A Strange Scene...

Just recently, I was wandering Melbourne.
This is a scene I saw in Swanston Street.


Using the scene 
- noting all elements -
weave a story that represents a slowly unfolding mystery.


NOTE:
You may use the picture to head your post.
Identify that this picture appeared on Teen Waves Wednesday 22.5.13

The year that was...

I can't go back to yesterday 
- because I was a different person then 
This will hurt me - December 18 2012

Boredom is rage spread thin
This will hurt me - December 16 2012

The year has nearly passed by.
Using ONE of the ideas in the above post titles from Kris McCracken's blog:

Create an opinion piece OR descriptive narrative with some element of reflection
on your year that was.

 

Sorry!

A cartoon by Australian Michael Leunig - published in The Age 2005


CHALLENGE

1. Read the page on the website European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR).org
A declaration by Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stolen Generations HERE!
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Stolen Generations Timeline
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Write first impressions of what you read.

2. What does Leunig's cartoon suggest? Do you agree with Leunig?
Discuss every detail in the cartoon and add your own thoughts.
(You may choose to write an expository essay or a speech.)

3. Create a cartoon representing your own thoughts on this topic.


 

The Wind Singer + The Secret River

These books are in the Casey Grammar Library.
My poetic reviews are on my Songlines on the Winds HERE and HERE
and one more is on my Gemma's Greyscale Territory HERE.

CHALLENGE
Try writing

* an unusual book review of these books OR any other book you have read!
Turn a book into a song?

 

Kony 2012

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

JOSEPH KONY IS THE WORLD’S WORST WAR CRIMINAL.
IN 1987 HE TOOK OVER LEADERSHIP OF AN EXISTING REBEL GROUP AND RENAMED IT THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA).

THE LRA HAS ABDUCTED MORE THAN 30,000 CHILDREN AND DISPLACED AT LEAST 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 9 YEARS TO END AFRICA’S LONGEST-RUNNING ARMED CONFLICT.

More details on Kony2012
and
Invisible Children

What can you do to be part of this campaign?

So you thought that teenagers were not old enough to stamp a mark on the world! Think again!

Teen Achievements Through the Ages

Great Achievements by Teenagers

What real difference would you like to make to the world?
How?

Teenager Climbs All Tall Mountains

Jordan Romero is a teenager who has successfully climbed the highest mountains of seven continents.
He first climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa at the age of 10.
His final climb was the 4,897m (16,067ft) summit of Vinson Massif in Antarctica - completed last Saturday...
He is now just 15!


Photo: Jordan Romero in 2010 (Binod Joshi, +The Associated Press)
More details from the BBC HEREand Jordan's website is HERE!

2012 is close approaching:
1. What challenge would you like to experience in 2012? Describe details.
2. Draw up a plan for meeting this challenge.
3. What will you hope to achieve from this challenge? Will others benefit in some way?

Beyond the Box #3 ~ Music Monday

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ edited in Picnik
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Beyond the Box #3 ~ Music Monday
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Imagine Monday is Music!

1. What kind of music suits the spirit of your Mondays? Explain.
2. Write song lyrics for your Mondays.
3. On a scale of 1-10, where does your Monday rank?
Describe/explain what Mondays mean to you.

Toasted Cheese #1 ~ Challenge of the Unknown

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Christmas lights on a neighbour's balcony
(edited in Picnik)
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Today's prompt from Toasted Cheese is:
"I prefer to think of it as the challenge of the unknown."~

Explore this idea with particular focus on what "it" means to you!
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Try combining writing and photography/art/media in your post
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History Waves #5 ~ Abraham Lincoln's Beard

Perspectives of Abraham Lincoln
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History Waves #5 ~ Abraham Lincoln's Beard~
Today, October 15th, 150 years ago, (1860) was a very special day.
An 11 year old girl by the name of Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln.
He was a nominee for President of the United Sates.
She suggested that he grow a beard.
On October 19th, Lincoln replied.
And by February 11th, 1861 when Lincoln was headed for the White House, he was sporting a beard.
Details of the letters and further events are on the Abraham Lincoln Research Site.
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Imagine writing a letter to someone in a position of power. (real person)
(a) Write the letter.
(b) Report on the historical impact of the letter 50 years later.
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News Alert! World Peace Day Today!

News Alert! ~ World Peace Day Today!
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Opinion Piece #10~

From the United Nations website:
Finland: “ENO Treeplanting Day in Joensuu, Finland” http://www.enotreeday.net/ - ENO Tree Planting Day is a global tree planting event for children, youth and NGO's. Trees are planted for peace in over 130 countries on 21 September.
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Write an opinion piece as a poem.
Some suggestions for ideas:
1. Is world peace attainable? How?
2. What does peace mean to you personally?
3. Is there a place for conflict? What kind? Does it stir the creative spirit?~

Microfiction Pictures #1 ~ Bike Riders

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Travelling the Nepean Highway near Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula
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Microfiction Pictures #1 ~ Write a microfiction using the photo
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NOTE: "Microfiction" means a thumbnail story.
Think of drama skits, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in less than a minute.
For this series, the limit is 140 characters or even fewer - including spaces and punctuation. (This is the equivalent of a tweet on Twitter.)

Try Design 215's character counter, which will count for you as you type.

