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My dad has a saying that he has whipped out since as long as I can remember. “This, is living.” It’s used when one is simply in an awesome situation. I love it. He is an overly appreciative man whose mindset has rubbed off on me.

Video:

1. My favourite band ever, my favourite song, my favourite pass time. Sticky Fingers. The clip I took at their gig in Melbourne just last Friday (13/4/15). It is the epitome of everyone having a good time.

2. My second video is a clip of my back beach. I have grown up next to the beach so it is a huge part of my life. The beach needed to be included in this self exploration.

 

Audio:

1. Rather than taking a video of my favourite song by sticky fingers, I chose when they began to play it to record the audio since that is how I fell in love with it the first time I head it. Only sound. It is called Rum Rage. In the midst of it playing I typed a few lines into the notes on my phone to record how I was feeling. I typed: They speak of youth, they speak of heartbreak, they speak of euphoria, they speak to me. This was a very personal “This is Living” moment for me.

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2. For my second audio recording I took the opportunity when I saw Kate Ceberano with my family at the Spiegel Tent in Sorrento. I often go to shows with my parents so I thought this effectively represented me. This was a definite “This is Living” moment. I then taped over my recording of Kate, I talked further about my father and his saying “This is Living.”

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Images:

1. I live by the sea. And I walk to the beach whenever I get a chance. So one of my collection of four images is my home beach on the most perfect of nights. There is nothing better.

 

2. Secondly I took a photo of the lead singer of Sticky Fingers; Dylan Frost, because it portrays my simple love of live music.

3. Thirdly, I captured a beautiful photo of my friends playing beach cricket at Wilsons Prom during summer. It is magical. Camping, spending quality time talking banter around the campsite whilst playing cards is what life is about.

 

4. Lastly, I tried to get others to take photos of myself but I wasn’t happy with any of them. I would love to take photos of anyone else but I was uncomfortable being the subject. Therefore I have included this photo that depicts myself and my closest girlfriends. None of us looking at the camera, we are all laughing about something that was said. It is natural and carefree and depicts much more of myself than any posed picture could. It is shows complete bliss.