tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post2778956948454054591..comments2023-10-28T18:45:37.270+11:00Comments on Luca Antara: In the Land of Ice and SnowMartin Edmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703987223264531057noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-40861338535469262822009-12-31T19:40:57.049+11:002009-12-31T19:40:57.049+11:00Aye, that's the guy! fancy me not remembering ...Aye, that's the guy! fancy me not remembering an extraordinary name like that. <br /><br />Adam, I think the Celts were headhunters in some respects - the historical Arthur probably hung them from his chariot as he roared drunkenly, covered with body paint, into battle sometime in the sixth century AD (or thereabouts).genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-39393710172693657512009-12-31T14:45:31.784+11:002009-12-31T14:45:31.784+11:00I'm drawn to this: the profligate pen of an ar...I'm drawn to this: the profligate pen of an artist.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744973114384319574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-14088872179375388872009-12-31T00:08:26.138+11:002009-12-31T00:08:26.138+11:00The fellow in the photo with the dried heads is Ho...The fellow in the photo with the dried heads is Horatio Robley, artist and soldier, who fought in the Land Wars and afterwards involved himself in various speculative schemes to do with gold mines etc:<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Gordon_RobleyMartin Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703987223264531057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-87531311839199534802009-12-30T23:10:53.313+11:002009-12-30T23:10:53.313+11:00I also have a dream country of snow:
http://readin...I also have a dream country of snow:<br />http://readingthemaps.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-journey-to-antarctica.html<br /><br />Will let you know how the trip to Tonga goes. Fascinated to hear your old man was there. I've just been reading some of the literature on Tonga and WW2, and it sounds like the Americans screwed the place - virtually colonised it for a few years...mapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209906216745532870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-4930539582854575222009-12-30T19:00:10.139+11:002009-12-30T19:00:10.139+11:00Truly haunting, both text and photograph, and quit...Truly haunting, both text and photograph, and quite coincidentally I was reading an essay by Gustaf Sobin about how the Celts were considered headhunters by the Romans. Also, I have written a humourous poem about the colour white and it's connection to snow. Here it is:<br /><br />In Iceland <br />even the white sheep <br />are considered<br />coloured (grey, brown<br />or spotted)<br />as Adam Aitkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03038093899253235646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-78138373697423503862009-12-30T15:56:33.640+11:002009-12-30T15:56:33.640+11:00Dreams give such wonderful access to places and th...Dreams give such wonderful access to places and things we might otherwise never come to see or know. Such powerful writing, Martin, as ever. You turn a dream into a piece of fiction, almost a short story. And ever present is the thread of truth weaving through this our shared history on earth. <br /><br />I had a dream once in which I came upon a group of naked indigenous Australian women Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-52799383184020221952009-12-30T14:12:58.734+11:002009-12-30T14:12:58.734+11:00This post is very beautiful and thought-provoking,...This post is very beautiful and thought-provoking, Martin.<br />I believe I read about this picture, or one very like it, recently in Christine Thompson's book, Come On Shore And We Will Kill You And Eat You All - http://www.comeonshore.com/index.php. Unfortunately I did not make a note of the name of the colonialist in it, but I remember she speculates about his motivation for creating such genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.com