by Bronwen Whyatt | Feb 14, 2018 | Art, Creativity, Writing
For years and years, I have kept a box of cards and letters that I have received from my friend Helen. The cards began before the letters: birthdays, Christmas and just ‘cos exchanges, that morphed into longer letters when Helen got her first job in the...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Feb 12, 2018 | Film reviews
Don’t new releases on airplane journeys make you feel like you’re getting something for free? I think so. It was a while ago now, but on my last long-haul flights, I made the most of the in-flight entertainment, even though I’d promised myself I...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jan 23, 2018 | Travel
There are several reasons I am grateful for growing up in South Australia. Not least, because I grew up with Keep South Australia Beautiful or KESAB, Tidy Towns and 10c container deposits. Having lived in the eastern states metropolises of Sydney then Melbourne I was...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jun 25, 2017 | Film reviews
Christmas 2016 It must be the holiday season. I’ve seen four films in the last couple of weeks. It seems the themes are the extensive use of flashbacks/chronology as a technique and the contrast of masculine and feminine energy and intent. Rosalie Blum, Julien...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jun 24, 2017 | Film reviews, Writing
84 Charing Cross Road, David Jones (1987) Going back in time, this classic, multi-BAFTA award-winning film, based on a true story, reminds us that sending parcels half way around the globe was not invented by the age of online-shopping. It is about loving old books...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jun 23, 2017 | Philosophy, Writing
May, 2008 Yesterday I took a very fast train between Basel and Den Haag. I would like to share with you what came to me on that journey … I am taking a very fast train from Basel to Den Haag to pursue my cello dreams. I closed my eyes listening to Kate Bush...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jun 23, 2017 | Travel
Staying at Naracoorte for a three week holiday earlier this year, I took the opportunity to go and visit my cousin, Graham, who now runs the farm at which I spent many of my childhood holidays. Not much has changed, except the pine trees out front are taller. Out the...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the past several weekends, by some twist of fate, the quest for gainful employment has resulted in me traipsing the near East of Melbourne city in a combination of train, tram and foot. There has not been one day so far where some part of my journey has not been...
by Bronwen Whyatt | Jun 16, 2017 | Film reviews
Very happy to have my review of Gertrude Opera’s staging of The Consul published by CutCommon.
by Bronwen Whyatt | May 4, 2017 | Art, Creativity, Writing
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, is an international best-seller that contains “a course in discovering and recovering your creative self.” I have been working with Julia Cameron’s wonderful books for five years now, and continue to write morning pages as she...
