Monday, 30 August 2010

life's little luxuries

R: Thanks, but I didn't really didn't need to hear all about your feelings
F: Well when you receive something you don't need - think of it as a luxury...

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Make you feel my love

S: hey don't fall for me baby ......
It's too late isn't it?
J: yes

Friday, 20 August 2010

Say 'cheese'...

A and J sorting through a photoshoot prior to editing
J: it's amazing how a miniscule, millisecond change in expression can radically alter a person's appearance from one photo to the next isn't it?
A: yes it is, and people's ideas of what a smile is when you tell them to smile is often way off too. When I tell Em to smile she just grins and looks unnatural so I usually just take a photo of her not smiling but then when she looks at the picture she'll say 'oh well at least I'm smiling in that one' even though there isn't a hint of a smile on her face!
J: Really?
A: Yes, but I think that's because in our household, as long as no-one's actually crying we think we're happy.....

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

The Genius of Bill Hicks



'it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.'

Sunday, 27 June 2010

me,you and we

Z: Mum we need to take the water pistols in. And by we I mean you as there's no 'me' in 'we'
J: hey hang on... there's no 'u' either!!

Saturday, 26 June 2010

Bulletproof dignity

Zach watching Bulletproof Monk with his dad

Nina (the baddie) shows Jade a picture of a refugee kneeling in front of a man with a rifle]
Nina: Tell me, deep inside, at the bottom of your soul, wouldn't you rather be the man about to do the shooting than the man about to be shot?


Zach (aged 9): I'd rather be the one facing the gun - better to die with dignity than live with none...

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Good Enough

what about love?

J: Look you know I how I feel about you
S: So propose something?
J: Marry me instead!
S: Why do you want to marry me?
J: Because we love each other!
S: I am a muslim... it's not that bloody simple.....