A new Writing by violin pedagogue and artist Margarita Ceko on what happens when technical problems in music education are experienced as personal inadequacy.

An ocean view, a phone and the person sitting beside us. Margarita Ceko on travel, devices and the observations that became OCEAN VIEW.

The story behind Margarita Ceko’s THE PIANIST, a contemporary painting shaped by a lifetime inside music education and observations of parental ambition, pressure and childhood creativity.

The connection between intention, perception and physical action, explored through violin, fitness and ballet.

On mastery, inner expansion and the forms of wealth that have to become part of the person who possesses them.

More practice does not always solve a violin problem. Sometimes repetition strengthens the mechanism that is creating it.

The visible price of a violin lesson is only one part of its cost. Time, direction, confidence and the need to relearn can be considerably more expensive.

What happens when years of violin practice have trained the body, ear and perception in a direction that now has to be rebuilt?

On body image, beauty standards, social comparison, human behaviour and the different currencies by which we measure a life.

A reflection on parenthood, family expectations, private experience and the cultural promise of domestic happiness.

A reflection on humour, vulnerability, physical labour and the working people whose effort keeps ordinary life functioning.

A reflection on dress codes, belonging, authority, rebellion, cultural literacy and how much of the game we choose to play.

Gold Coast-based multidisciplinary artist Margarita Ceko on connecting visual art, photography, violin, teaching, physical transformation and human behaviour through one creative philosophy.