Carly Findlay

Writer, speaker, appearance activist. Loving life!

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So beautiful.

August 6, 2014 Carly Findlay 7 Comments

My love, he's got this joke with me. It's a play on everyone who intrusively asks me about my face."What's on your face?", he says. Then he adds, "Oh it's just beautiful."And boy do I smile when he says that. I am the luckiest.I don't need anyone but myself to make me feel happy … [Read more...]

appearance activism, appearance diversity, darren hayes, ichthyosis, ichthyosis awareness, love, Uncategorized

Songs of influence

August 15, 2013 Carly Findlay 7 Comments

It’s been my life-long dream to go on radio and play my favourite songs, especially Savage Garden - and last Thursday I did it! I was so excited to have been invited onto Are You Looking At Me? on 3CR - it's a conversation show about equality and difference, with conversations … [Read more...]

3cr, bob evans, darren hayes, disability, diver, diversity, interview, music, radio, silverchair, Uncategorized

What I know about remembering.

November 2, 2012 Carly Findlay 12 Comments

"Memory was a curse, yes, he thought, but it was also the greatest gift. Because if you lost memory you lost everything."~ Anne Rice My memory is cumbersome. Sometimes I lug it around like a heavy book. Other times it's like feathers, allowing me to softly escape. It's full of … [Read more...]

darren hayes, love, memory, remembering, Uncategorized, what i know about

On being a fan

November 14, 2011 Carly Findlay 17 Comments

"Make me feel like I'm the one who moves you,The only one you see"~ Fans - Kings of Leon After I wrote the review of the Sydney Darren Hayes concert, and emotionally expressed my joy in meeting him, I received a comment from an anonymous reader expressing concern for my emotional … [Read more...]

blogging, bob evans, commenter, darren hayes, darren hayes concert, fans, fanship, genevieve maynard, josh pyke, kings of leon, obsession, savage garden, siren's call, Uncategorized

A Sydney adventure – guest post by Sydney Shop Girl

November 7, 2011 Carly Findlay 1 Comment

My regular readers will breathe a sigh of relief to know that this is the first post in November that does not feature Darren Hayes. And my concerned commenter can rest assure that I haven't drowned in my obsession (I will address that perception when I'm not so busy living a … [Read more...]

carly findlay, darren hayes, guest blog, opera house, opera kitchen, st frock, sydney harbour, sydney shop girl, Uncategorized

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