Connecting moments in my peninsula world, my Australia and beyond...Whatever speaks to my thalassophile soul in these tidal days...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
a living document...
I like to call mine a Living Document with a lot of TBD on it.
As I get to know the students, I add material, oft with their input. My syllabus is an invitation, not a contract. - Dr Susan Blum - Twitter 17.6.20
And that is how I like to teach... No contract except a bare draft - open to one or more modifications...open to and dependent on students and variables...
potato and rabbit...
Cuteness overload...But what if...What if the little one decides to have a potato feast...Rabbits may enjoy the taste of potatoes, but too much sugar or starch can cause digestive upset. I guess it's best to wait around to see if a friend may hatch...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
It feels so good to muse on possibilities...The mind gets exhausted with mainstream news and protocols...
Lake Chad crisis...
From oasis in the desert to just desert - Lake Chad contracted by a massive 95% between 1963 and 2001. And that was only the beginning of the Lake Chad tragedy. Violence has been ongoing since 2009 resulting in the displacement of 2.3 million people.https://t.co/dl7vXDbevG— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
The above is an image of what used to be the edge of Lake Chad.
Located in Northern Central Africa, Lake Chad borders four countries — Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. But the Lake Chad “Basin” that covers almost 8% of the continent, spreads over seven countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Niger and Nigeria.
More on the story of the Lake Chad Basin (24.12.2019) HERE
home fires...
home fires— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
burn
in the darkest
hours and
deepest voids #tanka
Photo: 'Back Home'....... by Kim Keun Bong https://t.co/3S4uwxxDAC
cluttered discord...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020One time I enjoy urban worlds is when it rains...and the colours come out to play in many strange places...
SEQTA review...
I have a love and hate relationship with SEQTA...I love what SEQTA is trying to do...You can guess the flip side...Thanks for the lowdown!— Kirsty Costa (@kirsty_costa) June 17, 2020
storm monster...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020The main updraft is the mesocyclone element - reaching up to 200 miles per hour...
- Extract from Still Life With Crows - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
a bird in the hand...
A bird in the hand is worth....??? https://t.co/O2XPqYlLG4— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
white wings and wintering trees...
These white cockatoos only just managed to skim their wide wingspans between the two trees...I almost missed capturing the moment...almost...The day opened a little grey this morning... But it was so good to see some white wings flitting between wintering trees... 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/0TLvtMP5Wx— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
sea anemones...
radiating filaments— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
bind cycling colours
sea anemones
clamour for
a starring role #tanka https://t.co/bjeZhpBvXz
waterhole traveler...
waterhole traveler— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
giver of life
creator
dreaming mystique of
the rainbow serpent#tanka
2020 NAIDOC poster winner and new dates for celebration announced | NITV https://t.co/tts1INt5bR via @NITV
muluguun...
NOTE: “Muluguun” is the Ngunnawal name for the beautiful platypus. I used to have a platypus in a lake on my property in northern Tasmania. His name was Merlin.muluguun— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
the story is outside
my culture
but the magical spirit
sings my song #tanka https://t.co/wDoYLHfFzL
Bilargun and Daroo 'The Platypus story'
When the old people sat around their campfire, they would tell the dreamtime story of the platypus.
"Once there was a water rat named Bilargun, while he was out hunting one day, he saw Daroo the duck, and decided that he wanted her as his wife. He silently swam underneath the water and grabbed her legs, and then took her back to his hole in the bank; which was his home. There he made her very comfortable and brought her food every day. They were very happy. Bilargun told Daroo that if ever she was in danger, to hit her tail on the water as a warning signal.
After some time, Daroo the duck had some babies, and do you know, they had Daroo the duck’s bill and webbed feet, and Bilargun the water rat's fur coat and a flat tail."
To this day the baby's ancestors can still be seen in the creeks and rivers, using the same warning signal. They are now called the 'Platypus'.
Source: HERE
Australian Platypus Conservancy - Although platypus fur is very high quality, each animal provides only a small skin. Thus the amount of time spent in catching a sufficient number of platypus for a fur cloak or rug was probably rarely worthwhile compared to hunting more easily obtained mammals such as possums and kangaroos. This relative lack of economic importance may explain why the platypus appears to have been rarely depicted in traditional aboriginal artwork.
a baby pebble...
I may be just— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
a wee baby pebble
but my eyes
can almost see you
and I can almost smile #tanka https://t.co/EobVy6lBsG
'World Without End'...
What a masterpiece! This is one novel that will always stay with me... I felt I lived there for awhile and wandered the days (and nights) of medieval life in the town of Kingsbridge...POETIC REVIEW of 'World Without End' by Ken Follett... a 1111page book...Yes...I read it all...every word... Now it's rather difficult dragging myself away from all the sounds and colours of Medieval times...https://t.co/u360ODxKuN pic.twitter.com/Gaka4ABWvU— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
P.S. On Saturday 11th April, 2020, I first posted about this book HERE
welcome sounds...
These are background sounds I can quite happily enjoy as I plod on with remote learning... Ballarat does not seem so far away at all... just a sound wave away... https://t.co/zMaeIPrtOE— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 16, 2020
in tandem...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 16, 2020Henri Yagodkin is one of the best known and most respected artists in Ukraine. However, despite having a flourishing career in realistic art during the 1970s and 1980s, he has not exhibited in any gallery or institution for the past 20 years.
To not exhibit his paintings for 20 years? There's quite a backstory...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 16, 2020
Ukrainian artist Henri Yagodkin’s brush with the past https://t.co/XR9EMDcDiU via @TheNationalUAE
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