When I look at the art of Anish Kapoor and Wolfgang Laib I am deeply impressed by the emptiness and spirituality of their installations, drawings and sculptures. “I am not afraid of beauty, unlike most artists today. The pollen, the milk, the beeswax, they have a beauty that is incredible, that is beyond the imagination, […]
Archives: Essays
I love you mum/ Nursing my mum when she was old and frail but still the kindest most young at heart person I’ve known/ Grandmothers love is best
I think I loved my mum so much because she was a school teacher and grandmother and she looked after me expertly when I had lost my way and made me see the error of my ways so I wouldn’t keep making the same mistakes. Forgive me mum. Sorry, mum. When I think of my […]
Spiritualism in art in equal number of female and male artists/ When there is balance there is happiness/ Where there is happiness there is progress in the best way possible
This essay is a break away from my other essays as I used to occasionally talk about my spiritual beliefs via the quotes I chose and my role models but now I am moving away to trying to make spiritual art and writing rather than occasionally broaching political ideas. I realised I am too sensitive […]
Giving Art/ Amazing a song by Aussie singer Alex Loyd so moving but also as amazing covered by Aussie female singer Jessica Mauboy/ I’ve been singing this song to myself while beach walking and listening to both versions on YouTube on my iPhone
‘Cause you were amazingAnd we did amazing thingsAnd I wouldn’t change it‘Cause we were amazing things! Rebuilding bridges in your mindYour eagerness now is on the lineThe plastic mountain at your feetDivided streets now as you look to find a seat” Amazing lyrics Alex Loyd I have lost count but posted about 60 boxes of […]
Red Bull Letter
CEO of Red Bull Franz Watzlawick Am Brunnen 1, 5330 Fuschl am See Austria From: Luke Foster Dear Franz, I am an Australian artist and writer and I am sending you a box of art as I am a huge fan of sugarless red bull and have around four a week to give me a […]
Tolerance
I need to thank and praise the indigenous people of the world, all different ethnicities, and all different religions. There is richness in diversity and tolerance in having gratitude for everyone. The best avenue for this tolerance and gratitude on a global scale is international sport as the friendly healer and culture too particularly music,art […]
Apple Letter
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 Apple CEO Tim Cook One Apple Park Way; Cupertino, CA 95014, U.S.A. From Luke Foster Dear Tim, I am an Australian artist and writer and I am an avid Apple fan and use Apple computers, I Pad and I Phone. I particularly like using my I Phone to shoot videos and […]
For the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao: Installation plan by Luke Foster: Title: My Protectors are Angels and Saints/ I Wish I Could Go Back in Time to be Saint Francis Cat.
Thursday, 3 April 2025 The Director General of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao : Miren Arzalluz Abandoibarra Etorbidea, 2, 48009 Bilbao From :Luke Foster Dear Miren , I am an Australian artist and I recently sent my latest zine to you with a video on a USB stick. This time I am sending a box of […]
Sometimes I am a Scaredy-Cat but When I Think I am the Dalai Lamas Cat I Feel Safe and Happy
Exhibition by Luke Foster at Kirra Hill Community Centre Monday 16th June to Monday 30 June 1 Garrick St, Coolangatta QLD “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama This coming exhibition at Kirra Hill is my second and last solo show of the […]
Temu Letter
Monday, 17 March 2025 Colin Huang TEMU 6 RAFFLES QUAY, #14-06, SINGAPORE (Postal 048580) Luke Foster Dear Huang, I am an avid TEMU customer and regularly use your materials and products in my art installations. For example: in my last solo exhibition at Kirra Hill Community Centre in Australia called: Competing to be the World’s […]
The State of the World
Essay by Luke Foster “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai I felt deeply sad when I wrote this very short essay this evening but when I added this Malala qoute I felt lighter and filled with hope. I’ve got to be a lot […]
Competing to be the World’s Greatest Grandmother/ A Mixed Media Art Installation by Luke Foster
DATES: 13 Feb 2025 to 24 Feb 2025: 9-4pm Weekdays LOCATION: Kirra Hill Community Centre: 1 Garrick St, Coolangatta QLD 4225 This exhibition involves drawings in fruit and vegetable boxes, several projected videos that are documentation of beach performances, a video sculpture that I am remaking from art school days, two other sculptures, two large […]
I am a Mixture of a Naughty Teenager and a Grandmother
Installation by Luke Foster “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama I love this quote by the Dalai Lama and it sums up the philosophy behind this installation. However, I also like how the Dalai Lama is always joking around and hence the title: I am a Mixture […]
Thankyou to my Friends in America and my Australian Protectors and the Local and Global Community: You are all Angels and Saints/ Compassion/ Gratitude
Essay by Luke Foster “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Saint Francis of Assisi I love this quote by Saint Francis and it kind of reminds me what my friends in America, my Australian protectors and the local and global community have taught me. However, […]
The Final Essay in Am I Going in Circles? / I Have Gratitude for Everyone Who Has Guided, Humoured, Protected and Educated Me During its Writing/ You are all Angels and Saints
“Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. “ Edward de Bono I love the quotes I use by Edward De Bono who has sadly passed and particularly his idea of lateral thinking which […]
Preface to Am I Going in Circles?
