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Cycling FeverAs we are all well aware of the pressures of modernbusiness life and the stress that impacts on ourleading professionals we need to be mindful ofthe perils of Executive Burnout. The Australian newspaperrecently stated that the definition of burnout is: “persistentfatigue, detachment or resentment triggered by excessivework and stress”.Gabriela Cora, a psychiatrist and author of Leading underPressure recommends regular daily exercise. What could be amore cost effective and time efficient answer to addressingthis dilemma than riding your bike to work?Certainly riding your bike to work is a wonderfully timeefficient and beneficial approach to getting that very crucialadditional daily exercise – it also helps you sleepbetter.Cycling specialists Total Rush'sowner Simon Coffin says: “Cycling is afantastic way to relieve stress and it’soften done in the early hours of the dayso it doesn’t impact on work or family.“Businesses are really starting to useit for networking, because it’s one of afew sports that you can do in a group andstill talk, “most of the time.” I think we arealso seeing cycling as a great way to raisemoney for charity especially for the charityChain Reaction which we totally support ““So you get to de-stress, exercise,network and do your marketing all at thesame time.”Professionally organized bike rides like the nine day or three dayGreat Victorian Bike Ride (registrations by 29th July) let seriously stressedexecutives take a complete break from the office routine. There are alsofamily connections to be developed and reinforced particularly with fatherand sons within the camaraderie of these challenging events.Michael Tenace - Il Solito Posto relationship with Simon Coffin“I met Michael a few years ago through Chain Reaction, the Ultimate CorporateBike Challenge that raises money for sick children by challengingsenior executives who have a passion for cycling and an awareness of theircorporate and social responsibilities, to ride 1,000 plus kilometre course inMichael Tenace and Bike - not all cyclists wear Lycra.7 days. We shared our struggles together for a few days on the ride fromSydney to Melbourne. We had a fantastic time on the ride, raised a lot ofmoney for children's charity's and from there we became great mates.Total Rush is a long time partner of Chain Reaction. We assist inthe organization of the cycling event around Australia and provide fullsupport during the ride. It’s a huge job getting 40 or more people safelythrough a 1,000 km ride in 7 days. I get to meet a lot of fantastic peoplethrough it -- like Michael. It’s a great charity and we get to ride ourbikes for a week like professional cyclists, perhaps just a little slower. Ihighly recommend any cyclist who wants a tough challenge for a greatcause to get involved! It's also a fantastic networking opportunity.Michael loves his bikes and memorabilia, as you will see when you visithis restaurant Il Solito Posto. He also loves getting out with mates for aride on one of his beautiful bikes. He's very fussy about how he maintainshis bikes and is often in at Total Rush getting one of the mechanics to givethem a clean or just a check over. I'm sure he finds cycling a stress relieverbut, like all of us, struggles to find the time to fit it in to his busy schedule.I’m not sure which comes first with Michael, the enjoyment of collectingbikes or the thrill of riding.”Simon Coffin - Rush Cycling Group - 345 Punt Rd Richmond 312103 9421 0070. www.totalrush.com.au101 Collins Street management continues to promote cycling with everincreasing development of facilities for the 101 cycling community.Monique DiMattinaOn a cold May evening The StonningtonJazz Festival saw the launch of the latestalbum by international Melbourne basedJazz singer and composer Monique DiMattinabringing to the Melbourne Jazz scene some ofthe steaming vibes from her recent sojourn inNew Orleans, Louisiana.New Orleans is where Monique recorded herlatest album Nola’s Ark - “Certainly the resulting albumis hot – fusing stellar musicianship and New Orleansgood time sensibility to take the listener on an unforgettablemusical journey” (Jazzhead Records). Moniquewas trained in piano performance at Victoria College ofthe Arts and went on to study as a Fulbright scholar inNew York developing her love of jazz and composition.She takes inspiration from Bach, Lili Boulangere,Louis Armstrong and Dylan, and has worked with artistsas diverse as Lou Reed, Queen's Brian May/RogerTaylor and a who’s who of Jazz greats.Nola’s Ark is Monique’s fifth album and follows the criticalsuccess of 2010’s Welcome Stranger. The famed downtown PietyStudios (Elvis Costello, John Scofield, Allen Toussaint) was thelocation for this inspired album, with an all-star musical crew(all featured in the HBO Treme series) including trumpeter LeroyJones (Harry Connick Jnr Band) and bass/ sousaphone man MattPerrine (Dr John, Jon Cleary) masterfully steered by producer MarkBingham (R.E.M., Cassandra Wilson).This new recording draws on love’s labours – relationshipvicissitudes, sex and chaos, motherhood –the juggle and the struggle. Nola’s Ark alsoincludes songs written on her unique radiosegment ‘Shaken Not Rehearsed’, writingand performing original songs, within thehour, live to air according to listener requests.Crowd stopping numbers includedBlack Cat and Godzilla.Monique can next be heard in concertat the Kelvin Club, Melbourne Place. Sat 6thJuly, Dinner/show 7pm. Bookings (03) 96545711. www.moniquedimattina.com20 The 101 Quarterly
