A huge tree spread further than it is tall. The horizontal branch growth is simply amazing... https://t.co/CZK4kljP0Z— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
Connecting moments in my peninsula world, my Australia and beyond...Whatever speaks to my thalassophile soul in these tidal days...
Saturday, 13 June 2020
banyan tree...
all hail walking...
Walking has emerged from the caves of the gym to the realms of higher aethers...Love it...I'll keep on walking, to at least maintain my own spiritual significance... https://t.co/tW8MYGy6ZT— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
disappearing songs...
This information puts a whole new twist on Shakespeare'sIncredible how the disappearance of songs can reduce the ability of bird populations to reproduce and survive, making life even more precarious for endangered forest birds e.g.Kauai— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
The Disappearing Songs of Hawaii’s Endangered Native Birds https://t.co/SDcVTPympd via @undarkmag
'If music be the food of love, play on' - Duke Orsino, 'Twelfth Night'.
sensual folds...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020There seems also a suggestion here of a face-down...human form...with a focus view on the lower spine area...
pebble dilemma...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020I was thinking too of a snail shell...but somehow the heart shape didn't quite connect...
in my paradise...
in my paradise— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
all I need
is a pile of rocks
and the will to climb
to soak in the view #tanka https://t.co/jYfxadTJVF
winter beds...
winter beds— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
white rains dump
frosty blankets
but stiff walls
escape #tanka
Painting: 'Snow On Knaresborough' https://t.co/C6MbyodAR2
boardwalk edged...
boardwalk— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
edged in rich
untamed greens
a small key to
the secrets of trees #tanka https://t.co/uCNyI8H8Z7
good neighbour...
This is being a 'good neighbour' even if the neighbour is 100km away...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
Outback roadhouse flies beer and pizza to cattle stations in lockdown | The New Daily https://t.co/1ipuesQrqX
trail of light...
if shadows are long— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
and ghostly
and skies brood dark
still lingers
a fringe, a trail of light #tanka https://t.co/LmIyU2TOju
I did not know...
In his 2006 book, 'Listening to Artifacts: Music Culture in Ancient Israel/Palestine', Theodore Burgh suggests that classical music ultimately has its roots in North Africa, in the art music of Ancient Egypt, as well as other ancient cultures such as Greece.Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
9 black composers who changed the course of classical music history - Classic FM @classicfm
Mozart, who at the time of Saint-Georges’ success was struggling to make his own music heard, envied him.
https://t.co/taeQRMDzeL pic.twitter.com/Hf57PAcxVj
Tweed Ride or Tweed Run...
This must be the most quirky event...a Tweed Ride or Tweed Run. It was first held in London 2009, but since has exploded around the world. In Russia, it's a throwback to the decade the beloved St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club was founded. pic.twitter.com/CzU2OUYq7V— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
This event is even celebrated in Iceland and proudly presents a Facebook page.
A blogger who had never been to Iceland before, participated in the 2019 Tweed Ride and details his experiences with words and images.
when trees lead to trees...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020Trees and water may be our physical life blood, but they also contribute to our spiritual health...
from highest to lowest...
In 1984, Kathy Sullivan was in space. Then, this year, at the age of 68, she was in the Mariana Trench, 11 kilometres down in a muddy depression...From highest to lowest...but in a good sense... https://t.co/oG08NiJkP7 pic.twitter.com/TsLQwmcz7C— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020
being different...
there'll always be— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020
one or two
who seem different
not by choice
but by circumstance #tanka https://t.co/ODiHzbzM9x
once a dairy powerhouse...
Australia was once a dairy powerhouse - in fact, just 20 years ago, we were the third biggest producer in the world.— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020
But a perfect storm of bad weather, high feed costs and inconsistent milk prices has seen droves of farmers walking off the land.https://t.co/TKUyjL46GM https://t.co/2zwpjSLqoK
But is cotton a great alternative? A crop demanding a regular supply of water?
Park of Monsters...
THE PARK OF THE MONSTERS commissioned in 1552 by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, was an expression of grief designed to shock. The Prince had been through a brutal war, had his friend killed, been held for ransom for years, and come home only to have his beloved wife die. https://t.co/vdGDtQD8XC— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020
Perhaps the most frightening piece in the garden is an enormous head, mouth opened wide in a scream. The accompanying inscription reads “all reason departs.”
Salvador Dalà visited the park and loved it. He was so inspired, he shot a short film there, and the sculptures inspired his 1946 painting 'The Temptation of Saint Anthony'.
For more details see HERE
fractured visibility...
The church is called 'Reading Between the Lines'.sometimes— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020
fractured visibility
means
to engage
holistic vision #tanka
*This stunning church (2011) is by architect Gijs Van Vaerenbergh = 30 tons of steel + 2,000 columns https://t.co/e5CJ6onxKg
The name Gijs Van Vaerenbergh is actually a collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh,
Aboriginal engineers...
I believe too that aborigines in the Gippsland area of Victoria lived in particular regions, not crossing into other aboriginal territories...Not all indigenous Australians were nomadic - Aboriginal engineers - Amazing awareness of working with the landscape. Built in the lava flows of the now dormant volcano Budj Bim, it required ongoing maintenance and modification. https://t.co/bNlm5aGbTj pic.twitter.com/I4UNjMtnEp— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020
snow-riddled landscape...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020I like how the steam train travels across a snow-lined road... It is as if the train offers another way...another season...
soggy worlds...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 12, 2020Selected colour in an image has such a powerful, symbolic impact...esp the colour red...creates an ambivalence...red for danger...red for fire...red for warmth...
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