My Blog
The Shadow of ‘Should’
I'm the sort of person who, if told to go 'this way', will go 'that way'. For example, when my parents wanted to buy me a geared bike to ride to school and I, the 'I'll-do-it-my-way' teenager, chose a manual bike. Probably because I liked the colour. (Bright...
The Shocking Truth About Shocking Truths
"In this upcoming webinar Expert Xyz is going to reveal the shocking truth about..." We have probably all been hooked by lines like this, and yet, even though we've now seen and heard it all (and are feeling jaded as a result of repeated, often empty promises),...
My Middle Eastern Aunt, the ‘Middle Path’, and Musical News
You blink, and a month goes past... Just as I was about to write my May blog, I was called back to Melbourne for my aunt's funeral. She was my favourite aunt, the one we grew up with, mother of the cousins we played with every alternate weekend. Like my father, she...
“The Universe Is Still Listening”
This message is just squeaking into April... another few breaths and it will be May – and I will be finishing the first draft of my musical and sending it to the Dramaturg and Script Editor for feedback before submitting to the funding body before the end of June....
Our Earth Mother’s Story
"Initiates in the cults of the Great Mother underwent a sublime learning experience, revealing to them through non-ordinary awareness the cosmic origins of life on Earth. Then they turned back to ordinary life to teach what they had learned." – John Lamb...
The Redeemer Model is Cracked!
Once upon a time I was brought up in a Jewish family. I remember going to synagogue and having very mixed feelings: I loved the Hebrew songs and community but was discomfited by the vengeful God and the hypocrisies I observed. As a young adult, I walked away from the...