Journal no. 3

 i went to the beach on Sunday. it took about 1h 30mins to get there but the Sculpture by the Sea event there (exhibition of art on the beach) made it very worthwhile.
but the funny thing was that i didn't even know there was such an exhibition there.

anyway, let's crack on.

i checked out the prices at the cafe. outrageous.
only a small strip of real estate offers food and beverage. the rest were all houses. i learnt this the hard way.
 down to the beach. the sand is fantastically soft, fine and white.
Cottesloe is very family-friendly because of the playgrounds in front of the F&B places, so there were many people of all ages there.

there were at least 25 sculptures scattered here and there.
i liked hearing how the kids and their parents discussed how they thought about the pieces - their comments were much more insightful than mine.
 3 giants prostrating before a bowl. ritual?
crochet croc from the back.
 from the front. very popular with the kids.
 lobster on the rocks. the 2 dudes were asking people how it should be positioned. a lady told them to stay there so they can keep moving it. lol
roly-poly bathers.
 this one is awesome. tall sticks of bamboo with a knocking device on top driven by the wind.
a boy said that the sound changes as you go in, because the sticks change in height as well. cool~
the symphony of sounds is calming, meditative and reminds me of old-skool Asian toys.
 the sea of bamboo as seen from the grassy area.
this one is quite sobering. i thought it was an actual car crash because of the police tape around it, but they planted some fat palms around it, so it's as if vegetation grew back around it. or it could be that the car flew into the middle of the palm trees.
anyway, i was looking at the fake body in the car when a lady mentioned the car radio being audible and how she had the same experience of hearing it at a car crash.
so i listened and yeah it was on. woah.
on the front end of the car was what looked like the flayed and bloodied carcass of a kangaroo. might also be a human, it was an ambiguous shape.
woah.