“As you get older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do” (Zachary Scott, 1914-1965, Actor)

I decided for my final post that I would return to the first post I ever wrote for literature.

SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE! 

• Save enough money to travel Europe. (I’m still saving and getting closer each week)
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Don’t have much time to write today so im keeping it short!

I know everyone says don’t judge a book by its cover, which many times has proven right. David Malouf’s - Ransom was one of those books. The first 40 pages confused me, why was I being introduced to soo many new characters. I didn’t know anything about the first seven mentioned in the ( Read more... )

Points that came up within this weeks discussion:

Alexis Wright - Plains of Promice

Alexis Wright finishes her novel with a story told by Elliot - it ideologically refers to the victimhood of Aboriginals. Alexis demonstrates through Elliot’s story a variety of Aboriginal struggles such as their dispossession of land “tribes of crows wait in the ( Read more... )

Discription of the Beach

Sitting on the beach on a summer afternoon, shades of red, a hint of orange
and a splash of yellow … Smell that salty, ocean scent. The blazing sun beats down on the smooth, weathered rocks of the cliff side. While the crisp seaweed pushed onto the rocks by the waves, lay baking at the sea’s edge occasionally moving with the ( Read more... )

Some of the points that came up within last weeks discussion:

1. “Good theatre doesn’t provide solutions; it speculates- leaving the answers for the audience”.  Is this true of Buzo’s “Norm & Ahmed” and Alana Valentine’s “Shafan and Aunt Sarrinah”?

I agree with this statement, the aim of theatre is; to stir the consciousness of the audience, by ( Read more... )

This blog was provoked from a conversation that I had with a friend. We began talking about life & people. From there the bitching began BUT underneath the bitching we realised there was an underlying truth to what we were saying. Every behaviour, every identity of every person we spoke about was FAKE!

How we came to this realisation was talking ( Read more... )

I was one of the lucky students that actually got to see the Oz Tapestry in my tutorial and I must say ‘snaps’ for Michael for taking us because it makes such a difference when you actually have the image plastered on the wall in front of you.


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Points made within this weeks discussion:

Charles Harpur’s “Midsummer Noon in an Australian Forest” is permeated by an immense focus on light.  Portrayed as, “noon’s scorching eye.” However, this image is paralleled with a feeling of space conveyed through planes of land and sky “grassy cool recess”, Harpur suggests that it is these qualities of the ( Read more... )

Rhinotillexomani is a horrible, horrible condition that every single person and I mean every single person suffers within their lifetime. It is not contagious, nor is it deadly but it is very much so addictive. A day does not go by when one does not suffer the tortuous condition of rhinotillexomani. But what if u found your self in the situation ( Read more... )

Hello all ….

Back to uni and back to literature once again … ahh joy. I know I will defiantly be missing my days of nothingness… were I slept in till 11 and remained in my pyjamas all day watching TV. It’s now time to get back into the swing of it all so here goes week 1 entry 1 ….In this week’s lecture/workshop we were introduced to Australian ( Read more... )