Speaking of the National Gallery.

A few days ago I read of changes to who may exhibit their work there in future. There will be a 40% quota for women, and 40% for men, with 20% of the space for the 0.004% of people under alphabet umbrella.

Seriously.

Well that should certainly spark some heated
reactions among the nation's artists.

I naively thought that the National Gallery was
an ART gallery into which you received the
honour of acceptance - based on merit not on any quotas or
ticking any boxes.

Thanks Issy for the reminder, are you a MB fan? I eat them.

Its Mutton Bird season, I'll have to ring Mutton Bird Mick Monday, down in Bass Strait to put in our order. 25 birds salted in a barrel and delivered Brisbane $300. Not cheap, but the wife goes over the Moon for Mutton Birds.

BTW; The Mutton Bird business down south is run entirely by Aboriginal folk, from harvest, to processing, to delivery. Demand outstrips supply.

How do you justify it,
Paul1405,
Simply by being one of millions of Australian citizens & not bleating perpetually for special consideration !
And you ?

Hi Foxy,

So many talented people amoung the Indiginous. In our family talent is everywhere, singers, music, artist's of all kinds, everything from painting, weaving and carving to tattooists. My wife can play guitar, saxophone, keyboard and uke, sings as well.

Paul,
Talent often runs in families, my mother was a violinist and also played the piano, my father played the gramophone.
His father played the violin, accordion, piano accordion, flute and ‘tin’ whistle (although his was silver).
I play flute, grandfather’s silver whistle and the Uilleann pipes.
One son plays the Scots pipes as does the youngest daughter and her elder sister is a violinist and has her grandmother’s violin.
I started to learn the violin but was advised to give it up for health reasons, if I continued something dire would happen.