Clive’s Hamilton spoke tonight at The University of Melbourne about his new book Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change.
Hamilton updated an enthusiastic audience on the politics of global warming in Australia. There was no sparing of criticism toward our political leaders who have, as Hamilton claims, gravely deceived us.
Archive for April, 2007
DIRTY POLITICS
Posted in art on April 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
FRIGHTENINGLY HAPPY
Posted in art on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Shakespeare
Posted in art on April 20, 2007 | No Comments »
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear times’ waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unus’d to flow,
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
And weep afresh love’s long since cancell’d woe,
And moan [...]
the owl and the pussy cat
Posted in art on April 17, 2007 | No Comments »
“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced [...]
Generation “why??”
Posted in art on April 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Generation Y, those between about 8 and 26, are considered the most important generation for retailers and marketers because of their spending power and the influence they have over what their parents buy. But just as the 8- to 12-year-old “tweens” are pitched with a dizzying array of music, movie and cellphone choices, tween girls [...]
Boy 1931
Posted in art on April 9, 2007 | No Comments »
This photograph was taken by Eva Besnyö in Hungary 1931. Besnyö is famous being one of the first street/documentary photographers. She photographed children playing in the streets who seem to be unconscious of the presence of the photographer. Later she photographed the Dutch woman rights movement.
poem page
Posted in art on April 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I have included a selection of my poetry at Ilana-Payes.org/poems
Arty Farty
Posted in art on April 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Many years ago there lived an emperor who cared very much about his clothes. One day…
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MENTAL ILLNESS OF THE DAY
Posted in Ethics on April 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Borderline Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (more…)
little paintings
Posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2007 | No Comments »
these are tiny oil paintings I made last year.
“You should tell your child … “
Posted in Uncategorized on April 3, 2007 | No Comments »
“In every generation, each person must feel as if he personally had come out of Egypt, as the Torah says: “You should tell your child on that day, ‘When I left Egypt, Hashem (god) did miracles for me …..’ ” from The Haggadah (prayer book for Pesach)
… You should tell your child to question [...]
