and only through my tears...

And only through my tears
did I find my smile https://t.co/TQhK9GZSgI

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

gentle protective hug...

Love the gentle 'hug' of the hands...as if protecting the aura of the tree...
A beautifully symbolic sculpture...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole...

On those odd days, when I need some special healing, this is one of my treasured healing songs...
Aloha ka manini by Israel Kamakaiwo`olehttps://t.co/7usG7Co14E

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

And this is another...

art on a water tower...

Art on a water tower, Heywood sw Victoria...
And what a story behind the art...
Some 102 years since the 5 Lovett brothers asked for a forbidden beer.
Once scorned, for being black, these Lake Condah Mission, WWI fighting men of Budj Bim now soar high. https://t.co/5qmYu5sRfW

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

The Heywood water tower story (in my last tweet) offers only a glimpse into the Lake Condah Mission.
There is far more to the background story of the Lovett brothers.
Intriguing, shocking, humbling reading...
The lost souls of Condah who joined the Anzacs https://t.co/5V2k34IvoE

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

Condah – like many little rural places around Australia – barely exists now beyond a pub and a public hall, a lonely cemetery and a scattering of dwellings and farmsteads. In 1915 there was a general store, a bank, post office, three functioning churches – Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian – a state school, a cheese and butter factory and the old Green Hills Hotel. 

Down the track a few kilometres and encircled by forest was another village entirely: the Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission. Here, the lava flow from nearby Mt Eccles – Budj Bim, or Little Head to the original inhabitants – and the wetlands within and around the stones, had supported one of Australia's most remarkable Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

word salad...

word salad
political bites
sans nutrition #haiku pic.twitter.com/xeJmKNbXOr

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

fogbow or white rainbow...

I have learnt something new and wonderful this morning...a fog bow or white rainbow...
I feel some poetry may emerge from this...
Gorgeous photos...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 5, 2021

world of a pandemic art teacher...

I thought that I had very strange issues with remote teaching...
This is sad but hilarious...
A 'must-read' for all teachers+anyone interested in what it means 2 be a pandemic 2021 teacher.
The Absurdities of Teaching Art During a Pandemic https://t.co/ZyGzH4JMDn via @NewYorker

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

pitfall in the middle of nowhere...

I guess it is good to know someone is thoughtfully warning you of a pitfall in the middle of nowhere...
But that is bizarre... northern SA? Northern Territory?

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

the chosen one...

What a gorgeous feeling to be 'the chosen one'...
A win-win for human and animal... https://t.co/268lCkKwFi

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

half-human...

Tantalising piece of art...
Think half-human- a satyr-famed for music, lechery+a love of wine. Or it could be Pan, a human w. goat horns+a goat's legs from the waist down.
Or a mermaid?
And yet, unique?
Alex Aka Akhine, French artist b.1973, works in Paris+ lives in Saint-Ouen. https://t.co/XR7nuQtlBK

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

a line is a line...

There are many expressions that mention a line:

*crossing or not crossing them
*walking them
*putting your life on them

And I remember the clothes line at the old house...

...And here is my mother and I, below it, in the soft sun, smiling, way back down the line...

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 4, 2021

powered escalation...

any swift
powered
escalation
is prone to
a limited lifespan #tanka https://t.co/9G1YJB3Pi6

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