Who Are You? #4 ~ Be a Place

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A view from Point Nepean looking toward Bellarine Peninsula and Bass Strait, Victoria
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Who Are You #4 ~ Be a Place~

1. Imagine that your personality is actually like some place ~ a real place! Describe and explain.
2. Imagine that your personality is an imaginary place. Describe and explain.~

Who Are You? #3 ~ Be a Colour

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A surfer at Gunnamatta, Mornington Peninsula, neonised in Picnik Fractal
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Who Are You #3 ~ Be a Colour~

1. Imagine being a colour and imagine where you would like to be found.
2. What kind of personality would your colour represent?
3. Represent your personality as a fractal. (Even just load a self-portrait photo into Picnik and neonise it into your favourite colour??)~

Who Are You? #2 ~ Be a Car

Collage by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Cars at the Arthurs Seat Car Museum
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Who Are You? #2 ~ Be a Car~

Imagine you are a car! Describe and explain your details including origins and capabilities and uses. Where have you travelled? Where would you like to travel?
1. Be an old car
2. Be a car of today
3. Be a future car~

Who Are You? #1 ~ The Secret You

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A moment in Dromana carpark, Mornington Peninsula
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Who Are You? #1~

Creatively explain an answer to each of the following:
1. What famous person do other people tell you that you most resemble?
2. What vegetable do you most resemble?
3. Which cartoon character do you resemble the most?
4. If your personality could be described as a season and a weather pattern, what would you choose?
5. You can cast any actor now alive to play you in a film about your life. Whom would you cast in the role?
6. Select lyrics from a song which best describe your mood right now.
7. If you could be any age again for one week, what age would you be?
8. If you could have one superpower, which would you choose?
9. If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else currently living, would you do so? Whom would you pick?
10. What dead person would you least want to be haunted by?

History Waves #4 ~ Unbelievable! Change can be changeless!

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Pelican in the process of a proud pose at Hastings, Westernport Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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History Waves #4 ~ Unbelievable! Change can be changeless!~

Pelicans have sported big beaks for at least 30 million years, the discovery of an ancient pelican fossil reveals.
Researchers uncovered the remains of the earliest known pelican, including a preserved beak, in southwest France.
What has surprised them most about this ancient pelican is that it is almost identical to modern species...
Few other flying animals appear to have survived unchanged for so long. The only other good examples, says Dr Louchart, are bats, which have a body shape that appears to have survived unaltered for around 50 million years.~ Archaeology Daily News June 11, 2010

Read the full article by following the link.
Write a creative newspaper article (which sounds possible) as to why the pelican has never really evolved into new forms.~

Weave a Picture from the Picture #5 ~ Eyes Upon Eyes

Collage by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Multiple exposure of my beautiful Shadow's face
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Weave a Picture from the Picture #5 ~ Eyes Upon Eyes~

Dive into any writing style - maybe mix and match - and explore the power and possibility of EYES!~

Opinion Piece #9 ~ Typical Teenager?

elitesuperhaxor — February 19, 2008 — a funny Aussie outback song about a typical teenager
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Opinion Piece #9 ~ Typical Teenager?~

Create a song of your own which reflects the typical teenager.
Are there a few identities?~

History Waves #3 ~ First Lady of the Waves

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A still from the TV coverage of Jessica Watson's entry into Sydney Harbour ~ Saturday 15.05.10~
History Waves #3 ~ First Lady of the Waves
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Just a week before docking in Sydney Harbour, intrepid 16 year old round the world voyager, Jessica Watson, wrote these words on her blog:
I've had lots of that lovely sunshine stuff lately and today I'm over the moon to see the cabin temperature sitting on 20 degrees! It's been a while since it's been that warm.

But not everything's going as well as the weather.

The fuel system on the engine is still giving me grief, so I can't get the engine to start. This isn't the end of the world, it just means that I've got to be extra careful with power usage. If I can't get it going again, then Jesse and Mike will just have to row Ella's Pink Lady up to the dock after the finish line. No, only kidding, we'll work something out. I would be very nice to motor in under our own steam, so I'll keep trying.

Since I gave up on the food bag system and went for all my favorites a while ago, I'm starting to run out of good food. I've had to start eating the stuff I'd normally leave (I know it serves me right!), but on the up side, I've got so much spare fresh water, that I've been able to use it for washing. Other than that, the dunny has also decided not to play nicely, which is also ore annoying than anything. I mean couldn't it wait just one more week before refusing to work?

Last night the AIS also picked up the first ship I've seen since under Africa, but it didn't come close and I'm pretty surprised that it's the only one I've seen.~ Sunshine, a Ship and Engine Problems - Saturday May 8, 2010
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Pic by G.W. aka P.A.
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1. Read the full post on Jessica's blog.
Tuning in to your own personality, write a diary entry about how you would cope in this situation.
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2. Send Jessica a creative "welcome home" message. Go to her blog HERE and on the left sidebar you can fill in a message.
Maybe identify you are from Casey Grammar in Victoria + your first name and last name initial ONLY. (No more detail than that for security reasons!)
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3. Read some of her posts on her blog and make a comment there!
Maybe identify you are from Casey Grammar in Victoria + your first name and last name initial ONLY. (No more detail than that for security reasons!)
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P.S. I wrote a poem called It's been a long walk on the beach celebrating Jessica's journey and homecoming.
It may be found on my blog HERE!
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Pic by G.W. aka P.A.
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