Polly's pages (aka 'Donna Williams')

Ever the arty Autie

What’s it like living with DID?

July26

Try this:

Willie’s version
Frank Sinatra – My Way (1969)

Da’s version
Elvis Presley-My way

Angel’s version
Robbie Williams – My Way

Marnie’s version
The Sex Pistols – My Way

Donna Williams, BA Hons, Dip Ed.
Author, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter.
Autism consultant and public speaker.
http://www.donnawilliams.net

I acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of this country throughout Australia, and their connection to land and community.

How Coles and Woolworths use poker machines to gamble with lives

July12

Coles and Woolworths are Australia’s largest poker machine merchants, reaping mega profits from the misery of Australians whilst posing as ‘family friendly’ supermarkets. Read the rest of this entry »

The Motherless Club

July9

Most people will experience the loss of their mother at some point in their lives and most will cry at the loss of someone they at least at some time in their life, bonded with. Read the rest of this entry »

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Going With The Flow

July9


Why Not Go With The Flow?

I’m the black sheep of the family.
I am not a substance abuser, alcoholic or drug dealer.
I’m not a thief, fence, fraudster, gun dealer or bank robber. Read the rest of this entry »

Awesome!

July9


Awesome

Reflection, shared giggles, and dimples.
Rose petals, snowed and fragrant fall on her head.
Tomatoes straight from the vine, exploding with flavor and juice.
Bees like mini helicopters buzz, buzz around lemon blossom. Read the rest of this entry »

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Assumption

July7

We all assume from our own normalities, our own perspectives and experiences, cultures, histories, orientations, personalities and identifications. And strangely, no matter how many times life kicks our butt, proving assumptions are so very fallible, there we are again, assuming. Read the rest of this entry »

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Amidst The Palette

July7

Have you ever been bored looking at perfectionist, somewhat predictable art which just fails to draw you in, fails to connect, fails to transport you anywhere? When I paint I want to create atmospheres I want to walk into, touch, even eat. I want dripping ice-cream colours, textures that make me feel I’ve touched them even though I’ve only seen them. And most of all Read the rest of this entry »

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All The World’s A Game

July7

We so often take our lives so seriously, so personally. But how seriously or personally do we healthily want to take our lives? What might an Emo say? What might a sociopath say? Is the healthy stance somewhere between the two? Read the rest of this entry »

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A Mine of Information

July7

As an autism consultant with an encyclopedic mind for systems and lists of information I often found myself perceived as something of a walking textbook, a mine of information. Read the rest of this entry »

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Barry Humphries Farewell Tour

July1

Barry Humphries is one of those faces that has haunted me for years. I have had to see his face on TV, in newspapers and magazines, on billboards and each time I remember him in our house, in my room, in the early 70s when I was a child. And the smile from the billboards never quite jells with the leer I remember. So reading about Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour this June 2012, I felt, finally no remorse for the finale of an iconic Australian entertainer. Read the rest of this entry »

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