tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052331249465415794.post3980517578695187759..comments2023-11-28T00:11:38.855+11:00Comments on The Network: Julia Gillard and her government - an ill-founded expedition : @julia gillard #ausgov #politics #expeditionsBrigidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862531789968068093noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052331249465415794.post-9857759641688123572010-12-19T14:10:01.970+11:002010-12-19T14:10:01.970+11:00This reminds me of Leunig and one of his early car...This reminds me of Leunig and one of his early cartoons where his character (Vasco Pyjama or is it Mr Curly?) is following the star which hangs from the curled tip of his own hat.<br />Clearly he is on a futile mission, but he is happy because he is "following the star".<br />.<br />"Mr. Curly often writes letters of wisdom to his friend Vasco Pyjama, who in "The Second Leunig" sets off on a voyage of discovery in his 'amphibious club armchair' accompanied, of course, by his faithful Direction Finding Duck (who always points towards new joys). Vasco is in depsair for the world but blessed with optimism, curiousity and an open mind, finds joy in unlikely places during the circumnavigation of his world. Like so many of us he drifts through life, hoping to find meaning amongst poverty, perils and oppression. His is not a determined search but by listening with equal attentiveness to philospher, vagrant and the proleteriat, he hopes to somehow, someday, stumble upon the simple answer; a return to joy and innocence."<br />(Source: http://www.curlyflat.net/work.php).<br />.<br />PS: I ain't following Julia anywhere. <br />Poor child is lost.<br />Lost at Sea off Christmas Island? Maybe.<br />Lost in the coal mines of NSW and Qld? definitely.<br />.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.com