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Politics

Digging deeper

October 13, 2004

Hanging broken and limp like the wing of a fallen eagle, the flag guarding the entrance into the Peace Garden took as bad a beating by the wind this past week as liberal democracy did in Australia on Saturday when the far right conservative party was re-elected with control of both houses of Parliament. All [...]

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A true leader

September 27, 2004

My first intention today was to write about the fur seal that swam within meters of me this past Saturday with a grace and ease that I could only wish for. I changed my mind when, this afternoon, I came upon a wombat in broad daylight and, seeing his comical gait, I wanted to share [...]

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Who’s On Board?

August 19, 2004

Twenty five Australian wood artists (myself included) were invited to submit work for this year’s 2004 Tweed Wood Biennial; the exhibition’s brief being that the sculpture represent the artist’s interpretation of the theme “Re:Cycle”. The intention of the Tweed River Art Gallery was that the wood used for the sculpture should have already been used [...]

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Peace property

May 20, 2004

7 AM. Dawn. As the sun edged its way up over the horizon, a squall moved in from the west. From my vantage point at the Peace Fire I could see a rainbow at the leading edge of the storm make its way across Storm Bay. What a stunning and joyful beginning to the day. [...]

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Truth’s in the pipe

April 1, 2004

Life is full of strange twists. I’m sure all those people who know my history with Forestry Tasmania might find the following a bit difficult to believe, but confess I must. You see, just after another nasty “Letter to the Editor” where I complained bitterly about the practices of Forestry Tasmania, I had an epiphany [...]

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Important curves

March 18, 2004

At the Forest Rally this past Saturday, ten thousand people walked and carried banners through the streets to voice and display their concern over the continual destruction of the Tasmanian rain forests. At one particular moment in the march, as I looked at the massed crowd curving its way back and further back again into [...]

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Dampening fire

November 12, 2003

To be prepared for the destructive aspects of a fire, any fire, requires time, effort and money into setting up a system that is in place if need be. Hopefully, though, the system will never be called upon to water down the encroaching fire, real or otherwise. What I am asking is what do I [...]

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A lasting liberty

September 29, 2003

Wearing a shirt with “New York” written across the top reminding me of the recent 2nd year anniversary of 9/11, my neighbour’s younger son Patrick sought refuge in my studio recently asking that I instruct him on how to carve a spiral. As I watched him from the corner of my eye while working on [...]

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Last stamp

August 8, 2003

Why all the stamped envelopes? For the last two days I have been preparing a formal letter that is being sent out to all 57 of Tasmania’s elected state and federal parliamentarians. It is a letter that explains the reasons behind the ‘Dawn to Dusk Parliament House Vigil’ on August 19. Will the letter get [...]

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Is the effort worth it?

July 30, 2003

For what seems like forever, I have been sitting at my desk sending out email after email to drum up support for the Parliament House Vigil (August 19). On average, 60 per day, individually written, no mass mailings. Whenever my back begins to hurt or my energy begin to fade, I turn to the window [...]

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