It’s coming up to the 5th Anniversary of Cyclone Yasi. This was our cyclone night. But you know it’s not what I choose to remember. . . for me it will always be the community spirit afterwards. I was compelled to photograph and video this recovery process – both in nature and community, and compiledContinue reading “5 years on from Yasi”
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Operation Bath Time for the Guinea Pig Crew
Mouse’s ‘A Story of a Tree’ and Michael Lloyd’s family ritual tales remind me that often family life is made up of small rituals that over time become richly significant. ** One of the small rituals of our family’s life is bath time for our champion guinea pig crew; champion because they survived CycloneContinue reading “Operation Bath Time for the Guinea Pig Crew”
Finding the Zone in Song Writing – through Song Trails Tully
This year Tully Song Trails gathered the musical experience of nineteen people from the ages of fifteen to seventy-eight years. All ages worked together and came from the genres of bubble gum punk, folk, country, rhythm and blues, and rock. We had harp, saxophones, bass, flutes, guitar, trumpet and voices – high and low – allContinue reading “Finding the Zone in Song Writing – through Song Trails Tully”
Filming with Sensitivity: The Sacred Space of Healing through Dance
It was just so rewarding and exciting to assist my friend Danielle Wilson by filming behind the scenes of her project Dance for Recovery. She was supported in her vision by two community arts workers, Avril Duck and Melissa Robertson working for Connecting Community Voices, ISAY project, funded by Far North Queensland Volunteers inc, and severalContinue reading “Filming with Sensitivity: The Sacred Space of Healing through Dance”
Dancing Recovery
Today we had a meeting of the artistic, technical and documentation crew as well as the community cultural development officer and other council staff, to help Danielle Wilson with the Dance Recovery workshop happening this Thursday at the Innisfail Shire Hall. It was exciting and enlightening to have everyone familiarising themselves with Danielle’s overall planContinue reading “Dancing Recovery”
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