Lisa M
@lisam74.bsky.social
Arts producer, researcher, poet, artist, Wikipedian. I'm a white New Zealander living in Aotearoa gratefully because of Te Tiriti o Aotearoa.
He Tangata Tiriti ahau
He Pākehā ahau
Toi Tū Te Tiriti
Toi Tū Te Taiao
Toi Tū Te Reo
Mauri ora
He Tangata Tiriti ahau
He Pākehā ahau
Toi Tū Te Tiriti
Toi Tū Te Taiao
Toi Tū Te Reo
Mauri ora
12 - 16 Nov 2025 in Pōneke a new Theatre Marae experience. Written by Helen Pearse-Otene, directed by Jim Moriarty, choreographed by Tānemahuta Gray and produced by me and Jim. "Out the Gate" about incarceration in Aotearoa from lived experience. Tickets from Te Rākau's website.
"Wow, just wow"
"Wow, just wow"
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
12 - 16 Nov 2025 in Pōneke a new Theatre Marae experience. Written by Helen Pearse-Otene, directed by Jim Moriarty, choreographed by Tānemahuta Gray and produced by me and Jim. "Out the Gate" about incarceration in Aotearoa from lived experience. Tickets from Te Rākau's website.
"Wow, just wow"
"Wow, just wow"
Making art. Making meaning. Making collective organic mauri. Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu. Out the Gate - Theatre Marae. #theatremarae
October 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Making art. Making meaning. Making collective organic mauri. Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu. Out the Gate - Theatre Marae. #theatremarae
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
I'm in Tauranga for Nui Te Kōrerō, a CNZ arts conference.
September 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm in Tauranga for Nui Te Kōrerō, a CNZ arts conference.
For folk caring about Aotearoa New Zealand and who haven't got around to a submission against the Regulatory Standards Bill (rightwing legislation) - here are the minimum statements to make. Short is fine! It's a numbers game. Look up the lawyer Tania Waikato for more guidance and info.
June 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For folk caring about Aotearoa New Zealand and who haven't got around to a submission against the Regulatory Standards Bill (rightwing legislation) - here are the minimum statements to make. Short is fine! It's a numbers game. Look up the lawyer Tania Waikato for more guidance and info.
Drawing excersize.
Chosen at random from my new second hand bookshop treasure.
Chosen at random from my new second hand bookshop treasure.
June 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Drawing excersize.
Chosen at random from my new second hand bookshop treasure.
Chosen at random from my new second hand bookshop treasure.
Finished large drawing. The next random drawing excersize will be smaller. (Full time worker, part time artist).
June 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Finished large drawing. The next random drawing excersize will be smaller. (Full time worker, part time artist).
Work in progress.
I wish the dishes didn't need to be done, or the budget, or the distraction of sorting out my art kit looking for a white chalk pastel.
#dailydrawing
I wish the dishes didn't need to be done, or the budget, or the distraction of sorting out my art kit looking for a white chalk pastel.
#dailydrawing
May 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Work in progress.
I wish the dishes didn't need to be done, or the budget, or the distraction of sorting out my art kit looking for a white chalk pastel.
#dailydrawing
I wish the dishes didn't need to be done, or the budget, or the distraction of sorting out my art kit looking for a white chalk pastel.
#dailydrawing
A recent visit to a second hand shop in Whāngareu revealed a drawing book I have searching for "100 Creative Drawing Ideas" compiled by A. H. Audette.
This sketch 'drawing from film' I did watching JessB music videos. #DailyDrawing
This sketch 'drawing from film' I did watching JessB music videos. #DailyDrawing
May 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A recent visit to a second hand shop in Whāngareu revealed a drawing book I have searching for "100 Creative Drawing Ideas" compiled by A. H. Audette.
This sketch 'drawing from film' I did watching JessB music videos. #DailyDrawing
This sketch 'drawing from film' I did watching JessB music videos. #DailyDrawing
Comedy festival in Wellington this week. I've booked for these two solo shows like a delectable double whammy of wonderful whacky women. Johanna Cosgrove and Maria Williams.
May 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Comedy festival in Wellington this week. I've booked for these two solo shows like a delectable double whammy of wonderful whacky women. Johanna Cosgrove and Maria Williams.
Next weekend I am in Tāmaki Makaurau for a Women in Red Wikipedia event focusing on women architects and designers. Thanks to A+W NZ and the book Making Space edited by Elizabeth Cox, this is the third year in a row.
April 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Next weekend I am in Tāmaki Makaurau for a Women in Red Wikipedia event focusing on women architects and designers. Thanks to A+W NZ and the book Making Space edited by Elizabeth Cox, this is the third year in a row.
A personal practice is
to not use the word 'should'
so laden
with guilt
The image is a poem from my notebook written with a double-tipped nib.
It reads:
You Should
_
you should
don't you know?
there is all this...
why don't you?
didn't you know?
you should.
to not use the word 'should'
so laden
with guilt
The image is a poem from my notebook written with a double-tipped nib.
It reads:
You Should
_
you should
don't you know?
there is all this...
why don't you?
didn't you know?
you should.
