THE MANY MASKS OF PIERROT The smile was as fixed as plaster, a grimace really, over a body writhing in torment. Elegant hands became tortured claws in an attempt to peel the mocking grin from the white face. The ultimate inner conflict between persona and soma was being expressed on stage with shocking impact; this […]
BLOCK: Drama
The Australian Word: Speech
HALLOWED BY THY NAME… … is the first line of the Lord’s Prayer after the invocation ‘Our Father’, etc. This ‘hallowed name’ could also be referred toas hallowed ‘Word’ of ‘Logos’. The very same that is spoken of in the first lines of the Gospel of St. John – In the beginning was the Word… […]
The Australian Word: The Larynx
JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF THE BLACK PRINCE A large olive grasshopper flew in and landed on the window sill of the sunny breakfast nook at the Family Foresight’s. “Ooh!” said Mother “Look at the size of his legs – I bet he can jump high.” “They’re not just legs, there his fiddle bows as […]
The Australian Word: Words & Poetry & Speech
KNOCKING DOWN WALLS ———— WITH WORDS———– The Archangel Michael stared resolutely ahead, his features set with divine commitment. He did not look at the dragon writhing under his foot – he did not acknowledge its power. The spear of ‘Mikhail’, in the beautiful Russian icon, impaled the adversary to the earth – or was […]