I am all for encouraging people's hobbies, but there clearly cannot be a better example of a slow news day than this here from the ABC here in Australia!
Hold me now, oh hold me now, until this hour has gone around. And I'm gone on the rising tide, to face Van Dieman's Land
Theme Thursday again, and this one is rather easy. I am Tasmanian, you see, and aside from being all around general geniuses - as I have amply described previously - we are also very familiar with the concept of WATER. Tasmania is the ONLY island state of an ISLAND continent. That means, we're surrounded by WATER. That should help explain why I take so many photographs of water . Tasmania was for a long time the place where the British (an island race terrified of water) sent their poor people most vile and horrid criminals. The sort of folk who would face the stark choice of a death sentence , or transportation to the other end of the world. Their catalogue of crimes is horrifying : stealing bread assault stealing gentlemen's handkerchiefs drunken assault being poor affray ladies being overly friendly with gentlemen for money hitting people having a drink and a laugh public drunkenness being Irish Fenian terrorist activities being Catholic religious subversion. ...
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My favourite collection was the human teeth collection made into sculptures.
What I want to know is why this was published in a newspaper on the opposite side of the globe but never made it to the local press here?
Collecting ephemera is a legitimate means of preserving the first aspect of an era to be forgotten: common culture. It's often a more accurate reflection of life as lived by real people than the high art of the same period.
Take another look. There's some cool stuff you may never have noticed before. I bet your photographer's eye will be surprised.
The D in D & T, an award? Very nice. I will have to blog on that SOON!
Gerard, I saw that story and reckon that those girls deserve a medal and front page for their actions. It is disappointing to hear that it was not reported in the place that it happened. But that's the press I guess, why report a positive story when you could complain and emphasise the negatives?
FF, I will be honest and say that I avoid The Collectors because I have had dealings with an 'expert' (HA!) on the show in the past (I had an office right next door to him), and I cannot stand the arrogant, smug pratt. In his defence (!?!), he is FAR worse in person than on TV. Can you guess who?
Grocer, strewth indeed.