A black feather lying on dead grass — alone and separated from its life source. As a creative, there’s nothing quite like finding your tribe. ’Tribe’ is that over-used term for a group of like-minds, whose values and interests align with yours — a community of interest. For me, finding that community took years. I …
Behind the microphone at ABC Western Plains. August 2025. Just when you think you’ve found your groove, and life has a sense of rhythm, along comes a speed bump causing life to wobble until you shift gears. This happened at the beginning of August when I decided to find out if I wanted to work …
This month’s post is made up of two social media posts shared in July—both about listening. The first was written in response to World Listening Day on 18 July, and the second, a post written by UK-based regenerative culture practitioner, environmental activist, and artist Bridget McKenzie on Medium on 21 July. What’s it mean to …
Listening is a whole of body experience. A couple of years ago I sat on a panel at the Artists in Volatile Landscapes Regional Futures symposium at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney to talk about how we might listen better. To underline the urgent need to listen better, I was particularly keen to get …
A microscope view (200x magnification) of a worm in the soils on the farm, ‘Willydah’. Image: Kim V. Goldsmith ...soils not only speak to us, but can be great subjects for art and music...soils truly are sexy. - Dr David Eldridge I’ve been puposely listening to the sound of soils for the past three years. …
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