|
 |
DIANA PICTURES
Author Information: Kevin Ballantine
Last time in Paris, I left the Musee Rodin and walked down Boulevard des Invalides when a woman came hurrying towards me from the direction of the Metro. She was so Paris. I didn’t have time to do anything other than wind on the film and shoot the Nikon from the hip but I made a picture.
[ more info.... ]
|
 |
 |
CACTI SUBURBIA: STRUGGLE AND METAPHOR
Author Information: Grant Currall
Although the origins of the cactus plant can be traced back to the Americas, it is interesting to note that the Italians were some of the first non-indigenous peoples to introduce it to Australian shores (Barlow, 2005, p. 4). A general search on the internet for cactus metaphors reveals some interesting connotations: defiance, strength, armour, patience, and persistence appear regularly.
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
WRITING IS SEXY
Author Information: Alan Hancock
Summer in Australia is festival time, and coming up are Readers' and Writers' festivals in just about every capital city. There are big names a plenty coming your way: writers on panels, writers giving talks at major venues, writers everywhere. But why are we so interested in them?
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
FRACTURES AND STITCHES
Author Information: Michelle McMerrin
A standard definition of a script is ‘dialogue and instructions for a play or film’, yet a script is much more than simply a blueprint or starting point upon which the actual film is constructed. The script, or screenplay, is the film, for without the words there would be no image.
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
THREE POEMS
Author Information: Vivienne Glance
Impressions Of
The Artist as Divine
Butterflies
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
CUT OUTS
Author Information: Carolyn Abbs
A prose poem.
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
PROSE POETRY: AN OXYMORON?
Author Information: Shane McCauley
For nearly three years now, I have conducted fortnightly poetry workshops at the Fremantle Arts Centre for a very vibrant group of people, most of whom are members of OOTA (Out Of The Asylum). One of the thematic threads that has run through these workshops has been the attempt to define exactly what makes something ‘poetic’ or not. Among our tentative conclusions has been the probability that poetry is not confined to verse form, meaning verse that accords with prescribed rules of construction and meter. This seemed confirmed during a session that focused on the nature of prose poetry. The following essay will present an overview of the form and a summary of the ‘discoveries’ made during our workshop.
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
SYMPOSIUM: RESEARCHING BIOGRAPHY
Author Information: Peggy Brock with Danielle Brady
The Faculty of Education and Arts at Edith Cowan University hosted a Symposium on Researching Biography on June 6, 2007. Eleven staff and postgraduate students from the Faculty gave presentations. The Symposium attracted scholars from across the University, including from Schools of International, Cultural and Community Studies; Communications and Contemporary Arts; Education; Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; Natural Science and Computer and Information Science.
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
REVIEW: OUR PATCH
Author Information: Debbie Rodan
Our Patch is an edited book of essays about Australian sovereignty.
[ more info.... ]
|
|
|
