Dr Solomon Wakeling

Scholar of dream worlds.

Western Sydney University Alumni, Doctor of Creative Arts

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My doctoral thesis “The Nightmare Realm: trauma, the child and creative practice in fictional dream worlds”. The first part is a novel about a boy who gets lost in a nightmare world. It is dark but just the way a fairy tale is dark. https://t.co/jrE1VwV7sh

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@brettgallman You could record off of tv.

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When I went to see Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow in concert there was a long line for the women’s toilets and hardly a line at all for the men’s and so a woman ran in used the men’s stall next to me. She was a hero, everyone was nice to her. Just use whatever toilet who cares

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You need both secondary and primary sources, I don’t know what people are talking about.

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@nicole_hanson11 There’s a bit in Glengarry Glenross where he tries to seduce male clients into buying property.

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@ContraPoints Putting the mid in pyramid head.

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Homer Simpson.

[Plough Quarterly @Plough]

Who Is America’s Homer?

If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the American identity? We asked for contributions from ‍@fxxfy, @DanaGioiaPoet, @zenahitz, Emily Wilson, @ae_stallings, @_Zeets, @JcScharl, @amjuster, @RossBarkan, Christian Wiman.

https://t.co/o7J1tcN6rV

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Pauline Hanson’s supporters are protesting but it’s not about any of the things they claim, they’re protesting against reality itself. Reality is not up to standard right now for many people and they are keen to support anyone who does not live there. It’s the same with Trump.

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Is there a reason everyone seems to be reading East of Eden? I read it when I was in my early twenties and struggling with some things and my response was a little extreme. I might read it again one day just to re-evaluate with the light of middle age.

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@ArtistAffame It was Jenny Macklin’s office. I was always puzzled that they would just lie to me.

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@ArtistAffame I emailed an ALP member years ago (I forget who) suggesting superannuation should be paid on the DSP. No response for a year until I randomly remembered and sent another email. They lied and said they’d tried to call me and then the response just said their policy was the NDIS.

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Painted a polar bear.

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@aesthdistance1 Tender is the Night. It’s subtitled “a romance”.

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@TraceyLee_07 Happy birthday Helen. It works for any birthday you just have to apologise if their name isn’t Helen.

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@PatrickLenton Like mixing custard and mince meat: maybe it will work this time.

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Most science isn’t harder to render in plain English than the humanities unless it’s very maths heavy and in both cases there’s a level of technicality that is beyond a lay reader and requires careful study and other prep work.

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The problem with plain english in the humanities is that in this field they problematise the meaning of ordinary words. Someone might write a thesis on the word “problem”. So even if you use a limited vocabulary, the complexity of engagement with those words increases.

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There are plain english books about theoretical physics and I have read them; they omit the maths which it is based on which is the substance of the argument, but it was possible for me to follow at least some of the concepts. The weakness is you have to take their word for it.

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@Brocklesnitch I didn’t recognise him either but the caption gave enough context for me to figure it out.