="http://thedailylove.com/rip-steve-jobs-we-love-you/">tribute</a> the most. Very inspiring indeed. LOVE!</div>
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3. Hugs. One of the greatest things Americans have taught me is to hug. I hug everyone now! Australians are not the best huggers around, let me tell you, but I manage to soften a few hearts when I do hug. LOVE!</div>
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4. Having my nails done by my good friend Kiera. She too has been inspired to paint crazy nails and was sooo looking forward to doing mine for the longest time! The nails in the pic aren't mine as I didn't get a chance to take a photo before they began to chip! Bright red lepoard print nails are defintiely fun to wear! LOVE! </div>
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6. Driving. Yep, I'm back chauffeuring to keep my belly full and it feels great to be on the road again. I think I was born into this world with a steering wheel in my hand...seriously! LOVE!</div>
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8. Parfait's! I've made two batches just in this last week! The great thing about these 'raw' desserts is that they are great for you! LOVE!</div>
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9. Hearing the news that my brother is now having green smoothies for breaky!!!! This is a BIG accomplishment as he is sooooo traditionally Italian in his choice of foods. The green smoothie LOVE is spreading! Check out my friend glo's post on how to make a green smoothie<a href="http://gloriahawa.com/post/5145271650/how-to-make-the-perfect-green-smoothie"> here</a>. LOVE!</div>
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10. Forgetting that someone owed you money and getting it just when everything looks bleak as hell! YAY!!! LOVE!</div>
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Last night I had dinner with a good friend of mine and Kate Gilmore's name came up in conversation. I mentioned I will write about her today and have found myself sitting on this post, procrastinating for about five hours. You see, Kate Gilmore is one of those artists I have been avoiding writing about here on eatpinklove since I began this blog in November last year. Why, you ask? Well, she is an obvious contemporary artist for me to write about as the reasons why and the contexts within which she uses the colour pink is exactly the way in which we would expect artists (especially female) to use the colour in their works.</div>
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Go to her <a href="http://www.kategilmore.com/">website </a>and you are confronted with an image of six women, all different shapes and sizes, facing the same way and confined by the colour pink. It really sets the tone for what Gilmore explores in her work and what you are about to enter into by clicking on her projects page. Traces of hard core seventies feminist artworks are very aparent once you click onto her list of videos. </div>
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With Melbourne having the second largest Greek population in the world outside of Athens, it is no wonder that Melbourne boasts some of the worlds best Greek restaurants. Their food is fresh, quick to prepare and tangy. I do love a vegetarian <span class="st">mezethes (thats Greek for small dishes, like tapas), picking at amazing taste sensations with a wonderful loaf of bread and a great glass of red for hours and hours! </span></div>
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Margaret is one of my oldest friends. She didn't want me to take a photo of her while cooking so I stole her pic off Facebook (lol!). Margaret and her sister Alex are non identical twins and I met Alex at art school (my first attempt at art school!) when I was 19. They are of Greek heritage and we have always indulged in our passion for food over the years, cooking, baking, trying new recipes and sharing what we have learnt. Last weekend, I met up with Alex and Margaret and we made a wonderful Greek feast, indulging our taste buds. I chose to focus on the Dolmathes (stuffed vine leaves) we made as it is one of my favourite Greek foods and there is a BIG difference between home made and store bought. </div>
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Traditionally, the leaves are picked off the vine and blanched in salted water, but we just used a jar of vine leaves in brine that you can get at any supermarket stocking European foods. </div>
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3. Having a girly weekend with my friends Alex and Margaret. They are Greek and so the food thing is as HUGE for them as it is me. What a wonderful feast!!! I'll be posting Margaret's recipe for Dolmathes on Monday!!! LOVE!</div>
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4. Cooking straight out of my mums garden. Seriously, gotta love a mum who's a keen gardener! Takes all the work out of eating fresh! She has just planted Kale for my green smoothies...YAY!!! LOVE!</div>
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5. Playing the 'Damsel in distress' card with Australian Customs and having my real horses tails returned to me after the fumigation process in a week rather then 8 weeks!!! Gotta love that!!!!</div>
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7. Being back in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. Maybe it's because I have plans to come back to the States, but at the mo, I'm loving being here in this city. I'm definitely loving the cafe and bar culture that Melbourne is famous for. LOVE!</div>
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8. Google Street view! I can actually show you all where<a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=201+station+st,+fairfield+3078&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x6ad64476566f6bc9:0xd45cd51f93420ca7,201+Station+St,+Fairfield+VIC+3078&gl=au&ei=0OWDTtehBsWQiQfL4_3tDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ8gEwAA"> I live in Melbourne!</a>!! My Mum and Dad bought this house in 1974!!! Can you believe it?!?!? This view is from a view years ago now, but nothing much has changed except for my neighbours crappy car being sold. LOVE!!!</div>
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9. Cooking up a vegan/raw feast for
my fam. My mum and brother are very traditional in their approach to
food, preferring a plate of pasta over anything else. This was a real
treat as I made a raw dessert and starter and introduced them to healthy
