Basil
Profile
I’m a lover of art, I taught the history of it at the Uni of Melb, but I have now graduated to the idea of writing and photography. I am a member of various writing groups and enjoy writing stories, ironical essays, and now, poems!
If you would like to contact me my email address is: basil.gilbert@gmail. com.
I am most grateful for comments on my literary endeavours.
Groups
Basil is a member of All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical and Short stories - Spherical Scriptings.
Journal Entries
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Posted about 1 year ago, 1 comment so far.
Carpe Diem - an analyis
Posted over 2 years ago, 2 comments so far.
Art
Writing
On re-reading "The Importance of Living" by Lin Yutang.
The chapters headings were most entertaining. One was entitled “On having a stomach”, another “On having a mind”. There was a whole section headed “The Importance of Loafing” …
Song Cycle of Daylesford
Let me sing of the place of Daylesford, / home of the holiday maker, the humming bird, and the verdant stream of minerals…
A Lover of Writing
When Giacomo Casanova, the Venetian patrician, completed the memoirs of his life as a lover and adventurer he was almost 75 years old. This is the correct age to write your memoirs…
The Visit
The night was cold and dark. In the distance, I could just make out the dim light of the approaching train as it lit up the wide-spaced tracks… Would Stephan be on the train?..
Literary Cookbooks
Oh dear! I wish cookbooks on the art of writing a short story or novel were more like the culinary ones sitting on my kitchen fridge!...
Early Days
My mum, bless her heart, had really wanted a girl, and when I popped into the world, I was hardly welcome…
