out from an inch-wide hole stamped out of a piece of unusually corrugated cardboard on the cover of a book. The book is the special issue of the journal Film Culture published in 1963. It is we are looking at‚ and is looking at us. In Metaphors on Vision‚ Brakhage (1963) claims that there is an original perspective of an eye. From Brakhage’s perspective‚ it is his eye that peers through the hole. It is his eye we are invited to see through. For many of his audiences in the years since the issue was
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“Where there is no vision‚ the people perish...” or maybe it was Habakkuk who wrote in chapter two of his book “…write the vision‚ and make it plain upon the tables‚ that he may run that readeth it.” The vision that King Solomon and the Prophet Habakkuk spoke of and the visions that organizations seek are different but is some ways the same. While Solomon and Habakkuk were speaking of the instructions in God’s truth which was given to His people by His prophets through visions; leaders of organizations
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"Modernizing Vision" raises a new perspective to the history of vision. Instead of looking at it in continuum which is how it has traditionally been viewed in the Western culture‚ he points out a rupture in the history of vision in the 1820s and 30s and how quickly the change occurred. This new vision seems to be functioning within photographers still today. Uta Barth’s photographic series Ground is a visual representation of the modernized vision. Before the 19th Century‚ the vision is described
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| Charity and the Media | An Australian Example | | Aidan Simmons‚ Bachelor of Journalism/Arts | 3655477 | “There are an estimated 600‚000 entities in the not-for-profit sector which contribute around $43 billion to the economy of Australia making it larger than the communications industry‚ agriculture or tourism. The majority of these are small unincorporated neighbourhood groups or associations that provide support for and wellbeing in the community”. – Office of the Not for Profit
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India Vision 2020 sivakumarsachin 22-Apr-09 Identifying potentials and anticipating the challenges to our future progress in different sectors of the national economy does not constitute a vision of the country’s future. These disparate threads need to be woven together to reflect the integrated nature of our national life. Then‚ there still remains the question of whether to be preoccupied by the negative possibilities or to throw our full weight behind efforts to fully realise the positive
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The Divinity of Australian Identity From the fabricated tale of mystery in Peter Weir’s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’‚ to the prototypical portrayal of Australian principles and behaviour in ‘Crocodile Dundee’‚ directors and audiences alike have been fastidiously and attentively representing their beliefs about how true Australian’s should behave in film for decades. With the recurring themes and values of courage‚ mateship‚ resourcefulness‚ and the toughness of the Australian people as the centre of
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The Australian voice is distinct as it expresses uniquely Australian values‚ such as ‘mateship’ and ‘support for the underdog’. This distinct voice also expresses multicultural and indigenous values‚ as part of the Australian identity. It may bevoiced publically or privately through effective language features. “The Castle” directed by Rob Sitch highlights the characters’ voices as reflective of Australian attitudes and values. It is through these numerous voices that we collectively create a distinct
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Do Australian people have a distinctive culture or are stereotypes of in texts true? Australians are perceived in text as‚ beer-drinking larrikins‚ people who use kangaroos as a transportation‚ crocodile wrestlers‚ lack in fashion‚ foster beers‚ desert‚ sparsely populated and bushmans and mateship. However these representations are not true. Stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. National identity is a person’s identity
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The Australian Identity I am here today to discuss our Australian Identity. How do you imagine a typical Australian? Maybe you see a blonde haired‚ blue eyed surfing babe? Or a bushman who drinks Bushels tea and four X beers while munching on some snags cooked on the BBQ? Or perhaps you see someone like Steve Irwin‚ our iconic crocodile hunter. Or do you picture the movie “Crocodile Dundee?” Australians are stereotyped and our typical Australian is usually imagined to be male. (Click) Russell
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The Australian identity is a diverse concept that has developed overtime through significant events in our history. As a result of these events‚ it is has established Australia into a multicultural society that now includes numerous new lifestyles. However‚ it is an evolving concept that is still becoming‚ as further cultures are migrating to Australia and introducing unique traditions to the Australian life. This idea is further explored in the poem ’No more boomerang’ by Kath Walker‚ which exhibits
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