08/01/2009

Reflexion - the 'best' of 2008

Having been looking back to 2008 and wondering what has been best for me – what have I enjoyed the most – here goes – my list of bests for 2008:

Best films at the cinema – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Mermaid, The boy in the striped pyjamas - (I'll never forget that closing scene in the last one)
Best DVD’s – Three Colours Blue, Dead Man, The Quay Brothers
Best experimental film events – Bradley Eros at Camden Arts Centre with no.w.here film collective, Ken Jacobs at Tate Modern
Best reading – Eva Hesse by Lucy Lippard, The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, The summer book by Tove Jansson
Best exhibition – Artes Mundi at The National Museum, Cardiff
Best art installation – ‘Shibboleth’ Doris Salcedo in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern
Best travel experience – visiting Bangladesh – so many wonderful experiences like riding in a rickshaw, new tastes, smiley people etc etc
Best travel photo I took – this one below which looks like it could be biblical times and not today – Washing up in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Best fun time – WOMAD, Charlton Park
Best listening – Rachid Taha
Best food – too many to list – I just love food!
Best smell – chimmey smoke from a log fire and bluebells
Best relaxing time – spent with my good friend Maggi in her idyllic Welsh cottage in Snowdonia National Park
Best art work produced – my short film ‘After Mology Nagy’
Best learning – black and white photography short course which has opened my eyes to new possibilities and seeing differently!
Best new discovery – the blogging community

8 comments:

Jeane Myers said...

what a great idea - gather all the positive moments into one place and that is pretty powerful - I checked out your video and it is pretty darn interesting!

Blue Sky Dreaming said...

I really enjoyed your Best ofs: I will come back to watch your video and looking forward to our interview!
Mary Ann

Jen Crossley said...

Your best ofs was really wonderful.
Thanks for sharing
Jen

BLACK AND WHITE said...

I look at your video, love the structural variations on a base.
I treat to "Best of". That's a good idea!

notmassproduced said...

stunning images

RosieK said...

Hey all - thanks so much for your positive comments - the support I get from you all is truly amazing

Marjojo said...

Many new bests for 2009! Love your ice-photos, esp. the second one and am mystified by the snow flakes drifting across the pix - magic, sweet, beautiful - how did you do that?

Chris said...

Great photos and an interesting blog