# House of Normal
> A creative space for inspiration, experimentation, and exploring the human experience.
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## Pages
- [About this site](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/about.md) - No ads. No Popups. No Paywalls. Just a pure creative space for inspiration, experimentation, and exploring the human experience. What this is | Start Here | Copyright | The Why | About the Founder What this is House of Normal is a creative lab, journal, and archive — experiments, reflections, and c…
- [The Archive](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/archive.md) - The Archive - House of Normal complete list of articles by category
- [Contact](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/contact.md)
- [Shop](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/shop.md) - Damien K Quick Official Artist Store.

## Posts
- [Learning to dance at 50 years old](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/learning-to-dance-at-50-years-old.md) - Turning 50 can be a big thing for many, but it doesn't have to be a negative one. The decline in ability, health and well-being only becomes a problem if you allow it to be. Today is my 50th birthday, and I'm more capable, fit and healthy than I was in my 20s and 30s, with 50 years of wisdom to boo…
- [Hok San Lion Dance 2015 - 2017](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/hok-san-lion-dance-2015-2017.md) - A look back at my journey through Lion Dance training, performances, and returning years later to train alongside my daughter as a Lion Dance team.
- [Monster Cheese](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/monster-cheese.md) - If there's one thing worth avoiding on this dive, its the unassuming proboscis of the Monster Cheese.
- [Present-Moment Awareness](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/present-moment-awareness.md) - Transmission: "Intentionally focusing on your current thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and environment instead of rehashing the past or worrying about the future."
- [Alien Aerial Planetary](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/alien-aerial-planetary.md) - Planetary signal received.
- [Totem of Pluto](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/totem-of-pluto.md) - An artists impression.
- [Inflatable Boing - Localised Lifeform Transport System (LLTS)](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/inflatable-boing-localised-lifeform-transport-system-llts.md) - Found amongst the dunes, they appear to be doing not much at all however if you give them a firm kick in what we assume is the stomach they bounce like the clappers.
- [A Day to be Remembered](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/a-day-to-be-remembered.md) - Lest We Forget.
- [It wasn't His Fault](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/it-wasnt-his-fault.md) - Precipitation has nothing to do with a cult.
- [Memories of Earth - Southern Wine District](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/memories-of-earth-southern-wine-district.md) - We haven't even seen a Grape in 400 years.
- [Grasshopper Transport System (GTS)](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/grasshopper-transport-system-gts.md) - Interplanetary Public Transport
- [Lost](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/lost.md) - I have no idea what just happened.
- [Interplanetary Commute](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/interplanetary-commute.md) - We reach for the stars, yet remain as unhappy as we’ve always been.
- [Specimen 00 - The Harvest](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/specimen-00-the-harvest.md) - – .- -. -.-. .-. . .- - . -.. --. — -..
- [Memories of Earth - A New Dawn](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/mem.md) - Venus, once a distant star, a resource now forgotten.
- [Patience went out the door with motivation](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/patient.md) - The motivation door0:00/64.2847391× 
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- [A New Specimen - 88](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/a-new-specimen-88.md) - A Baller worm, 1mm in length
- [The Ancient Terraced Cliffs](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/the-ancient-terraced-cliffs.md) - What doesn't kill you can still potentially kill you.
- [The red lakes](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/the-red-lakes.md) - Why are they red?
- [Rocks on Mars](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/rocks-on-mars.md) - Transmission received: ... - - - ...
- [Control System Installation](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/control-system-installation.md) - Control System Installation ... All is going to plan
- [Umbilical of  the Wastes](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/umbilical-of-the-wastes.md) - Umbilical maintenance to commence
- [Signals from the past](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/signals-from-the-past.md) - Sound captured, Signals from Earth or elsewhere?
- [əˈliːvieɪt](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/li-vieit.md) - alleviate/əˈliːvieɪt/ make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe."he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it"
- [Terraform stage 4](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/terraform-stage-4.md) - Terraform stage 4 almost complete
- [Tired from a long journey](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/tired-from-a-long-journey.md) - Tired from a long journey
- [Sometimes I miss the blue sky](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/sometimes-i-miss-the-blue-sky.md) - Sometimes I miss the blue sky
- [Stuck on a mundane planet](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/stuck-on-a-mundane-planet.md) - Stuck on a mundane planet
- [A Reconfiguration Phase](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/a-reconfiguration-phase.md) - Towards the end of 2025 I hit a “what the fuck am I doing?” moment. These books helped me rethink capacity, direction, work, energy, and what I actually wanted to build.
