“The unfed mind devours itself.” Gore Vidal
Much has been written about MONA, and I don't presume to add anything of value to the debate. I will agree with Vidal's proposal that the mind needs food as much as the body; a life devoid of art, music, poetry, mathematics and good old Socratic examination seems not like life at all.
MONA for my money (bearing in mind that as Tasmanians we get free entry) fulfils the necessity for frontal lobe tickling. It also tickles me that it has been made possible directly via Mathematics. That most of the population prefer to spend their time glued to "Australia's Fattest Dancing Chef™" (Season 11) lessens not the alternatives.
So we will continue to visit, and also be buoyed by the many offshoot festivals that it inspires. Good one, David. Get up em...
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| MONA exhibition piece |
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| Bloody big Nolan |
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| Down past Kettering at Peppermint Bay in the sand |
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