New Year's Breakfast 2008

THE INVITATION

NEW YEAR’S BREAKFAST 2008

Journeys: Past and Future

Journeys change us - emotionally, intellectually, politically, aesthetically and spiritually - so that we are never the same as before.

Australia is now embarking on a new journey.

From our experience of journeys, what message do we have for our fellow Australian citizens for 2008?

As a starting point, we suggest you bring A PIECE OF WRITING OR IMAGE related to travel – to any destination, for any reason. This might be a postcard (sent or received), a photo, a letter, a journal extract or aerogram.

WHEN: 11am, Tuesday, 1st January 2008

THE BREAKFAST TABLE -

before and after

Different seasons in my garden

In our water-deprived garden, this lush mosiac made in the middle of last year feels especially precious...

A library mosaic

Zorba the Greek Yolngu style

Frank Djirrimbilpilwuy from Milingimbi has been in the Indigenous Media Industry for many years and has been a long-standing member and supporter of the Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association, TEABBA Radio. As the man behind the camera and release of the video, Frank is also representing the dance group who call themselves "The Chooky Dancers". Frank has said that he filmed the footage at this years Ramingining Festival on the 30th September 2007 and knew it would be "something special" as soon as he saw the boys rehearsing.

The Chooky Dancers are a group of 10 energetic young men who had healthy living in mind when they choreographed the performance. Frank's son Lionel is the lead dancer in the video footage at front and center. "They (the Chooky Dancers) begun working on this just after this years Garma Festival in Gukula and worked very hard on it, they also do a Bollywood style performance which is also fantastic" Frank said.

A vision of students today

This is a short YouTube video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime.
Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.

Crossing Thresholds from 20th to 21st Century

I made this slide show quite a while ago but still love what it says.

The music is courtesy of www.freeplaymusic.com

In honour of the Garden Gals

I made this digital story after our latest gathering yesterday.
We have been meeting every six weeks for over ten tears.

The music, 'Arriving Abroad', is courtesy of www.freeplaymusic.com

Maria's roses

BubbleShare: Share photos - Here comes Halloween!

These are an enduring memory of our day in Euroa.

The Classy Cronies assemble again

I made this story in honour of our group
that has been meeting for fifteen years or more...

The music, 'Tea for Two', is provided by www.freeplaymusic.com.

FANCY FOOTWORK arrives!

This post featuring 'Women of Spirit', with photos taken a few months later, complements the earlier one.

Circulating ACE Wisdom

I prepared this slide show for the first 'Circulating ACE Wisdom' project workshop early in August.

Women of Spirit

During the course of planning our book, Fancy Footwork, Helena Spyrou took these photos, in case we wanted portraits in the book. Later, we decided not.

For information about Fancy Footwork, visit the VALBEC site, http://www.valbec.org.au.

The music, 'Lotus Blossom', is provided by www.freeplaymusic.com.

The angel on our deck

I used fd's Flickr Toys, http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/captioner.php, to create this caption.

Doorways and openings

A colleague and I took these photos around St Kilda just before 2000, in preparation for a conference presentation called 'Crossing Thresholds'.

A 'Google Docs' experiment

^{Who knows if there's another book coming?
Only Brigid can tell...
She will let me know.}

Would you like to add yourself to this Frappr map?

Apollo Bay 2006

This is my first attempt with a digital video camera.

Bollards 2

Today, I have been playing with YouTube and
hence this embedding of an early digital story.

St Brigid's cathedral, Kildare

Now, I'm clipmarking an image.

clipped from kildare.ie Early Christian motif piece possibly dating from the 10th. century

My first clipmark

This is my latest discovery.

clipped from kildare.ie <H1>Saint Brigid </H1><B>St Brigid - Mary of the Gael - is second only to St Patrick in the esteem of the Irish people. She is, of course, specially associated with Kildare and the whole area of Magh Life (The Liffey Plain). </B><BR>