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Green Woman - Celebration of Woman-spirit for International Women's Day
GREEN MAN - 2008 MYTHOLOGY AND MASCULINITY
Kurt Vonnegut - "Everyone should practise an art form, because no matter how 'good or 'bad' it is - the actise will enrich the soul."
Maiia: "I come from what they call the Southern hemisphere, from a place called Gisborne out on the east of New Zealand. Gisborne is branded with a 'first city of the sun' motif - the world's most Easterly City.
That was/is rather confusing. If you're at 0 degrees east and you keep moving in an Easterly direction you're going West? So my place in the world is not only upside down- it's exit stage right. Thankfully the School Atlas placed us right at the centre of the world surrounded by ocean.
Witi Ihimaera. is a famous Gisborne author probably most well-known for writing the movie "Whalerider"
"I make my promise Uncle Sam, to bind the new world's top and bottom with light." the telling of our stories will bring history to the world we build... we must fix the stories with firmness and solder the knots with purpose so that they become part of the narritives - the foundations, walls and roof all peoples tell about each other," It's written into 'the foundations, walls and roof of who we are' However the Town Clock isn't Big Ben.
Oaktrees and walnuts. Blackberries and hedgehogs, even ferrets were part of life for Maiia growing up in Aotearoa. The introduced species alongside totara, tui or manuka honey.
In Context- THE EDITORIALS - connecting seasonal celebration, community and arts.
You CAN Do It.- tools and commentary for students
Inspiration... words of my teachers
Ribbon in the Sky - 5 metre painting - song by Stevie Wonder.
Professor Ihimaera's 1987 WHEN THE NEW NET GOES FISHING was not only local - it was part of our school curriculum. A revelation, a window opening on to a world of which we were part. The Whalerider movie is probably the best known work by Ihimaera, and an award winning New Zealand film. The scenery looks nothing like above!
England, Biggles and Churchill become increasingly irrelevant in the 'New' world. Reduced to centennial celebrations and fire-works. The stories of the arrival of Cook and the flag endure but the stories of great grand-parents have been forgotten, in favour of poorly scripted melodrama and scandal. Buried beneath the weight of economics, education, class commercialised pseudo-culture.
Labour Day Henry Lawson
Maiia: When I started exploring visual arts as a child in the 1960's it was passed down by generations of master craftsmen and artisans. Readers Digest was blazing through the colonial prosperity selling books with really good drawing. Just before the mass marketing of broadcast media, and television.
LOL- Josie: Q How many Maori's can you fit in a car? A. The whole family!
We reckon -how many people can you fit in a website? The whole family! When we met Le Swanns from America - it was like yeah we got families called Swann with lotsa kids - but that is a vehicle..!
Brindle Style Editorials The Art Pieces Friendship Book Why -Brindle Style?
The Australian magic of Robert Barrett. Buda Dji Dreaming
THE ART PIECES- an' the yak.
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