I really njoyed Fadia's article on Albert Namatjira in her Livejournal. This was a fantastic link to Alf Dubbo as they both are very similar characters. As Fadia states, Albert Namatjira was one of the first Aboriginal artists to be influence by the western arts just like Alf Dubbo. This led me to wonder if perhaps Patrick WHite was influenced ( Read more... )

Marcus finally made the last left turn on his way home, and gently parked his Lexus into his driveway. Only five hours before Marcus had been wishing that this was where he could be. In his beautiful home with his angry girlfriend who would no doubt be annoyed at his ever increasing work load. But now that the time had arrived, Marcus was ( Read more... )

Kath has once again made me think about my life and where i stand in my relationships with people. She has started by talking about the old saying "If you love someone set them free. If they come back they're yours. If they don't, they never were." This is a very interesting statement but i much preferred her second attemppt at the quote syaing ( Read more... )

This week i will try my hand at a review ( Read more... )

Kath begins her ive hjournal post by discussing the differnces in beliefs between Mrs Jolly and Miss Hare. They obvioulsy have some very big diffrerences in what they term faith. Mrs Jolly isa very typical Protestant who believes that it is far more imprtant to make appearances at Church rather than having an internal system of faith. Quite ( Read more... )

I've heard that it is cold.
Freezing actually.
That there's no warmth anywhere,
Except for in our minds.

How much longer,
do we have to wait.
Before someone lights a fire.
Doesn't have to be big.

It will grow, hopefully.
People will be warmed,
and be able to see,
the mistakes that we made.

I htough i would try to write a Heckler type of article and here it is ( Read more... )

It is interesting to look back over the past five years and to see were the world has changed, either for the better or worse. This day five years agao was obviously a very scary time for each of us as we all watch events out of our control unfold across the globe. I personally was extremely scared about where the world was heading. I was only ( Read more... )

This is my attempt at creatvive writing ( Read more... )

I agree with you Clare, in that fact that we all need to be able to listen to other people and understand that what is a problem for us, may not be a problem for other people. Someone may like the hair sticking up, and it is our duty as sensitive people to recognise this ( Read more... )