Posted by My Mother’s Story Through My Eyes by Maria Fantasia What an honour to launch this book. Thanks Teresa for asking me. I have organised many events, but Ascolta is close to my heart as a daughter of Italian migrants. All of us have similar experiences, like we are looking in a mirror; a ricochet of…Read more »
Posted by From when I was born, the desire to dance was instilled in me by my Father. I have watched him joyfully bounce each new baby on his knee since my youngest sister was born (15 years my junior), reciting the Tarentella and the ‘tillie ti, a tillie ti, a tillie ti, a tillie tee’ jostling…Read more »
Posted by I completed a 100 Day Challenge that started in early September (2019) – just over three months of movement including yoga, exercise, spin and an obsession with steps. I had access to a 24-hour gym, exercise classes and a pair of new runners. I signed up to run for climate change, as motivation to clock…Read more »
Posted by “Keep things simple and you always live well”- Giuseppa Pipicella Callipari – my Mum. I express this quote from my Mother as a mantra. According to her 79 years of lived experience, simplicity is the essence of success. I am in accord, that if we all lived more simply then we would clearly understand sustainability. Preservation is at…Read more »
Posted by Friday morning as I was leaving home for work, my attention fell on a young African woman across the road leaning into the window of a maroon Camry, speaking to a neighbour. I have seen her before walking with her family, husband and two kids. Today her baby toddler came running out onto the footpath…Read more »
Posted by Thirty days ago I started a 100 day physical challenge. I was already in the gym at 5.30 or 6am doing classes, walking at lunch time and fitting in a yoga class twice a week. I thought I was already doing more than enough for my fitness. This challenge however has made me push myself even more.…Read more »
Posted by I took some photos of Giuseppa demonstrating the making of the ‘ wick ‘ that was used to create a candle/ fire element of cupping. Here is a visual demonstration, taken from her memory of making this with a penny, small piece of cotton and thread. The nib is lit after dipped in olive oil.…Read more »
Posted by The Other List- Sonia Zymantas Last Sunday I invited artist Sonia Zymantas to conduct an arts workshop with friends, family and cousins at my home, as a contribution to her art installation The Other List. My husband Mark Patton prepared his workshop for the eight participants to make the flags of gendered language, which will…Read more »
Posted by Respect is in a name, especially when people use the name given to the person. “Callipari” means bearer of Good news- to carry good things. Fortunata Maria Callipari is like a wish for humanity towards the aspiration for goodness. It releases the intention of positivity and light. Fortunata Maria Callipari was born on 12 January 1967. She…Read more »
Posted by I get these flashes of inspiration from time to time. If only I could take a snap shot of my thoughts in order to return to them, but they vanish and I try to rewind, wading back against the flow, caught in all the detritus on the peripheral. It’s like this coming into and out…Read more »
