Writings
TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE | WASTE-FREE FUTURES
We’re in trouble. There’s no masking it anymore, there’s no candy-coating it or denying it. We are gobbling up the Earth’s resources faster than ever before and exponentially, we aren’t managing the production or repurposing of any of these resources…
BYRON BAY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL | A PENMAN’S PARADISE
A story lies inside us all. One of love and miracles, sorrow and pain, wonder and joy. Every day is a new paragraph, every journey a chapter, and day by day the winds of time turn another page, ticking down…
DRIFTLAB | CREATIVISMS
Fashion is a funny thing. For all that it is an expression of ourselves, it is equally as soulless and impersonal. We are dictated to, told what to wear, how we should sculpt our image to suit fads or genres.…
JOSH PYKE | LUPINE MIGRATIONS
Josh Pyke should be taking notes from the Arapaho Indians of North America or the sub-Saharan Bedouin clans. Whether he is a perpetual nomad, a slave to his music or just a sucker for punishment, it seems that, no sooner…
TOGETHER, ALONE
I know she is there. My eyes are closed, the sun still sleeps, no movement or breath may reach me, but I feel her touch from inches apart. Hearts entwined through space and time, cocooned in love we will never be…
MALIA ROUILLON | SIRENS WILL SAVE US ALL
Let’s face it – you’ve got more chance of finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn while munching a four-leaf clover sandwich than hearing the words, “you know, I think Tony Abbott is pretty good for this country” uttered by anyone…
GARY TABOR | WAKE-UP CALL
When was the last time you saw global warming? We’ve all seen the charts and read the stats, but have you ever tripped over a pile of greenhouse emissions, got scalded by a drastically heated ocean, been sucker punched by…
JESSICA COX | THE SIREN’S CALL
Beads of salt water slowly form at the tips of Jessica’s still-wet hair, a mug of coffee steams gently, her shivering hands clutched tightly around it, desperately trying to leech what heat they can to regain their warmth. Fresh from…
ILLY | GROUNDED & RISING
When you think hip-hop certain unavoidable connotations arise. Stereotypes infiltrate your mind’s eye, and mind’s ear, with everything from gold chains and pristine Adidas sneakers to lyrics rich in poppin’ caps, intimate relations with the law enforcement and an over-healthy…
BYRON BLUESFEST | IF LOVE BE THE FOOD OF MUSIC, LOVE ON
Every festival has it’s niche. For some, such as Soundwave, it is an adrenalin-fuelled, whiplash-inducing headbang-fest. Woodford is about a more spiritual appreciation of music and ecology. Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Big Day Out, all about the big…