Opening The Door How can we escape vibrancy? How can we escape a smile when greeted at the door? We canât. We can embrace it, let it soak into our skin and take a moment to reflect on all that … Continue reading Journal Blog 4; Aboriginal Art, Culture & Design
Mr Patterns (2004, Director: Catriona MacKenzie) Lecture Notes: The film tells the story of Geoffrey Bardon [1], a young school teacher at Papunya in the early 1970s who helped instigate the Papunya Tula art movement. He was, as the film … Continue reading Journal Blog 3; Aboriginal Art, Culture & Design
The Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery shows, in many ways, how they have innovated and developed creative ways of life in one of the worldâs harshest continents. Once white man arrived in Australia, Aboriginal creativity, in many ways was misunderstood. But a museum gallery displays an era or time, selecting particular items representing that era in its best light. Continue reading Aboriginal Art, Culture & Design | Possum Observations That Skin Creativity
Without ceremony, the lives of many Aboriginal Australians would be greatly impoverished. ~Rusty Stewart Be still my beating heart. The ongoing conversation that surrounds everyday life and how we treat each other, not even just in the Aboriginal context that … Continue reading Journal Blog Week #2; Aboriginal Art, Culture & Design
We started on an âinvigorating winters dayâ August 2014. There are stories that take seven days to tell. There are other stories that take you all of your life. Some stories take a long time â do we have the … Continue reading Journal Blog Week #1; Aboriginal Art, Culture & Design
Charlie-Helen Robinson 