I hate it when he does this, he manages to keep a few meters ahead of me where “stop”, “come back here” and “stay close” falls on deaf ears. Arms and oncoming busses don’t mixĪs we slowly made it to the bridge, my son decided to run ahead of me. This was not before a rotation of kids in and out of the double strollers and my teary 2 year old wanting only to be carried. We opted for the most direct route away from office workers on their lunch break. New friends not sharing lions called for a wise decision to bypass of Queen Street Mall and the over stimulation of Christmas decoration. The first stop was King George Square where we stayed a tad too long and little friends began not to play nicely on bronzed lions. Only, on this particular day, my 5 year old had decided to do the opposite of what was instructed. When I asked him to stay close it meant run as far away as possible, when I asked him to share he made sure he did nothing of the sort. This meant we would happily stroll down Queen Street Mall before reaching GOMA. ![]() The quiet and uneventful train journey in must have given us all a boost of confidence and brilliant idea was suggested to take the scenic route instead off a direct train ride to South Bank. What happens when kids don’t share bronzed lions Get off my bronzed lion A close call and insight into how the day would unfold. With much exuberance from my 5 year old, as the train approached he leapt over the safety of the yellow line and attempted to push the door open button before the train came to a complete stop.Īll I could do was inhale, and hope that my little boy didn’t fall under the train. Two trains later, an announcement was made the next train would be ours. Most perplexing for my kids was trying to comprehend why perfectly good trains arriving at the same platform were not the “right train” to hop on whilst we waited. It’s always difficult going as a solo mum with two kiddies anywhere via public transport, to meet someone you kind of know virtually and throw in a clunky double stroller and crazy children to the mix, makes for a high pressure situation. The two lovely children and their cool calm parents which formed the other part of this semi-blind playdate were unperturbed.Įventually the machine granted my electronic fare into the city and I hoped this was the only hiccup on what was to be a great day trip into the city. Leaving me apologising profusely with two antsy kids. The day began with a hitch at the station, as I tried to top up my Go Card, the machine continued to spit out my credit card whilst the train we were suppose to be on left without us. Only on this particular, I had lost all control of my kids. If you’re in Queensland you can experience the room for yourself as part of the Look Now, See Forever exhibition at GOMA until March 11 2012.It was a lovely idea, meeting up with Bronwyn Joy the esteemed blogger over at Journeys of the Fabulist for the first time, we thought it would be a great adventure to catch the train into the city and head over to Southbank, home of Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). The bold, block colours are reminiscent of childhood, and add a wonderfully fun dimension to the exhibit with a a real human and interactive element. Thousands and thousands of stickers later the ‘obliteration’ is complete. The transformation is the vivid and colourful explosion of dots you see here, a kind of child-friendly version of that Sony advert from a few years ago. Perfectly suited to a child’s mind and creativity. No pattern, no restrictions, no guidelines, just complete and utter indulgence to splash colour about as you feel. With the time almost measurable based on sticker density alone, a wonderful feeling of freedom transpires. An extremely simple installation opened at Queensland Gallery Of Modern Art in December – The Obliteration Room by Yayoi Kusama.Ĭomprising of a typical home environment set up and painted uniformly in a glaringly pristine white, it offered a literal blank canvas to all visitors to the exhibition, and in the two weeks that followed every child that turned up got a handful of coloured stickers and was invited to contribute by decorating the room.
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