‘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
Winter
Today is the beginning of winter, and with the rain and current local temperature at 9 degrees, the season is announcing its presence. The National Gallery of Victoria has many …
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 …
Charles Samuel Keene
I doubt that any of us are familiar with Charles Samuel Keene and his art practice. So, I imagine that it would come as a great surprise to discover that …
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 …
Hugh Ramsay
A big thank you to Margie Richardson for her thoughts on the Hugh Ramsay exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra. Margie writes: “One of my favourite Australian artists is …
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 …
Painting Edo
As we contemplate the world from our distant positions, one can recall the long period of distance that Japan experienced during the Edo period from around 1600 to 1868. In …