Arts Portfolio

Had a great night at BAFTA where I met with the stars for the screening of the film Daddy’s girl. Jaime Winstone, daughter of the actor Ray Winstone (who incidentally was there in support of his daughter), plays Nina and I have to say, it was gripping stuff, parts of which I admit to closing my eyes to, due to the realism. The suspense and twists make it a seat-gripping film, not for the faint-hearted. http://www.daddys-girl.co.uk….Janet

Since the new design of Voodoochilli.net we no longer have a place for the old e-zine, VoodooNews. I thought this might be a nice place to archive it for anyone still interested in giving it a read. Click on the links below to download.

Issue 9 September 2006
Issue 9 is our first quarterly newsletter and therefore has a lot more in it! 25 pages pack full of news, information and all kinds of fun and interesting stuff, this issue is definitely worth a read.

* Art Winstanley’s article, "Blockbusters" gives advice on how to get beyond a creative block.
* We have showcased all of the past news image of the months since July.
* Harry O’Connor’s "My Top 10 Websites" gives a personal insight into various sites around the world.
* Poetry slam has 4 poems from voodoochilli members

Plus all of the usual features

Voodoochilli Art Newsletter Issue 8
IT’S ABOUT TIME!
In our first anniversary issue, VoodooNews, Issue 8 watches the clock.

"Tempus Fugit" weighs how and why we measure the passage of time against how we spend it.

"Where will we be in 12 months’ time" demonstrates how, in the hands of a skilled webmaster, time based statistics can draw from the past to actualise the present and project the future of our internet community.

We’re introducing a feature series of cartoons called "Instant Calmer", "fester aka" is our featured artist of the month and "artman’s alphabet" if out to the letter H.

"Who’s new looks at the artwork of 4 of our newer member and see "community news" for an opportunity to join the VoodooNews Publishing Team.

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After posting my article, it seems that being hit by lightning seemed to get some of you excited. I didn’t go into detail in the article so here’s my story.

That day, 18th August 2002, a bright, bright, sunny day, I’d helped a friend put concrete floors in his house and came home feeling totally shattered. I was alone at the time, my husband being in Vienna and my son was in the UK. I decided to get straight in the bath and have a good soak. I got into my pyjamas and went to the kitchen to put yesterday’s leftover dinner in the microwave. Whilst it was heating, I went into the living room to say make a fuss of the cat. I was leaning against the corner of the wall, cat over my shoulder, when there was the most incredible explosion. I found myself hurled 10 meters to the other side of the room. As I lay there motionless for several seconds, I began to smell an acrid smell and adrenaline kicked in. I leapt to my feet, grabbed the house phone and my mobile, shut the door behind me, into the hallway which was full of smoke and left the house. I ran, bare feet, still in my pyjamas, 300 meters down my gravel drive and shouted for my neighbour across the road, all the time trying desperately to phone the fire brigade. My neighbour appeared very quickly and ran back with me. He opened the front door to have a look, saw the smoke and told me that we must stay outside. Not that I could hear anything, the explosion had made me totally deaf. I was frantic at this point, not only was I deaf but my two budgies were in there and my cat was missing. Continue Reading »