Boab trees of the Kimberley Western Australia….gentle giants observing the tides of change

Meliorist on the move- 6 months on the road tracing Australia.

Ponderings on the nature of impermanence.

a conversation we need to have

This year might be a watershed moment for Australia. This year might be an opportunity for us to let go of the colonial shackles, prejudices, biases and fears we may have about treaties, reconciliation and our notions of what it is to be Australian. We have an opportunity to reframe our identity, to move forward with pride and honour.

Musings on what it means to be an Australian and artwork about the diaspora that makes us Australia today

It’s time for a change Australia- a rethink about Commonwealth, monarchy, and nationhood. What does it all mean anyway today?

Lateral Thinking Part 3- The Arts

A voice for or times. Musings on arts funding, the meaning of it all, protest songs and things we could do differently.

Poverty will only be made history when nature enters economic calculations in the same way that buildings, machines and roads do. Partha Dasgupta

I can smell an election in the air and there are a few things on my mind I reckon the politicians are getting very wrong and are ready for some lateral thinking….

• Housing

• the Environment

• the Arts

it is timely to step back and refocus our attention on things that matter rather than what the media and political spin doctors say matters.

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.

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)

Belonging; an exhibition by artists Kim Williams and Kim Walmsley this Naidoc Week

Interview with David Forbes- a story of an artist living with Parkinsons Disease