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It is home schooling that is rejecting a narrowness. It is not a radical value system; it's actually quite conservative.

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Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.

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In nicey-nicey land, you must be happy-clappy and positive all the time - bad news is taboo.

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A street full of electric light is a sign of civic failure and is an insulting injury to the soul. Shutting out the night is as disastrous as shutting out the light.

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Falling down is a very big subject, and so is the concept of downfall. None of us escapes, and I have had my share of both.

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Two's company and three's a crowd, but seven can be an uprising. And the seven can become 70 or 700 or 7000 very quickly if the sense of being wronged is felt broadly and truly enough.

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The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go down, also.

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Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and troublesome, just as nature or art can be.

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Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with water that is lukewarm, sweet and murky.

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Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each other, making things worse, and fouling their own nest, all because they imagine things aren't good enough and should be made much better.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Cartoonist

Born: June 2nd, 1945

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