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GEORGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912/1981), AUSTRALIAN PAINTER – Painting next to the land hot and red, isolated, desolate and subtly threatening
THE HAMPSTEAD HEATH TOAD – Poetry, by Dorothy Porter
THE HAMPSTEAD HEATH TOAD It was one of those beautiful English summer nights, when levitating on the moonshine of a moonlit world was your entranced lucky fate. The lilac shimmer of silent lakes. The whisper of ghost fox through your heartbeat. But the toad in the hand stank real. Stank through his palpitating skin. Stank of fear. Is the fabled …
Read More »DEPICTING LONELINESS AND ISOLATION – George Russel Drysdale: shades of abstract and surrealistic art
GEORGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE 1/3 – George Russell Drysdale was born in Bognor Regis (Sussex, England), and its family settled in Melbourne, Australia. A chance encounter an with artist and critic awakened him to the possibility of a career as an artist. He studied in Melbourne and made trips to Europe. By the time of his return, leaving Melbourne for Albury, …
Read More »NUMBERS – Poetry, by Dorothy Porter
NUMBERS I get magic (sometimes I get more than I bargain for), but I don’t get numbers. Numbers do worse than humiliate or elude me, they don’t add up. I am no algebra tart ravished, by the meretricious music of the spheres. (Dorothy Porter) http://www.amazon.com/Love-Poems-Dorothy-Porter/dp/1459605624
Read More »PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK – Romance, by Joan Lindsay
Hanging Rock stands isolated, in the Australian bush north of Melbourne. Yes, it really was the theater event narrated in the novel: the disappearance never explained of two girls and a mature college teacher, followed by the destruction of so many lives in those lives connected. Reading, page after page, you will discover the secret relationship between humankind and Mother …
Read More »PLEASURE – Poetry, by Dorothy Porter
PLEASURE Is it the bite of a sighing crocodile? All your voluptuous bleeding incense come at once? I have traveled its Silk Road with my curtains drawn, hearing its lurching mirages shiver among the stones and nettles of its gorgeous desert. (Dorothy Porter) http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Poems-Dorothy-Porter-ebook/dp/B00EVDM3JI
Read More »WEATHER: 15° c, WIND AT 19 MPH, HUMIDITY 72% – Your special things to do in Melbourne
No. You will not have time to sleep in this city so special, where all lovers of culture and sport, but also foodies, will find very interesting events. Arriving in Melbourne, you will discover a myriad of cafes, bars and boutiques that branch out into the city. Of course, you can immerse yourself in the atmosphere of Southbank (do not …
Read More »EATING AT SQUIRES LOFT, SOUTH YARRA – 166 Toorak Rd: without asking about who does the best steak in Melbourne
Serving steaks for over twenty years, the team here have spent years refining and perfecting their craft. The cornerstone of Squires success lies in the proprietary sauces and baste, custom built grills allowing for a unique cooking process that creates a unique taste profile and the top quality beef sourced from the Western District of Victoria. Best dish: famous pork …
Read More »THE DIDGERIDOO DISCOVERY – When sadness in the lyrics and melodies was the expression of an inner landscape
Country music is a narrative of the life of the Australian outback, where aborigines were brought up, seeing him change gradually over time. The songs tell a longing for the far country, together with the love for their land, where the sense of disorientation of indigenous peoples was expressive affinity, because sadness of the lyrics and melodies was the expression …
Read More »GAETANO CAPONE (1845/1924), ITALIAN PAINTER – An incomparable artistic experience, which collected all the atmospheres of the Amalfi Coast
