Perth, Art and Philosophy

On Wednesday, we went into Perth, first Liz to visit the Brahma Kumaris to talk about their participation in Justthisday 2005.  Carolyn and Eva were so welcoming and we had an hour or so of meeting.  On with Colin and Holly to Kings Park where we wandered around in very hot sun.  Kings Park is very large, it has both formal park and bush, some of which has suffered bush fire this last week.  In the formal or semi formal layout, there is an installation of sculpture and insets on a bridge done by Holly and a friend.  And for further interest oh blog readers, when it was installed it was put in by Jo Summers, so how about that for further coincidence.  We took photographs, (see down the side) and spent time admiring the inspirational concepts which had been incorporated in the specialist plantings, I fell in love with two trees, first the lemon scented gum for its pale smooth straight up to the sky trunk and then the scent which emanates from the leaves if you rub them.  And then there is a cheery tree called the grass tree which looks like a person, has a black stubby trunk and a grass skirt.  In clumps these look rather like teletubbies.  After lunch we went to the Perth Art Gallery and Culture Centre, saw some old aboriginal art which is becoming more understandable now we have been educated by H and C.  We were then dropped off in Bassingdean, another Perth suburb with Phillip and Dianne Kruger and family who run the Perth School of Philosophy and that really is an undertaking.  They have created a community with two houses, one in town and a retreat house in the suburb, and run this with great dedication.  After having supper with the family, we joined the School for the evening and much enjoyed a chance to step into another world.  Everybody was very welcoming and we were deeply impressed by the way everything had come into being and by its order.