Thursday, April 28, 2016

Return To Alice Springs. Comments

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I have returned to Alice Springs,
right in the Red Centre of Australia,
where the landscape is translucent;
at dusk the horizon a line of fire.
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Michael Walker
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Terry Craddock 12 December 2016

'painting two thousand watercolors' I would love to be lost for a few hours in those paintings, watching 'Ayers Rock ablaze' Yes I also found outback Australia beautiful and the cities good ant hills to be lost in, loved the poem Michael.

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Michael Walker 13 December 2016

Thanks for your observations Terry. You have an advantage over me in that you have actually been to the Outback: I have not. You appreciate art and Australia as I do.

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Michael Walker 23 May 2016

He did paint two thousand watercolours. The first figure was wrong. Thanks for your comments. I look forward to 'haiku' and 'tanka'. M.Walker.

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Douglas Scotney 23 May 2016

an early painting of his mission buildings was found in a wardrobe in Adelaide recently and auctioned for 28thou, It's on a piece of wood about 20x30cm. The Museum of Australia in Canberra bought it. It's a timeless land up there.

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Michael Walker 02 June 2017

I am very interested to learn that about Namatjira. It shows how priceless and timeless genuine art is. I would love to visit that area. Maybe one day.

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Fabrizio Frosini 12 May 2016

as I wrote in my msg to you: your poems make me feel how bad it was -is- that I didn't get the chance to visit Australia & NZ when I could..

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Michael Walker 02 June 2017

I think the 'red centre' of Australia would be special to see. There is still time.

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Fabrizio Frosini 01 May 2016

oh.. BTW: next project will be on the Japanese form of poetry 'haiku & tanka'. Since it is not so easy for non-Japanese or not learned poets writing waka poetry, also 'so called' Taoist poems will be accepted [there will be an 'Addendum /Appendix']. Think about.. OK?

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Fabrizio Frosini 01 May 2016

I read in the other poem of yours that ''Namatjira was a very successful Aboriginal artist, mainly of the central Australian landscape. He completed more than a thousand paintings.'' - Interesteing and well penned poems, Michael. Congrats.

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Michael Walker 02 June 2017

Thanks for your affirming comment. Painting is another tremendous art form.

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