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr. This book is a series of new essays I’ve written since writing my first book of essays Mothers Love. I am at the editing stage now and have 191 essays to […]
I Have Three Projects I do Each Day/ Two Hours Beach Walking, At Least Ten Drawings and One Hour Studying the Dalai Lamas YouTube Video Talks/ After my Mums Passing Early Last Year the Dalai Lama Has Replaced Her as my Rock that I Lean on From a Distance
Essay by Luke Foster “When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.” Dalai Lama I love this quote by the Dalai Lama and I feel I […]
I Hope We Haven’t Left it to Late/ The World is in Dire Straits/ The Environment is Suffering/ There is an Uneven Distribution of Wealth/ There is the Greenhouse Effect Problem/ There are Wars/ And there is Nuclear-Weapons Around the World/ Where the Streets Have No Name
Essay by Luke Foster I love this song by Irish band U2 and the lead singer Bono has been an activist mainly to overcome global poverty for decades. “If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of […]
I Need More Gratitude, Compassion and Forgiveness/ My Life Hasn’t been Easy Sometimes but It’s Rarely Been Boring/ I Need Inspiration from Strong Female and Male Role Models/ I am Sort of a Mix of a Naughty Teenager and a Grandmother
Essay by Luke Foster “Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” Edward de Bono Over the last month mainly while beach walking, I have been racking my brain how to make my life more, happy and fulfilling and I came to the realization that I […]
Movies as a Populist Art Form
Essay by Luke Foster “Remember, science fiction’s always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It’s easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we’re preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that’s worth its weight in celluloid, warns […]
Intuition in Art, Writing and Life
Essay by Luke Foster “Art is a product of the intuitive – the most powerful instrument within us. The intuitive is the most accurate sense we have.” — Louis I. Kahn I feel that the majority of my creativity doesn’t come out of the rationale mind but from the intuitive mind. However: I feel it’s even […]
I am Inspired by Stephen Hawkings a Man with a Severe Disability Who Achieved a Lot/ My Severe Mental Illness/ Frontier Psychiatrist
Essay by Luke Foster “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawkings was an amazing scientist who achieved a lot in his life despite having a severe disability. Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA(8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was […]
My Bucket List/ I Still Haven’t Found What I am Looking For
Essay by Luke Foster “Stop dreaming about your bucket list and start living it.” Annette White “Actually, oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away. “ Bono Bono is the lead singer of the Irish band U2 and […]
Some Qualities I Aspire to: Compassion, Friendship, Platonic Love, Giving, Altruism and Forgiveness
Essay by Luke Foster “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama has the qualities I listed in the title and I read his talks transcripts sometimes and use […]
Ten Things We Can Do to Save the Environment and Ourselves in the Process/ We Are the Kids from America
Essay by Luke Foster “It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” Sir David Attenborough I agree with David and each morning […]