and satisfying Indian inspired vegan food. I was soooo excited that I
forgot to take pics!!! :0( LOVE!!!!</div>
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Click on the 'toy poodle male/female' to see some hilarious pics! Some
of you have already seen my profile pic of some amazing looking poodles
over the last week or so and I have had some very interesting reactions
to them. I LOVE THESE DOGS!!! I'm working on visualizing an apartment in
New York, a partner who is a writer, a Smash Poodle named Lucy and a <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=maine+coon+cat&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1261&bih=654">Main Coone </a>cat named Tony. LOVE!! </div>
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I'm sorry to say that I am now without Natalie's great camera and having to take photos with my shitty point and shoot :0( Well, thats at least until I can get some funds together to get myself a kick arse Canon, which I have thrown out there to the universe! Until then, my photos may look a little sad, but the food will never taste sad at all!!!</div>
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At the mo, it's Spring here in Melbourne, Australia and some days are a little chilly for my liking. The warm foods have come out and I'm loving Quinoa right now (check out this fabulously strange <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XliMny3AvnE">video</a> David Lynch created on cooking his favourite food!). My last supper in L.A was Cafe Gratitude's 'Gratitude Bowl', which is basically sauteed vegies with either quinoa or brown rice and a choice of dressing. I decided to try and replicate this dish the other day and I must say, I think I did a pretty great job! It is super easy to make and will last a few days in the fridge.</div>
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Once the 'hard' vegies are half cooked (about 5 minutes) add the 'soft' vegies, stirring them through. Again, lid goes on and if need be, add another splash of water. If using kale or collards, add them too as they need more cooking time than silverbeet or spinach. Cook for a further five minutes on medium heat adding a pinch of salt to the vegies.</div>
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Once the quinoa is cooked, 'fluff' it up with a fork just as you would couscous. Place about 3/4 cup in each individual bowl and scoop the vegies on top. Drizzle as much dressing as you would like on top and serve. YUM! A wonderful winter warmer that will warm the cockles of your heart!</div>
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I was trying to find a pink work by <a href="http://www.danielvonsturmer.com/">Daniel Von Sturmer </a> for todays post as he is having his first show in <a href="http://youngprojectsgallery.com/today-1.php">Los Angeles </a>and is a fellow Australian, but I can't seem to find one (get onto it Daniel!!!). So, to celebrate his first showing in Los Angeles, I've decided to go with <a href="http://www.annaschwartzgallery.com/works/works?artist=32&c=m">Kathy Temin</a>, another fellow Australian and of Daniel's generation of artists. She has created sooooo many pink works, it's great! </div>
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It all began with her installation called <i>My Kylie Collection </i>created in 2001.Temin was an avid fan of Kylie Monogue whilst growing up in the '80's and with this installation, she pulled together her teenage collection of Kylie memorabilia to comment on celebrity culture and it's influence on teen culture. <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/20/1016583190541.html">Here </a>is a great article on the history of the process of the work and ideas surrounding the installation.</div>
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What's interesting about this instalaltion is how we relate to it. Almost every teenager has a celebrity obsession at some point and to some degree. We recognise the ludicrously of our obsessions when confronted with this installation, reminding us of the amount of money and time we spent thinking about our celebrity crushes during our teen years. What did it mean? How did it shape who we are today? What if we were to meet our teenage celebrity crushes as adults today and how does it reflect on who we are if we are adults still carrying these obsessions? Hmmm. Lots to think about with this work.</div>
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Since this installation, Temin has enjoyed huge success on the Australian art scene, her most memorable work being created as artist-in-residence in New York titled <a href="http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/4/temin.php"><i>Auditions for a pair of Koalas </i>(2002</a>) where she did a call out for Americans to come and audition as Koalas for a video performance. They were asked to 'act' like Koalas, even though the actors had never seen how koalas behave in the wild. Very funny indeed! </div>
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Feel free to write who your celebrity obsession was as a teenager and if you still have it today as an adult in the comments box below. I'd love to hear what you had in your collection and if you still own them today.</div>
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1. This image of a nanny with little twin girls in pink. Check them out with their little shopping bags looking like grown ups! LOVE!</div>
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2. Going to a Tiki bar with my friend Bonnie. Seriously, why did I wait to be on the East coast to go to one?!?!?! These Pina Colada's were AMAZING!!! Must try the Volcano next time I'm at a Tiki Bar!</div>
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3. Eating Indian at probably the most fire hazardous place on earth! <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/panna-ii-garden-indian-restaurant-new-york">This restaurant</a> in the East Village, New York is a MUST experience. If you suffer from claustrophobia, probably not a great idea!!!</div>
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10. Enjoying a last meal with my friends Katya and Bonnie of pasta and garlic bread :0) We haven't been together in about three years so this was a fitting meal, seeing I would ALWAYS cook pasta for my friends when we were hung over. LOVE!</div>
