Call for contributions - a new exhibition

Drawn to your Coast

September 2014

Recently our friends lost a loved one

a dog

a dear darling dog

with spirit and spunk

and a lotta love to give.

Our daughter Edie loved this dog.

There is something about them

Something about a dog that draws out deep love

care

affection

attentiveness

so we can like and even love ourselves

through their eyes.

They also take us places

like the beach.

Its got me thinking

how many people have come to love our coast 

through their daily visits 

drawn by their dogs or something else

to sandy stretches

rain

hail

shine?

I'd like to hold an exhibition on what draws us to the coast.

This exhibition is in honour of Pako who drew his owners

into western port and bass coast

taking them to the beach daily

rain hail or shine

bringing them to make friends, and make a home here, 

creating western port

What else draws US to the beach, coast, into places around home where we find a space to breath and be a little deeper in a rich life, come to feel at home, nested where we live?

I'd love some responses, just one line, a photo, or something else?

I'll be looking for artworks around town that bring me to think about this question and will be posting them here for the next little while.

happy pondering

Sarah