to some extent, we are other people...

Confronting! Some may deny, yet subconsciously may have absorbed an opinion/ quote as their own. I avoid established stables of creative art (e.g. art workshops) as best I can to minimise this possibility. But we're a mix of our physical and mental environment, like it or not.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 2, 2024

the 'how' in teaching...

As a secondary teacher, (now retired), I used to do exactly this. Teaching's not all about content but must include the 'how' of presentation, to engage an audience. The 'how' needs some reality. Strange that gathering the 'how' often takes far longer than gathering the content.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 2, 2024

time out...

To some, the fact I too feel this way makes me appear rather anti-social, but crowds of chit-chat frustrates and exhausts me.
I need time out to write, to read, to draw/paint and perhaps just watch Nature be...with camera in hand on occasion...https://t.co/DjY8XpjAq7 pic.twitter.com/FhzKZCeMBH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 1, 2024

be aware of global discord...

be aware
of global discord
but pause
to appreciate
your own roses#tanka

📷2020 - Janice Peterson - SBS newsreader. A gently spoken, well-paced newsreader...always engaging...always clear with her information, no matter the chaos of the incident...
She still rocks on today... pic.twitter.com/XtwLjdmVIx

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 1, 2024

to do or not to do...

to do or not to do
that is the question
whether it is nobler
to dare to dare or
to admire others
from afar https://t.co/pR4edwSIMh

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 31, 2024

she surrounds herself with select people...

she surrounds herself
with select people
select people with arty intelligence

she hopes to tap into their skill
by osmosis
but arty intelligence involves
emotional intelligence
maybe wisdom
which sadly
she has none

her progress bows
to being
a victim of
others' journeys

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 31, 2024

age with pride...

age with pride
once stylish
an icon of art
respect and preserve
an art treasure#tanka

2020 - July - Lovely old home in Dromana still proudly, elegantly managing to stand tall near a coastal shopping centre and the passing Nepean Highway... pic.twitter.com/yBsTFbIvV7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 30, 2024