By Michellina van Loder For me, the song, ‘Teenage Crime’, is associated with dead birds on the sand; the obesity-inducing, type-2-diabetes-contributing drink, Coca-Cola; blood boiling and Tony Abbott’s semantic play with words “climate variables” instead of climate change; corporate irresponsibility; and the kindness of Swedish dance music producer, DJ Adrian Lux, of Swedish … [Read more...] about Dead Birds on the Sand
Archives for November 2014
The Visible Edge of an Invisible Trauma
Thilde Jensen's exhibition, 'The Visible Edge of an Invisible Trauma', shown over at The Great Leap Sideways, is a remarkable collection of work. With tremendous photographic skill, her subjects are portrayed with a starkness and honesty that's almost too raw to take in. Perhaps the room coated in foil is as familiar to you as it is to me? Thankfully, nowadays, I live … [Read more...] about The Visible Edge of an Invisible Trauma
Prozac Nation: for dogs
Never in my life did I expect to be taking my dog to see a Psychologist. It just seemed too exorbitant… pampering a dog’s temperament like that. For Rover’s sake! It seemed like an activity that a lonely, eccentric woman from Toorak, or Mosman might practice, along with her poodle, Fee-fee Fancypants. You know, for a touch of ‘therapy’ each Wednesday afternoon at 3. [Insert … [Read more...] about Prozac Nation: for dogs
Greenpeace: Plant Breeding without Engineering
Plant breeding without genetic engineering. Cause it's a thing, yeh? … [Read more...] about Greenpeace: Plant Breeding without Engineering
Ordered Eating, Sublingual Testing, and Traffic Fumes
Last Thursday week (of JANUARY this year!), I went to see my treating Immunologist and Allergist, Dr Colin Little. It's a 3 and a half hour arduously long drive from this new-ish property up near the Surf Coast of Victoria, Australia; I was lucky enough to have a friend drive the hour and half it takes just to get to my house so that he could then drive me to the appointment. I … [Read more...] about Ordered Eating, Sublingual Testing, and Traffic Fumes