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21.01.2022 Hurrah. To be published in the upcoming "Zodiac" magazine, only my third US publication. The mag is subtitled "Non-Binary Publication" oddly enough, with the theme, "Prohibition". How do I fit? Wrote a short story of my usual 500 or so words, "Rudd's Beer", an Australia story if ever there was. Happily, they'll read it in California. Issue 25, 2021, and get a laugh or three. Zoetic Press, 2021.
19.01.2022 Viewpoint. How do you write 'from the sea's viewpoint'? It's a problem I set myself, and it's proving to have more dimensions than expected. The-sea knows its world, and how it works, and resorts to the metaphors and facts of its existence. It compares and contrasts, as we do, and finds meanings unexpected, most of which sink into the past. The surprising new elements are 1. it has imperfect knowledge of what lies beyond its shores, and often make comic errors about other's b...ehaviours and ideas. 2. The other surprise is the sea manifests itself in mood swings, in contradictory sensibilities, paralleling turbulent depths, the shallows of bays and reefs, and the glimmering surface of its waters, ie, in the tone and pace of the writing. I'm astounded at the breadth applied to a single, significant incident (the book's subject) in the world's most massive, murderous war, WW2, where 3% of the world's population died, 4% made homeless, and another 7% injured or wounded. I listen to Mahler while writing, so apt for the scale of events. Not yet sure why Ravel is also, but it might also be time to dip into Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinski. Love and beauty ease the pain. See more
18.01.2022 Artist Magic Exhibition Open to public - 14th April (Wednesday) Opening night: 16th April 6pm (Friday) 255 Keira St, Wollongong. Come Along! Ends - 25th April. ...Pleased to have 3.6 metre wall for my work. My thematic: Anarchic Rhyme, although all the work will be labelled "Bad Painting #" in acknowledgement of some work seen in Frankfurt two years ago. See more
14.01.2022 From Mediterranean Poetry We THANK YOU for your colorful, inspiring images, really love them, depicting the Mediterranean world and your kind words regarding our odyssey! We decided to move fast and shared "Crave Love" with all our visitors at the address: https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/garry-mcdougall/ right now. Oh, that one would appreciate being able to go there, to the famous Blue, to southern France right now!
07.01.2022 ARTS ALERT: After some 22 books on travel, long-distance walking, short stories and poetry, I have an agent for film rights of one novel, 'Knowing Simone'. I have a documentary proposal that needs partners and finance. So I am reaching out to my Facebook friends. Do you or someone you know have involvement and experience in filmmaking and/or film production? If you do, or know someone else, would you make contact so I can "pitch' the idea for an international doco. Please email me at [email protected]. With Thanks.
01.01.2022 Here s my painting made a photo, or a photo that feels painterly. Or a broken cup and Butterrick patterns put to use.
