19 weeks in on a 6 month road trip tracing Australia, we turn the corner of the Western Australia coast and begin to head east.
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6 months on the road tracing Australia-
D’Entrecasteaux National Park
more than a pile of rocks
6 months on the road tracing Australia
more than a pile of rocks- Burrup Peninsula
This month we travelled from the Kimberly to the Pilbara. Spinifex, red dirt, deep gorges- a land of great beauty as well as iron ore trains, massive ships coming in and out of ports, towns dependant and built on mining $, and complex infrastructure. This is extractive Australia.
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Artist in Residence - Ahimsa
Musings during a 15 day stay at the property Ahimsa once home to environmentalist, lawyer, feminist and Buddhist Marie Byles. Researching Marie’s life, walking where she walked and following connections with author Gillian Mears who was also inspired by this woman. 31 Jan- 14th Feb 2024
Artist in Residence Ahimsa
Musings during a 15 day stay at the property Ahimsa once home to environmentalist, lawyer, feminist and Buddhist Marie Byles. Researching Marie’s life, walking where she walked and following connections with author Gillian Mears who was also inspired by this woman. 31 Jan- 14th Feb 2024
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End Native Forest Loggng Now!
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the environment
Poverty will only be made history when nature enters economic calculations in the same way that buildings, machines and roads do.
Lateral Thinking Part 2
Poverty will only be made history when nature enters economic calculations in the same way that buildings, machines and roads do. Partha Dasgupta
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Visions for the future
What does it take to be a visionary?
Collins dictionary says synonyms for visionary are idealist, romantic, dreamer, daydreamer. This has a dismissive air. The world today has no time for idealists. Yet they also say You use visionary to describe the strong, original ideas of a visionary.
a reflection
on 2021
That was the year that was
The good the bad and the ugly!
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In Consideration of Trees
the take aways
In Consideration of Trees Wrap up
In Consideration of Trees 3 days of art, talks, poetry and music dedicated to trees. Our connection, need for wildness, actions we can take now and arts that can speak louder than words.
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Resilience
When life gives you dirt….make compost… that sums up the message from the Resilient Women event on Tamborine Mountain (Bron and The Lyre Bird- image courtesy of Linda Mahaffy from Scenic Rim News Info and Events)
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It’s the 11th September 2021 and the annual outdoor sculpture show Swell at Currumbin Beach is in full swing. We are arriving just as the sun is going down. There are people promenading down the beach with the giant blow up white rabbits, a thousand paper cranes blowing in the wind, the grand, the simple, the bizarre and the intriguing. Swell is Queensland’s answer to Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi. Luckier this year to be able to host the event whereas Covid restrictions in Sydney have closed Sculpture by the Sea for the second year running.
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View from my Window
Lockdowns, cancellations, expectations, change the big pause continues and musings on the whole damn thing
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seeing the forest for the trees
seeing the forest for the trees
There have been times in my life when trees have saved me. A grandiose statement but in many ways true…..
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black swans
saving an enigma
Black Swans
Support the saving of Black Swan Lake
The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.- Wikipedia
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a regional art reflection
#ArtlandsVictoria
A regional art reflection
What is the collective noun for a group of artists or artsworkers?
A posse, a palette, a bevy, a flourish?
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something bigger
Visual artist Sandrine Pelissier and art therapist Sophie Babeanu are calling on artists and doodlers from around the world for The Big Picture- photo Mike Wakefield
being part of something bigger...
“The distinction between art and entertainment is that entertainment happens within what we already know. Whatever our response is – laughing, getting excited – underneath it all, entertainment says that the world is the way you think it is. Art, on the other hand, happens outside what we already know, so that inherent in the artistic experience is this amazing human capacity to expand our sense of the way the world is or might be. ”- Eric Booth
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