“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” (Henry David Thoreau)Most of us operate on the comfortable assumption that today is a continuation of yesterday and tomorrow will continue from today - this is horribly untrue for us in December 2025 - tragedy close to home overwhelms tragedy in far off places even for the most humane of us.
The first blow to normalcy came with the unexpected death of Maudie Palmer AO. Maudie was instrumental in the creation of Heide Museum of Modern Art, Tarra Warra Museum of Art, and she helped McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery - all as well as being the driving force in the creation of Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park. At the time of her death Maudie was engaged in work and film making with Friends of the Yarra Birrarung. We can miss Maudie for her dynamic leadership in the arts - and we can mourn her mentorship and friendship to many artists and friends of the arts.
