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  • Sounds of Yearning: Cloud Sequence
  • Radical Acts of Remembrance
  • Memento Mori: Laila Marie Costa
  • From A Whisper To A Bang! – The Podcast, The Marathon
  • Second Life: Karen Lynch

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  • Sounds of Yearning: Cloud Sequence

    I always jump at the chance to write about music. Sadly it’s been a while. Music writing is something I love to do, especially when it involves the work of Jez Conlon, a friend and artist I’ve written about previously here on Circus Folk.   Cloud Sequence heralds a new… Read more >

  • Radical Acts of Remembrance

    A fantastic thing has come out of making From A Whisper To A Bang!   A slew of people have taken to visiting the grave of my great-uncle, Richard “Charles” Spencer, Private, 5218, AIF, (1899-1918). Generous strangers all, asking for nothing in return.   Something I never considered when I… Read more >

  • Memento Mori: Laila Marie Costa

    Not long ago, a ‘call to action’ floated across my social feeds. “Gondola. Need one. Anyone selling theirs? Or could help hook a sista up?”   It was from Melbourne artist Laila Marie Costa, an old friend of a friend whose art I’ve seriously admired for many years.   Given… Read more >

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