Geography - Tim Winton / Catherine Noske (30 Jan 2017)

On the Road - Cooperabung / Pacific Highway (Sat 14 Jan 2017)

Tim Winton on Geography:

I’m very conscious of the specifics of geography and the way it shapes us, whether we recognise this or not.

via From Tim Winton to Gail Jones: why writing matters in WA by Catherine Noske.

A Heart of Bronze, A Heart of Stone - Tim Winton / Intelligent Life Magazine (May/June 2015)

Bella [1] - Fremantle (Sun 19 Apr 2015)

Tim Winton on Humane and Heart:

there was a quality to it I later recognised as humane. I didn’t just take shelter from it; I took heart.

via SPURNED NO LONGER by Tim Winton.

And so she was and so I did.

[1] Bella - Inscription "The freedom to be who you are and to enjoy what is!" - Sculpture by Greg James.

On Havoc - Tim Winton / The Monthly (Sat 23 May 2015)

Abstract - Western Australia (Thu 16 Apr 2015)

Tim Winton on Havoc:

Afterwards, despite the happy outcome, you are, of course, a f'ing mess. What you have been, all through your moment of extremity, is a casual-sounding robot. The state you’ve been in is probably nothing short of hysterical. Maybe that’s who you are.

Havoc: A life in accidents by Tim Winton.

Australia - Tim Winton (Sun 08 May 2016)

Joanne - Mount Ohlssen Bagge / Wilpena (Wed 13 Apr 2016)

Tim Winton on Australia:

[Australia is] a place where there is more landscape than culture… Everything we do... is still overborne and underwritten by the seething tumult of nature

via Island Home by Tim Winton review – a love song to Australia and a cry to save it by Katharine Norbury.

Australia - Tim Winton (Sun 08 May 2016)

sunset sky - Flinders Ranges / Port Augusta (Sun 10 Apr 2016)

Tim Winton on Australia:

over it all [Australia], an impossibly open sky, dwarfing everything

via Island Home by Tim Winton review – a love song to Australia and a cry to save it by Katharine Norbury.

Life - Tim Winton / Richard Watts (Tue 30 May 2017)

Untitled - Kingston / Canberra (Tue 30 May 2017)

Tim Winton on Life:

Life’s a bit hard to predict.

via 'It gets harder': Tim Winton on writing by Richard Watts.

On Time and The Past - Tim Winton / The Turning

Geoff - "an early start for the first day of the rest of my life - 'where do you start?'" - Alexandria (7am Wed 01 Jul 2009)

Tim Winton on Time and the Past:

When a wave breaks, the water is not moving. The swell has travelled great distances but only the energy is moving, not the water. Perhaps time moves through us and not us through it ... the past is in us, and not behind us. Things are never over.

via The Turning by Tim Winton.

These words are so touching. Not really sure how to say what they make me feel - this photograph of me the day after Jenny died, might say it all? Maybe time did move through me and I am still there - I don't know really, but this photo makes it feel like it - one of those reference points in life. It also reminds me of who I was, who I have become and want to be, which when I think about is the same thing. Not sure what I'm trying to say or how (nothing unusual there). Gladly, it is never over. I have a past, it is who I am. And thankfully, I've stopped trying to be anything else.

A Picture You Fall Into - Tim Winton / Intelligent Life Magazine (May/June 2015)

A little bit of Copenhagen on the Wall - Alexandria (Mon 18 May 2015)

Tim Winton on Looking and Stories:

It was a picture you fell into. You could look at it for the rest of your life and still wonder what the story was.

SPURNED NO LONGER by Tim Winton.

On Books - Tim Winton / David Larsen (Sat 09 May 2015)

Untitled - Alexandria (Mon 01 Jun 2015)

Tim Winton on Books:

to go in there and see this whole room devoted to books ... it was great.

via Books: Wait until it's right by David Larsen.

I was told it was old fashion to have a book shelf, but I think it is great.

On Patience - Tim Winton / David Larsen (Sat 09 May 2015)

Untitled - London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

Tim Winton on Patience:

If you don't have the chance to wait, you still have to wait. You wait until it's right.

via Books: Wait until it's right by David Larsen.

On Optimism - Tim Winton / Rod Baxter (twitter)

Untitled - Ultimo (Tue 02 Jun 2015)

Tim Winton on Optimism:

optimism is a form of discipline. Live like everything will be alright.

Tweet by @rodbaxter.

Ever the optimist, but it can appear to be naive. Always balance this with expect the unexpected and this will always protect you from too much harm.