tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post479314991502610008..comments2024-03-04T19:26:00.689+08:00Comments on A WineDark Sea: Interview with a pigeon fanciersarah toahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-3088545334390776152014-07-27T17:41:04.985+08:002014-07-27T17:41:04.985+08:00Hi Alex, if you've come back to this post via ...Hi Alex, if you've come back to this post via my latest one, right there is your argument xsarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-21999254977269003252014-05-29T09:02:45.522+08:002014-05-29T09:02:45.522+08:00Great story Sarah - please keep gathering (is that...Great story Sarah - please keep gathering (is that the right word?) them. These colourful yarns are too easily lost.Janine Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115824424211831512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-77343226247613176702014-05-27T20:57:49.301+08:002014-05-27T20:57:49.301+08:00Actually, I have to take issue on academia being b...Actually, I have to take issue on academia being based on facts. From the work I've done, it has never been about factual accuracy but individuals summing up characters and events to come to their own subjective conclusions. That's part of the beauty of it. <br />Pure math, maybe. Not history, sociology or anthrop.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-62679964695895939962014-05-23T19:10:09.836+08:002014-05-23T19:10:09.836+08:00Thanks Ciaran. It was a good day, talking to him. ...Thanks Ciaran. It was a good day, talking to him. I'm buying him a copy of Salt Story, seeing as he is into the odd ripping yarn!sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-15985676667903136502014-05-22T21:08:45.114+08:002014-05-22T21:08:45.114+08:00Great story. You're writing has always feature...Great story. You're writing has always featured that kind of heat Sarah, if don't mind me saying so. Academia is about accuracy really, facts. It doesn't mean it can't be insightful but most of the work, I guess, is about laying out the truth as far as that truth can be determined. Stories on the other hand, are an altogether different animal. The truth lies in the heat, the language, the imagery, the tension and passion. Like your man there, the pigeon fancier. Capturing that is worth an awful lot, good on you.ciaranlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668781624804602369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-13334240647815752062014-05-20T21:30:15.006+08:002014-05-20T21:30:15.006+08:00Yes, I really feel that if you censor the language...Yes, I really feel that if you censor the language, you actually lose a piece of the story.<br /><br />Are you going back for another dig into that blue and yellow beanie? It certainly sounds like it'd be worth it. I've been trying to get my old man to sit down with a recording device. He keeps fobbing me off and telling me "one day, matey, one day". I hope it's one day soon.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673899518142203994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-49004193682446942112014-05-19T20:21:03.435+08:002014-05-19T20:21:03.435+08:00Oh, and the other stories 'in here'? (Taps...Oh, and the other stories 'in here'? (Taps blue and yellow beanie)<br />The murder of two Gold Stealing Squad detectives ... and being part of the post war Japanese Occupation forces. In my book, he's the best pigeon fancier ever when it comes to a ripping yarn.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-51672385312561324322014-05-19T20:05:10.626+08:002014-05-19T20:05:10.626+08:00I agree, in that the language is really important ...I agree, in that the language is really important when it comes to history. I heard that story only once before and it was a rather dry, academic piece on racial tensions in Australia. It had none of the same kind of heat in it and was probably gleaned from newspaper articles rather than oral histories.<br /><br />A friend said tonight, 'Just go down to the Community Care centre for more of those yarns,' and I think she's right. The impression I got from this particular man was that if I just sat down and let him know I was going to listen, then he would tell me stories, and stories, and stories.<br /><br />People are sensitive to the fact that the times have changed - and attitudes and language with it - but in some kind of way Alex, it is refreshing to hear the old, nasty language that jogs alongside their stories. It gives them texture ... and context.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-27960953296905695712014-05-18T21:21:34.716+08:002014-05-18T21:21:34.716+08:00I've been turning this story over in my head, ...I've been turning this story over in my head, and it makes me wonder what other stories this bloke has "in here"; and how many of these types of stories get lost forever when blokes like him drop of the perch.<br /><br />Stories about Dings, and Chinks, and Tykes, and Coons ...<br /><br />Seriously. I think it's important to preserve these kinds of tales, told word for word, so that we don't end up polishing the past into something it's not. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673899518142203994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-42896750196799845862014-05-18T18:28:01.398+08:002014-05-18T18:28:01.398+08:00Let's hear it for the good old days, when peop...Let's hear it for the good old days, when people were community minded and it was safe to walk the streets at night, because you didn't have gangs of dangerous thugs like you do now.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673899518142203994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-63215537875963181022014-05-17T20:00:07.883+08:002014-05-17T20:00:07.883+08:00That image of women walking down the middle of the...That image of women walking down the middle of the street, heading for the outskirts of town, their whole lives in their wheelbarrows, their faces blackened by soot ... 'as black as the clothes they wore.'sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-82329662632322254642014-05-17T19:42:46.406+08:002014-05-17T19:42:46.406+08:00Drove home with my head spinning.Drove home with my head spinning.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-62029603566808519112014-05-17T07:33:10.784+08:002014-05-17T07:33:10.784+08:00Jesus. And Australia calls itself a civilised coun...Jesus. And Australia calls itself a civilised country. This redneck attitude is still so rife here and always just brewing under the surface. Kalgoorlie sure was the wild west in those days. Amazing story.Dr Mad Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274692672575145183noreply@blogger.com