John Bennett
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Leaves
Stowe and the English idea of Nature
Stowe garden and the English idea of Nature The English idea of nature became informed by art and English landscape…
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From science to the new sciences?
From science to the new sciences? Prior to Descartes, ‘knowledge’ was a conspiracy of Scripture, heresy, tradition, experience and speculation.…
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Leaves
This Place
This is Gumbaynggirr country. We live nect to Jagun Nature Reserve, meaning ‘dwelling’ or ‘home’
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The Diversity of Poems
The Diversity of Poems Poets are always keen to maintain poetry as special (‘making special’ is how Martha Nussbaum characterises…
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Poems
Roman Other Worlds
Roman Other Worlds (Bruno, Trier poems below) In 1974 I hitch-hiked with a friend from England through the then Yugoslavia…
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Photography
Art, nature, rocks and sculpture
Art, nature, rocks and sculpture Sculpture by the Sea The world’s largest annual public outdoor art exhibition 29 Oct 5.38am…
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Poetics
Finding Keats
Finding Keats I’m standing in the room where Keats died, I saw his death mask and a print of Fournier’s…
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Crossing the Bight
Crossing the Bight 1998 If Cimabue and Giotto painted what they knew and a third surveyed today believe in angels…
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Slow Art of Bushwalking
Slow Art of Bushwalking Extracts from a dawn walk and talk on the track in the Dorrigo World Heritage rainforest…
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