The bridge overthe waterlilypond 1900Art Institute ofChicago, IllinoisMr andMrs LewisLarned CoburnMemorialCollection, 1923Monet’s Garden: The Musée Marmottan Monet, ParisS o p h i e M a t h i e s s o n , C u r a t o r ,I n t e r n a t i o n a l A r t N G VThe garden at Giverny, the property in rural Normandythat Monet rented from 1883, evolvedin progressive bursts of energy and passion.The long sloping garden that Monet found in 1883 wasessentially a traditional Normandy garden – vegetablebeds, fruit trees and long straight rows of flowers. Thelower boundary of the garden was formed by a road anda small railway line. A central walkway, which ran downfrom the terrace of the wide pink house, was flankedby dark gloomy spruces, which Monet hated but whichhis companion, Alice Hoschedé, loved. At first Monetwanted the garden simply to serve as a source of cut flowers to paintindoors when the weather was bad. But the creative possibilities of thislarge garden were becoming ever more apparent to him although he couldnot as yet afford gardeners to maintain it. Very soon Monet was drawinghis two children and six stepchildren into the world of gardening. Anold photograph show the youngest boys Michel Monet and Jean-PierreHoschedé struggling to carry a bucket of water between them.It was not until a few years after he arrived at Giverny that Monetbecame a truly impassioned gardener. He had contracted ‘gardenmania’from two artist friends who lived nearby – Gustave Caillebotte andCamille Pissarro and from the writer Octave Mirbeau, who moved to thearea in 1889. The friends swapped cuttings fanatically, traded tips, correspondedwith gardeners and nurserymen abroad and visited gardenshows together. In 1889 Monet visited the Universal Exhibition wherehe saw new, coloured hybrids of the common white waterlily. A yearlater he was able to actually buy the house and garden at Giverny. Heannounced that he was now ‘reluctant to leave Giverny, especially nowthat I am redesigning the house and garden as I want them.’ The visit of10 May - 8 September 2013Sophie MathiessonPhotography: John HoernerTop left: Claude MonetWaterlilies (Nymphéas)(1916–19)Musée Marmottan Monet, ParisGift of Michel Monet, 1966 (inv.5164)Bottom left: Claude Monetoutside his house at Giverny 1921Musée d’Orsay, Paris© Patrice Schmidt /MuséeLeft: Hemerocallis (Daylilies)(Les Hémérocalles) (1914–17)Musée Marmottan Monet, Parisd’Orsay distribution RMNa Japanese gardener to Giverny in 1891 is a clue to thedirection in which Monet was heading.Two years after that visit Monet took a momentousstep. He purchased 1,268 square metres of land over theother side of the road and railway line, effectively extendinghis garden. This flood-prone tract of low lying landhad contained in medieval times a fish breeding pond,maintained by local monks. Monet excavated a new pondand diverted a small stream into it, much to the chagrinof litigious neighbouring famers. Monet then edged thestream with willows, giant bamboos, flowering bulbs,irises and grasses. He stocked the pond with a range ofcoloured lilies and spanned it with an arching woodenbridge, inspired by Japanese bridges in his collection oforiental woodblock prints.Monet’s gardening staff swelled to seven and their tasks includeddeadheading flowers early in the morning and washing the dust from liliesbefore Monet began his day’s painting. It is not surprising that Monetwould claim he was spending all his money on his garden. The exquisitegarden matured quickly and it soon became the almost exclusive focusof his paintings. Only Monet’s most treasured friends were ever allowedaccess to the secluded second garden in his lifetime. One dealer RenéGimpel had been visiting Giverny for three years before he was invitedto walk around the pond. As a result of Monet’s protectiveness over hissecret world, the garden at Giverny became an enchanted place for all whoheard about it; the magic of the place resonated long after his paintings ofthe pond became world famous. The exhibition Monet’s Garden brings toMelbourne sixty paintings by Monet of which thirty six were painted in thegarden. These canvases were treasured by the artist. Some he regardedas unfinished. Some he could not bear to part with. Others he would notsell separately, as they were to him like movements in a musical piece –inextricably linked. All of them reflect the world of water, colour and lightthat Monet created in the heart of the Normandy countryside.The 101 Quarterly 21