- [Riverfire from the Roof](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/riverfire-from-the-roof.md) - Working Riverfire from a CBD rooftop became more than an AV gig. It turned into 35mm photographic experiments, quiet walks through abandoned floors, and a new view of old Brisbane.
- [A Beginner’s Guide to Culling Photos](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/a-beginners-guide-to-culling-photos.md) - Feeling overwhelmed by hundreds or even thousands of photos? This beginner-friendly guide explains a simple culling method to help you sort, reduce, and choose the strongest images without getting lost in the process.
- [Building Death’s Sword for Brisbane Arts Theatre’s Mort](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/building-deaths-sword-for-brisbane-arts-theatres-mort.md) - I built a prop sword for Death in Brisbane Arts Theatre’s production of Mort. What started as a straightforward stage prop became a crash course in wood choice, painting problems, casting repairs, and adapting on the fly.
- [Boredoms - Boadrum 111 - Byron Bay, NSW - 11 November 2011](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/boredoms-boadrum-111-byron-bay-nsw-11-november-2011.md) - A first-hand photographic record of Boredoms’ Boadrum 111 performance in Byron Bay, Australia on 11/11/11. Over 80 scanned 35mm images capture Yamantaka Eye, Yoshimi P-We, and 111 drummers in giant concentric circles, preserved from original film negatives and prints.
- [Tree Root Systems - An inspiration.](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/tree-root-systems-an-inspiration.md) - I’ve always been drawn to trees — especially their roots, scars, and twisted forms. This piece explores how forest walks, flood-marked bark, and strangler figs have quietly influenced the way I build structure and movement in my artwork.
- [This Spider Be Thirsty – Animated Short](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/this-spider-be-thirsty-animated-short.md) - A short animated film about a thirsty spider on a very hot day. Animated using Clip Studio Paint EX and edited in DaVinci Resolve.
- [Cho Dan Bo – Ambition Before Skill in Game Development](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/cho-dan-bo-ambition-before-skill-in-game-development.md) - Cho Dan Bo was my first serious attempt at game development — and a lesson in ambition exceeding skill. What began as a simple idea turned into engine hopping, coding walls, and the realisation that I had skipped the fundamentals.
- [Airbrushing Death – Stage Adaptation of Mort (2015)](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/airbrushing-death-stage-adaptation-of-mort-2015.md) - A behind-the-scenes look at airbrushing the Death mask for a stage production of Mort, redesigned to hold depth under bright stage lights.
- [Incompetent Elytra Pilot - A Minecraft Animated short film](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/incompetent-elytra-pilot-a-minecraft-animated-short-film.md) - An in-depth animation breakdown of Incompetent Elytra Pilot, a Minecraft-inspired short, covering story origins, workflow, timing, backgrounds, and production lessons.
- [My Early Airbrush Work (1993–2000)](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/my-early-airbrush-work-1993-2000.md) - A look back at my early airbrush years from 1993–2000 — learning the hard way with cheap gear, TAFE night classes, automotive acrylics, and freehand experiments, plus a gallery of the paintings (and what became of them).
- [King of Hearts - Animated short](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/king-of-hearts-animated-short.md) - A tiny animation about performance anxiety — starring a playing card. Built in Clip Studio, finished in DaVinci, this is the process I used from start to finish.
- [Building a stainless Gorget for HEMA](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/building-a-stainless-gorget-for-hema.md) - How I built a budget-friendly HEMA gorget using scrap stainless steel, a borrowed Winter Tree Craft pattern, and built from stainless steel, leather straps, and peened copper rivets.
- [The General and the Chocolate Biscuit Prank](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/the-general-and-the-chocolate-biscuit-prank.md) - A Blackadder-inspired General brought to life in Blender’s Grease Pencil — simple layered face animation and line wobble. Blender, Clip Studio Paint and DaVinci Resolve.
- [Single Pencil - Giant Box](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/single-pencil-giant-box.md) - I expected one package. What I got was split deliveries and a single pencil in a giant box.
- [The Quest for the Wooden Dagger](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/the-quest-for-the-wooden-dagger.md) - After playing The Witcher 3, I decided to make a dagger out of scraps of wood. This is the process from start to finish.
- [Capturing Dragons - A fiery photographic experiment.](https://www.houseofnormal.com.au/capturing-dragons-a-fiery-photographic-experiment.md) - An experiment in photographing flame at extreme shutter speeds. Propane torch tests at 1/8000s, these frames freeze fire into sharp, sculpted motion.

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