Introduction - Rachael

Rachael:

My nearly five year old son's portrait of his family

I took the plunge last year and made the decision to take a voluntary redundancy from my cushy public service job. I wanted more from my career, I want to be more involved with my community, challenged, fulfilled and have fun! So I decided to become a primary school teacher.

I will admit that some of the arts do not come naturally to me. I have never felt comfortable ‘performing’ in front of people, though I really enjoy creating and designing things. As a child I spent hours building crazy Lego constructions, decorating my bedroom, drawing and colouring. As an adolescent I discovered photography and seemed to have a natural eye for composition. I enjoyed photography so much that I later completed a TAFE course in SLR photography and loved it. I can see my 5 year old son has similar creative interests, however my daughter (two and half years) seems to love performing, she is ALWAYS singing (even when she's meant to be asleep!) and simply loves to dance.

Lego, Lego and more Lego!