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This work titled <i>Hare Swing </i>was created in 2010 by <a href="http://nicoleklagsbrun.com/mcewen_home.html">Adam McEwen </a>who is a New York based artist. It is made of fiberglass, lacquer and rope. McEwen's work has been discribed as turning the banal into poetic interventions, disorientating the viewer's perception in a novel way.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When looking at this work, I can't help but think of <i>Alice In Wonderland. </i>It's as if the ending of the story was turned into a satisfying and revengeful win for Alice, who followed the hare down the rabbit hole. The victory of being able to swing on the dead rabbit is her own personal achievement for being lead astray by it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I cannot help but try and imagine how I would feel swinging on this object. Swinging instigates feelings of euphoria, freedom and youthfullness, but I cannot imagine experiencing this if I were to swing on this fiberglass hare. It is the point I suppose. McEwen does a wonderful job with this work to twist our own prescribed feelings towards an act that is ingrained in us from childhood and twists it so we can re-examine where that is actually coming from. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Lately I've been looking into <a href="http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/superfoods">superfoods</a> as my bro is not well back home and I've decided I'm going to heal him through food once I get back. Last week, I made this burger based on a recipe from<a href="http://www.navitasnaturals.com/recipes/chia/Chia-Bean-Burgers.html"> Navitas Natural</a> website, If you haven't heard of them, click on the link and check them out. What an amazing company! LOVE!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I changed up their recipe because I wanted to create a Mexican inspired flavour, but using fresh herbs in a burger seems to be a waste of time, so I'm re-adjusting it below to incorporate dried herbs and spices. It is served with a fresh salsa and avocado slices. They are easy to make and freeze well once cooked. Always great to have a burger or three in the freezer for the days or nights when you can't be bothered cooking! This is an open burger, meaning no bun. I just find buns to be a waste of space in my belly, but do as you wish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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1 carrot, grated</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1/2 red onion, chopped finely</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 tsp dried of each; oregano, parika, cummin,corriander</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Salsa</u> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 tomatoes</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 red capsicum (bell pepper) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">1/4 red onion </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 spring (green) onions</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bunch of fresh coriander (cilantro)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Dressing</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Juice of 1 lime</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1/4 cup olive oil</div><div style="text-align: justify;">salt and pepper to taste</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>To serve</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Roma lettuce leaves</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 avocado, sliced</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Once the burgers are ready to cook, grab a big handful of the mixture and form a ball into the palm of your hand. Flatten into a patty and set aside. Once all the patty's are made, heat up a little oil on a medium heat and cook until golden brown.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Yayoi Kusama has been dot obsessed since the beginning of her career which began in the sixties and has painted dots on <i>everything </i>including naked bodies. The one thing <i>everyone </i>asks when telling another about Kusama is "<i>Did you know she voluntarily admitted herself into a mental hospital where she now lives in Japan?!?!</i>" Yes it is true. And yes, it is an interesting fact to pull out that makes people go 'WOW!' Her studio is near by the hospital, allowing for a short walk every morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<i>One day I was looking at the red flower patterns of the tablecloth on a table, and when I looked up I saw the same pattern covering the ceiling, the windows and the walls, and finally all over the room, my body and the universe. I felt as if I had begun to self-obliterate, to revolve in the infinity of endless time and the absoluteness of space, and be reduced to nothingness. As I realized it was actually happening and not just in my imagination, I was frightened. I knew I had to run away lest I should be deprived of my life by the spell of the red flowers. I ran desperately up the stairs. The steps below me began to fall apart and I fell down the stairs straining my ankle."</i></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kusama creates a space where dimension is distorted and space is endless within large scale installations using lanterns, mirrors and dots. <i>Dots Obsessed </i>was a work created for a show in Munich in 2008 but is very much like many installations she has created around the world. These 'spaces' allow for your psychedelic dreams to come true, allowing you to 'trip out' in what seems to be a step back in time, into the sixties when people were experimenting with acid. These rooms are mesmerizing, creating a infinite space, and allows us to play amongst a landscape that feels like it's straight out of our childhood dreams.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can check out more of her works <a href="http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/e/information/index.html">here</a> or go to <a href="http://www.kusamadocumentary.com/">this site </a>to meander through what is a work-in-progress documentary about the artist, who is now in her 80's. Typing in Yayoi Kusama into youtube will allow you to get a sense of what it is like to venture into one of her installations. If in Los Angeles, <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2011-07-27_cleijne-and-gallagher-curry-hller-huyghe-kusama-warhol-wright/">The Gagosian</a> has a work of hers on show in a group exhibition until September 2nd.</div>santina amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613021104800677267noreply@blogger.com0