“If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary dictates of materialism and secularity, then the raw spirit truth of our native land is alive and radiant by comparison. For joy and meaning we might well turn to our natural country and witness miracles of vitality and new life, of inspiration and profound beauty; all in some humble, quiet and improbable place.” IfsWellsCountryWisdomInspirationMightJoySpiritTurnsNatureNaturalAliveLandQuietTraditionMiracleTiredProfoundHumbleSymbolsWitnessNativeAustraliaComparisonMaterialismNew LifeVitalityRadiantImprobableDrearyDrainedNative Land Author:Michael Leunig
“Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the soul with its myriad tiny nerve endings that notices the neglected pathos, poignancy and practicality that lies at the heart of life. It's as if the media are somehow irritated and envious that anonymous people should have the quiet brilliance of their rich and sustainable inner lives.” PeopleIfsShouldHeartSoulSometimesLyingWonderRichMediaQuietConsciousShould HaveTinyAgendasNervesNeglectedBrillianceInner LifeEnviousIrritatedPracticalityPathosSometimes I WonderPoignancy Author:Michael Leunig
“At the very simplest, I think as Van Gogh said and St Francis would have said, we must find nature. Just to be in the presence of nature your feelings and 'little seedlings' start to awake. So if we disassociate ourselves from God we cut nature out, too. More and more we turn nature into a commodity, into eco-tourism. But we must integrate it into the way people live every day.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayLittlesSaidFeelingsTurnsNatureCuttingAwakeCommoditySimplestVansTourismIntegratingEcoLive Every DaySeedlings Author:Michael Leunig
“Ah, whimsical. It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. As is what I do is acting on a 'whim'. If only these were gifts from God when I get an idea, but everything I have done that I really love has had a lot of hard work behind it.” IfsWayArtIdeasHardDoneActingBehindsHard WorkTerribleGift From GodWhimWhimsicalBarnacles Author:Michael Leunig