March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A personal practice is
to not use the word 'should'
so laden
with guilt
The image is a poem from my notebook written with a double-tipped nib.
It reads:
You Should
_
you should
don't you know?
there is all this...
why don't you?
didn't you know?
you should.
to not use the word 'should'
so laden
with guilt
The image is a poem from my notebook written with a double-tipped nib.
It reads:
You Should
_
you should
don't you know?
there is all this...
why don't you?
didn't you know?
you should.
#DailyArt
ALT: On a ledge sits a stone, it's a sea smoothed piece of brick. Painted on it is a wedge of watermelon. Trees are in the background.
I love it when the alt text comes out poetry.
From the river to the sea
ALT: On a ledge sits a stone, it's a sea smoothed piece of brick. Painted on it is a wedge of watermelon. Trees are in the background.
I love it when the alt text comes out poetry.
From the river to the sea
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#DailyArt
ALT: On a ledge sits a stone, it's a sea smoothed piece of brick. Painted on it is a wedge of watermelon. Trees are in the background.
I love it when the alt text comes out poetry.
From the river to the sea
ALT: On a ledge sits a stone, it's a sea smoothed piece of brick. Painted on it is a wedge of watermelon. Trees are in the background.
I love it when the alt text comes out poetry.
From the river to the sea
Owhiro Bay, (Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa New Zealand).
Manipulated photograph
#DailyArt
#ILoveTriangles
Being by the sea is good for me.
Manipulated photograph
#DailyArt
#ILoveTriangles
Being by the sea is good for me.
March 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Owhiro Bay, (Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa New Zealand).
Manipulated photograph
#DailyArt
#ILoveTriangles
Being by the sea is good for me.
Manipulated photograph
#DailyArt
#ILoveTriangles
Being by the sea is good for me.
Inspired by the Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery exhibition at the national museum in Wellington. Snails, skulls and collage.
#dailyart
Photo collage
#TePapaTongarewa
#dailyart
Photo collage
#TePapaTongarewa
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Inspired by the Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery exhibition at the national museum in Wellington. Snails, skulls and collage.
#dailyart
Photo collage
#TePapaTongarewa
#dailyart
Photo collage
#TePapaTongarewa
#dailyart
Made a poster. I feel that counts.
Bee in community - it really helps
Gardening, clearing streams, helping at sporting events, wandering through a local market, zine workshop, library readings, and all...
Used #wikmediacommons images with a little credit too.
Made a poster. I feel that counts.
Bee in community - it really helps
Gardening, clearing streams, helping at sporting events, wandering through a local market, zine workshop, library readings, and all...
Used #wikmediacommons images with a little credit too.
February 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#dailyart
Made a poster. I feel that counts.
Bee in community - it really helps
Gardening, clearing streams, helping at sporting events, wandering through a local market, zine workshop, library readings, and all...
Used #wikmediacommons images with a little credit too.
Made a poster. I feel that counts.
Bee in community - it really helps
Gardening, clearing streams, helping at sporting events, wandering through a local market, zine workshop, library readings, and all...
Used #wikmediacommons images with a little credit too.
"We don't have to respond in the moment"
Installation in my office. Comment is from my notes made while listening to Gaayathri Nair, 'Emotions for Activism'
Installation in my office. Comment is from my notes made while listening to Gaayathri Nair, 'Emotions for Activism'
February 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"We don't have to respond in the moment"
Installation in my office. Comment is from my notes made while listening to Gaayathri Nair, 'Emotions for Activism'
Installation in my office. Comment is from my notes made while listening to Gaayathri Nair, 'Emotions for Activism'
Alt text:
Book cover in a frame. Artwork feeling very 60s (because it is). A white women all in black clothes with a sexy kickass pose and a massive beehive hairdo. Text says "meet the world's most dazzling female secret agent Modesty Blaise a Novel by Peter O'Donnell"
Book cover in a frame. Artwork feeling very 60s (because it is). A white women all in black clothes with a sexy kickass pose and a massive beehive hairdo. Text says "meet the world's most dazzling female secret agent Modesty Blaise a Novel by Peter O'Donnell"
February 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Alt text:
Book cover in a frame. Artwork feeling very 60s (because it is). A white women all in black clothes with a sexy kickass pose and a massive beehive hairdo. Text says "meet the world's most dazzling female secret agent Modesty Blaise a Novel by Peter O'Donnell"
Book cover in a frame. Artwork feeling very 60s (because it is). A white women all in black clothes with a sexy kickass pose and a massive beehive hairdo. Text says "meet the world's most dazzling female secret agent Modesty Blaise a Novel by Peter O'Donnell"
Hear the intangible
See the air thick with light
Feel the music of moths
Taste the smell of imagination
Be present
Be present
Celebrate life
Mauri ora
See the air thick with light
Feel the music of moths
Taste the smell of imagination
Be present
Be present
Celebrate life
Mauri ora
February 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hear the intangible
See the air thick with light
Feel the music of moths
Taste the smell of imagination
Be present
Be present
Celebrate life
Mauri ora
See the air thick with light
Feel the music of moths
Taste the smell of imagination
Be present
Be present
Celebrate life
Mauri ora
