TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

12:10 PM
Posted by jodi rose

ah yes had enough of slumming it in the west end ;)
down on the south side now, amongst actual victorian mansions (endless aust sprawl of mcmansions eat your heart out!) working in the loft studio, finally waking up at a reasonable hour and almost oriented again.
have been suffering strange culture shock, being constantly disoriented by everything, never quite sure where I am or how to get there...
visit to cove park was lovely, very restful environment www.covepark.org
although am told that coulport just up the rd is a heavy duty nuclear submarine base - funny that, you can never really be somewhere totally peaceful in this world I guess. skimmed an article in the paper about fear and anxiety, saying that actually the world is much safer now compared to previous ages - but it's all about perception I guess. just had a disturbing email from an australian colleague about the sedition anti-terror laws coming into effect there, making it illegal to express any opinion about basically anything. an exaggeration but how did we let the govt get so out of control? I find it repellant that there is such a blatant playing on peoples fears - c'mon get out in the world, it's not so bad. yes bombs go off and people die, but hey we are all going to die at some point, you pick your number and take your chances I guess.
and as the statue down by the river says, in memory of the glaswegians who joined the fight against fascism in spain in the 1930's:
it's better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees.