Author: Austral-Indonesian Tujuhbelasan

Perjalanan Hidup #1 Making Smart Moves

Early this morning Bishop David Farrer said to me: “Nomadic life and pilgrimage are what its all about.”

“Its learning on the move. In the deepest Aboriginalities of Jesus and Baiame, there is no such thing as a straight line.” was the expansion upon the Bishop’s thought which Father Glenn Loughrey and I devised later on in the morning.

Living well depends upon discourse or musyawarah, which I also like to call The Word.

Geoff Fox, 2nd February, 2022, Down Under

VICTORY FOR ALL

For the past ten years, my life has been focussed on trying to learn and share the lessons of World War Two.

This was a major theme of art displays I created at both a national heritage water source important to the memory of General Douglas MacArthur in Morotai, Indonesia, and also at Barak Obama’s first school in Jakarta.

During this decade, the people I have conversed with on matters relevant to this endeavour included Prime Ministers Gillard, Rudd and Turnbull of Australia and Presidents Jokowi and Yudhoyono of Indonesia.

This morning, the people who inspire me the most by showing the spirit of WW2 are the Sons Of The West (people from the Western Bulldogs football club) who are headquartered down the road from my place.

As I understand it, this season, Coach Luke Beveridge has shared the work load of playing among a large number of players. This is a strategy which will keep the team fresh for the finals.

This reminds me of the spirit and wisdom of General Douglas MacArthur.

The simple piece of word art above is for all sons and daughters of the west and of the whole world.

May we all learn from our past and work effectively together now and well into the future.

Geoff Fox, 5th August, 2021, Footscray, Australia