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Cycling FeverAs we are all well aware of the pressures of modernbusiness life and the stress that impacts on ourleading professionals we need to be mindful ofthe perils of Executive Burnout. <strong>The</strong> Australian newspaperrecently stated that the definition of burnout is: “persistentfatigue, detachment or resentment triggered by excessivework and stress”.Gabriela Cora, a psychiatrist and author of Leading underPressure recommends regular daily exercise. What could be amore cost effective and time efficient answer to addressingthis dilemma than riding your bike to work?Certainly riding your bike to work is a wonderfully timeefficient and beneficial approach to getting that very crucialadditional daily exercise – it also helps you sleepbetter.Cycling specialists Total Rush'sowner Simon Coffin says: “Cycling is afantastic way to relieve stress and it’soften done in the early hours of the dayso it doesn’t impact on work or family.“Businesses are really starting to useit for networking, because it’s one of afew sports that you can do in a group andstill talk, “most of the time.” I think we arealso seeing cycling as a great way to raisemoney for charity especially for the charityChain Reaction which we totally support ““So you get to de-stress, exercise,network and do your marketing all at thesame time.”Professionally organized bike rides like the nine day or three day<strong>Great</strong> Victorian Bike Ride (registrations by 29th July) let seriously stressedexecutives take a complete break from the office routine. <strong>The</strong>re are alsofamily connections to be developed and reinforced particularly with fatherand sons within the camaraderie of these challenging events.Michael Tenace - Il Solito Posto relationship with Simon Coffin“I met Michael a few years ago through Chain Reaction, the Ultimate CorporateBike Challenge that raises money for sick children by challengingsenior executives who have a passion for cycling and an awareness of theircorporate and social responsibilities, to ride 1,000 plus kilometre course inMichael Tenace and Bike - not all cyclists wear Lycra.7 days. We shared our struggles together for a few days on the ride fromSydney to Melbourne. We had a fantastic time on the ride, raised a lot ofmoney for children's charity's and from there we became great mates.Total Rush is a long time partner of Chain Reaction. We assist inthe organization of the cycling event around Australia and provide fullsupport during the ride. It’s a huge job getting 40 or more people safelythrough a 1,000 km ride in 7 days. I get to meet a lot of fantastic peoplethrough it -- like Michael. It’s a great charity and we get to ride ourbikes for a week like professional cyclists, perhaps just a little slower. Ihighly recommend any cyclist who wants a tough challenge for a greatcause to get involved! It's also a fantastic networking opportunity.Michael loves his bikes and memorabilia, as you will see when you visithis restaurant Il Solito Posto. He also loves getting out with mates for aride on one of his beautiful bikes. He's very fussy about how he maintainshis bikes and is often in at Total Rush getting one of the mechanics to givethem a clean or just a check over. I'm sure he finds cycling a stress relieverbut, like all of us, struggles to find the time to fit it in to his busy schedule.I’m not sure which comes first with Michael, the enjoyment of collectingbikes or the thrill of riding.”Simon Coffin - Rush Cycling <strong>Group</strong> - 345 Punt Rd Richmond 312103 9421 0070. www.totalrush.com.au101 Collins Street management continues to promote cycling with everincreasing development of facilities for the 101 cycling community.Monique DiMattinaOn a cold May evening <strong>The</strong> StonningtonJazz Festival saw the launch of the latestalbum by international Melbourne basedJazz singer and composer Monique DiMattinabringing to the Melbourne Jazz scene some ofthe steaming vibes from her recent sojourn inNew Orleans, Louisiana.New Orleans is where Monique recorded herlatest album Nola’s Ark - “Certainly the resulting albumis hot – fusing stellar musicianship and New Orleansgood time sensibility to take the listener on an unforgettablemusical journey” (Jazzhead Records). Moniquewas trained in piano performance at Victoria College ofthe Arts and went on to study as a Fulbright scholar inNew York developing her love of jazz and composition.She takes inspiration from Bach, Lili Boulangere,Louis Armstrong and Dylan, and has worked with artistsas diverse as Lou Reed, Queen's Brian May/RogerTaylor and a who’s who of Jazz greats.Nola’s Ark is Monique’s fifth album and follows the criticalsuccess of 2010’s Welcome Stranger. <strong>The</strong> famed downtown PietyStudios (Elvis Costello, John Scofield, Allen Toussaint) was thelocation for this inspired album, with an all-star musical crew(all featured in the HBO Treme series) including trumpeter LeroyJones (Harry Connick Jnr Band) and bass/ sousaphone man MattPerrine (Dr John, Jon Cleary) masterfully steered by producer MarkBingham (R.E.M., Cassandra Wilson).This new recording draws on love’s labours – relationshipvicissitudes, sex and chaos, motherhood –the juggle and the struggle. Nola’s Ark alsoincludes songs written on her unique radiosegment ‘Shaken Not Rehearsed’, writingand performing original songs, within thehour, live to air according to listener requests.Crowd stopping numbers includedBlack Cat and Godzilla.Monique can next be heard in concertat the Kelvin Club, Melbourne Place. Sat 6thJuly, Dinner/show 7pm. Bookings (03) 96545711. www.moniquedimattina.com20 <strong>The</strong> 101 Quarterly
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