An evening before we hit 2007 and I find myself in the squalor of loneliness and depression! A neat bookend to the same time last year... If I'm like this at 44, what will I be like in another 20 years from now?

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On the road to Canberra... Until the year is out I'm doing three days a week at OPEN CHANNEL which is proving some what challenging. On the up-side, I'm getting round to catching up in a few near forgotten projects and best of all, friends. After Canberra meetings I'll visit the National Gallery then take a bus to Braidwood and spend a few days with my friends down on the NSW Southern Highlands.

Once back in Melbourne I don't plan any further travelling until the new year at the very least.

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it was quite a night... i'm not sure what happened, cause it was all pretty much hit and miss given the fluidity of the agenda... i mean, it was lovely, but not everyone turned up for the 9am-ish start and i didn't realise the OAK Report was being launched that evening, just prior to our event and that it was all integrated... but that meant we had some exception legal minds in tow and opportunities to broaden exposure to the kind of work some of us engage with.

overall, a fine start to what may well transpire as the first of many more such events nation-wide. clearly, a lot of consciousness raising will be required to alert creatives to a broader understanding of flexible licenses... if anything, it may just keep their audiences and listeners out of jail come january 1, 2007!

i really enjoyed the works that were contributed through the flickr community, such as these few that were published after the event:

Photo: yinyang

Photo: yinyang

Photo: Felix42

Photo: RaeA

ccSalon, Brisbane, 2006.

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