Alone by Maya Angelou
Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is not stone I came up with one thing And I don’t believe I’m [...]
May 2014
Happily Never After with QTC’s The Magic Hour
Once upon a time there was a play at Queensland Theatre Company called The Magic Hour about the darker side of fairy tales. I know that what comes next should be a story with [...]
Eudora Welty and the best job application ever
Eudora Welty, author and Pulitzer Prize winner, once applied for a position with the New Yorker magazine. She was a frustrated 23 year old university graduate, discontented [...]
Swimming With Stu
Sometimes the hardest part about this blog is finding the words that do justice to the beautiful work I see. It’s a bit like that quote someone once said [...]
Queensland Museum – backstage pass
“…there is no reason why anyone should understand how it works…and of course no reason why anyone should care…unless you are curious, in which case I [...]
Aled Lewis’ Toy Stories
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I was convinced my toys came to life every time I left the room. I was so certain of it that I used to do things like [...]
An Open Letter on the Future of Arts Funding
Strangely Soothing GIFS
I’m a sucker for a good ‘how things are made’ documentary. All those Discovery Channel programmes about mega factories, mega bridges, mega constructions [...]
A Review of Sorts
Sometimes, no matter how many times I rewrite a piece, I just can’t connect what’s in my head and heart with what ends up on the page. It doesn’t happen [...]
New York Public Library
Patience and Fortitude are the names of the majestic lions who greet you as you walk up the steps of the New York Public Library’s main entrance, and patience and [...]
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