In the late 70′s I participated in Confests in Australia (see Confest 79…). The tradition of such alternate festivals has continued. Burning Man in the US is perhaps the leading example.
I stumbled across this whilst researching the Jungle Book and the Wild Child in French culture. Pyrénée… is a French graphic novel. Whilst it is available in several European languages it has not be translated to English. The most likely reason is that it features
This is absolutely delightful. Tippi Degré… is a French girl born in Namibia. Her parents let her live a fairly wild existence playing with animals and befriending the tribespeople. It seems a wonderful childhood. There’s not much to say. I’ve embedded the documentary made about
These images are by the twins, Edward and Maurice Detmold. I don’t know a great deal about them but apparently they were child prodigies who first exhibited at age 13. Tragically Maurice committed suicide at age 24.
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I missed this one but thanks to a comment from Lee M to Water Babies I’ve now been informed… It’s timely because it involves a noted French illustrator.
I was not introduced to Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book …when I was a child. Pity. I
My novel Wild Child …is about a young hippie girl with an extraordinary musical talent so from time to time I like to feature talented kids. I’m particularly interested in girls who show a talent with traditional ‘male’ instruments, a barrier that no longer exists.
In an earlier post I argued (here) that we are seeing a cultural war over the definition of childhood; namely between a conservative, romanticised vision; a bourgeois, materialist vision and what I call the natural …child, the child free to be themselves, free
So, whilst we’re talking about vag… Kembra Pfhaler… is a NY performance artist, model and lead singer of The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. This group is notorious for being clean shaven and getting their vag out in public.
One of the complaints made against Henson… (this series is in response to the ignorance shown by the public at the time) was that he was fascinated with adolescent sexuality, with the implication that he was just an old perv. Another complaint was that you
I came across these videos of Sarah Pippin whilst researching other dancers. She deserves her own entry because she is a clearly gifted dancer. She’s won several competitions, naturally – anyway, the videos clearly indicate her many skills. I’ve included one where she performs a…
Ray is a Melbourne based writer. He has completed two novels and is currently going through the process of getting them published. Read his Biography
A work in progress – and something completely different. A crime novel about cultural and generational clashes. A series of murders in the Melbourne art world. 
Greenfields Site.
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