radiating filaments— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 17, 2020
bind cycling colours
sea anemones
clamour for
a starring role #tanka https://t.co/bjeZhpBvXz
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
sea anemones...
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
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
fish in the limelight...
I am quite sure I will be seeking out more work by this artist and including that work in future posts.I love when realism of one world collides and overlays and intermingles with another. I guess that is what hyperrealism is all about. The wine glass shape, without the stem, frames the fish in the most unexpected way. Some imaginative thinking at work here. https://t.co/3ZVSkPiwhp— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 16, 2020
water tower...
Photo: Casey Schakow— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 16, 2020
Water tower in an abandoned school in the Queensland outback.
Time seems to the rightful owner of this space... as is... pic.twitter.com/QUVcSUGo66
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