'Talking to My Country' begins...

Stan Grant's 'Talking to My Country has just arrived...
Opened and began reading...

Page 2 - 'I want to tell you about blood and bone and how mine is buried deep in this land...

I'm hooked... pic.twitter.com/j006S512Jy

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 4, 2021

Strahan in sunset colours...

Tasmania offers the charm of many slower worlds, alternative lifestyles under the watchful eye of Mother Nature... https://t.co/QIqp5IfXOa

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 4, 2021

deep dialogue...

Inverell artist Cameilia Edwards, inspired by a photograph taken by Edwina Robertson near Carnavon, WA painted 'Kindred Hearts'. It took home last year's Inverell Shire Council Acquisition Prize.https://t.co/6XRk4VAn54

deep dialogue
needs
no special words #haiku pic.twitter.com/ZnHJueuox3

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 4, 2021

art of wet bark...

the art of wet bark
a paint box of
borrowed
ephemeral
earthy tones #tanka pic.twitter.com/9zSvb6oGLR

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 3, 2021

hope is the thing with feathers...

No matter Emily Dickenson's subject, there is always a calming force in all that she writes...a slowing down...a reflection...

'Hope is the thing with feathers...' https://t.co/XS36z9KtP4 pic.twitter.com/G24HCfSFnY

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 3, 2021