Black Lives Matter
Today, due to the medical wisdom of maintaining social distancing, many of us will not be able to support, by our presence, the ‘Black Lives Matter’ public gathering. Over many …
Lifters and Leaners
As the economy is now in a recession the focus is clearly on ensuring jobs are available and secure. With programs like JobSeeker, JobKeeper and JobMaker, we have fortunately moved …
‘a full dish of various kinds of fruits’
Watching the anger, frustration and despair in America, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless. There is no easy resolution to these longstanding and entrenched difficulties – particularly when …
No words can describe…
‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’ George Santayana, 1905
Angelology
Angels often capture the public’s imagination. Back in the 1980s, as part of the New Age Movement, there was a resurgence in ‘angel awareness’ and angelology. ‘A Book of Angels’, …
A saint for our times
On this week’s ‘The Religion and Ethics Report’ on ABC Radio National, there was an interview with American author Tara Isabella Burton. The interview can be streamed on the ABC …
Here’s Mickey!
I want to start by acknowledging and paying my respects to the elders past, present and emerging of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation whose ancestors have …
On being a hermit
Now that there is a plan to move from lockdown to re-engage with the world, I have to confess that I have really embraced my ‘inner hermit’. As I have …
In absentia
Another Sunday and another ‘in depth’ look at a painting in The Frick Collection with curator Xavier Salomon. This time Salomon discusses Henry Clay Frick’s favourite artwork, Velázquez’ portrait of …
Work for artists: A Depression Era project with relevance today
Today’s informative and extremely interesting post is from Jill Dwyer. Jill writes: Our cultural institutions across the country are closed in response to the current pandemic; and artists, particularly performance …