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ISSUE NO. 8

March 2025

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Creative

For Rich or For Poor, Sickness And In Health

By

Courtney

Courtney’s art is from Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company Workshops and Art Exhibition, operating out of Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and Tarrengower, Victoria

For rich or for poor, sickness and in health, By Courtney, Acrylic on canvas, 2024

I saw a picture and followed it to help with the outline, then after that I went with what was in my mind about colours, lines, shadows, details. This picture really resonates with me.

To me it means hard work and rough times, you have to work for what you want and there will always be barriers and things/people trying to bring you down. Some people wear their hard work and rough times on the outside but all of us wear it on the inside.

I saw a picture and followed it to help with the outline, then after that I went with what was in my mind about colours, lines, shadows, details. This picture really resonates with me.

To me it means hard work and rough times, you have to work for what you want and there will always be barriers and things/people trying to bring you down. Some people wear their hard work and rough times on the outside but all of us wear it on the inside.

‘Love is Rebuilding My Life’

By Phillip

There’s irony, hypocrisy, fallacy, a vast ocean of distance to cross. The “saint”, the “sinner”, it’s lunacy, that the ignorant could save the lost.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

Methfairytale

By Karie

I’m not belle of the ball, not the very least, but we have something in common, I’m in love with a beast. But the beast is not a person but a drug that I call meth, I’ve been talking to myself for hours, I’m running out of breath.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Nostalgia

By Dennis

Nostalgia is a gentle haze, a soft and fading, golden maze, where time itself begins to blur, and memory’s touch is sweet and pure.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Art From Inside

By Lanie

Our team was blown away by this beautiful painting.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