David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
In the matter of Climate Change, We the People have been disgracefully served by our political leadership.
bLOGOS/HA HA has been considering: should
Criminal Ignorance be a matter of legal resort?
Willful blindness (sometimes called ignorance of law,[1]:761
willful ignorance or contrived ignorance or Nelsonian knowledge) is a term used in law to describe a situation in which a person seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally keeping himself or herself unaware of facts that would render him or her liable. In United States v. Jewell, the court held that proof of willful ignorance satisfied the requirement of knowledge as to criminal possession and importation of drugs.[1]:225
Although the term was originally—and still is—used in legal contexts, the phrase "willful ignorance" has come to mean any situation in which people intentionally turn their attention away from an ethical problem that is believed to be important by those using the phrase (for instance, because the problem is too disturbing for people to want it dominating their thoughts, or from the knowledge that solving the problem would require extensive effort). Wikipedia : Willful blindness
Tony Abbott
'The climate change argument is absolute crap...'
1 January 2009 (Source)
Scott Morrison
'This is coal. Do not be afraid. Do not be scared.
It will not hurt you.'
10 February 2017 : Members of the government COALition, including Scott Morrison, Barnaby Joyce, Josh Frydenberg and Julia Banks, performing 'COAL for TAR'
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Issa Kobayashi (1763-1828)
FIAPCE LOSAR བོད་ཀྱི་ལོ་གསར།
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A big thank you to all the ground and air fire-fighters and their supporting Emergency Services personnel who have done such great work at Hepburn Springs in recent days. No persons or
houses were lost.
Eugene von Guerard pictured the scene Break Neck Gorge at Hepburn Springs (with Elevated Plains to either side) in 1864. The update below shows the western edge of the fire-blackened area, bordered now by Sunday's reTARdant landscape paintover.
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It was an awesome experience to see the Avro RJ85
pink-bellied bomber fly loud and low directly overhead.
Low-level fire bombing as an Avro RJ85 air tanker comes in under the tree height to combat the fires north of Hepburn. Photo by Brendan McCarthy, from Bendigo Advertiser
Thoughts of Colin McCahon's great JET OUT drawings. Below, his Boy, I would say GET OUT, from Easter 1973, with a local update by FIAPCE.
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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon
aka
Nadar
sky-floating in balloon gondola
aka
on set of TAR c.1865
Nadar with His Wife, Ernestine, in a Balloon - MET DP158031 28616
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Daylesford & District Historical Society
presents
POSTCARD IMAGES
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We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the
southern sky, make this statement from the heart:
Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign Nations of the
Australian continent and its adjacent islands, and possessed it under our own laws and customs.
This our ancestors did, according to the reckoning of our culture, from the Creation, according
to the common law from ‘time immemorial’, and according to science more than 60,000 years
ago.
This sovereignty is a spiritual notion: the ancestral tie between the land, or ‘mother nature’,
and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were born therefrom, remain
attached thereto, and must one day return thither to be united with our ancestors. This link is
the basis of the ownership of the soil, or better, of sovereignty. It has never been ceded or
extinguished, and co-exists with the sovereignty of the Crown.
How could it be otherwise? That peoples possessed a land for sixty millennia and this sacred
link disappears from world history in merely the last two hundred years?
With substantive constitutional change and structural reform, we believe this ancient
sovereignty can shine through as a fuller expression of Australia’s nationhood.
Proportionally, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately
criminal people. Our children are aliened from their families at unprecedented rates. This
cannot be because we have no love for them. And our youth languish in detention in obscene
numbers. They should be our hope for the future.
These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly the structural nature of our problem. This is the
torment of our powerlessness.
We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own
country. When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in
two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country.
We call for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution.
Makarrata is the culmination of our agenda: the coming together after a struggle. It captures
our aspirations for a fair and truthful relationship with the people of Australia and a better
future for our children based on justice and self-determination.
We seek a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement-making between
governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history.
In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and start our trek
across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people
for a better future.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart was released 26 May 2017 by delegates to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Referendum Convention held near Uluru in Central Australia.
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We've been watching the Australian Open tennis
on TV. On high rotation throughout has been the APT Luxury Travel advertisement 'Live Fully' - made with some irony, wethinks.
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The music used for APT's 'Live Fully' comes from
Major Lazer's 'Live Free' (2013)
... just this bit :
Look at me
I just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be I just wanna dream
The 'Live Free' video clip features a homeless man wearing a NIKE ] Just Do It! ( TENNIS tee-shirt.
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Live Free - unabridged
Never got love from a government man
Heading downstream till the levee gives in
What can i do to get the money
We ain't go the money, we ain't gettin' out
Heading downstream till the levee gives in
And my dreams are wearin' thin
All I need's relief
I need I need some sympathy
Look at me
I Just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
Look at me
I just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
I just wanna dream
All of my life been wadin in
Water so deep now we got to swim
Wonder will it ever end
How long how long till we have a friend
Comin' down, feelin' like a battery hen
Waves won't break till the tide comes in
What will I do in the sunrise
What will I do without my dreams
Look at me
I Just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
Look at me
I Just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
I just wanna dream
We're all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
We're all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
We're all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
I Just wanna dream
Songwriters: Dave Taylor / Thomas Wesley Pentz / David Donnell Longstreth / Amber Coffman
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