The Power of Patonga

Art, Propaganda & Otherness in the Pacific
=By David Rose= There is power in art, power in words - power to move, inspire and sublimate. I was teased awfully as a child and I would hear other children say "sticks and stones may break my bones, but calling names won't hurt me". It didn't seem to matter how often or how loud I said it. Eventually I learnt that it wasn't so much the words, but the feelings behind them - I was and was sensitive to both. We all have different degrees of sensitivity to different influences. In crime, "intent" matters. I think the same is true in life and in artistic endeavour.

Learning from Experience
The last time I undertook a major creative project is was a screen play for a feature drama that ended up with a working title "Turkey Terror and the Warriors of Love". The work involved .....

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