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 […]
Archives: Essays
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 […]
It’s Not a Moral Imperative to Stop Global Pollution it’s a Necessity for our Own Survival / It’s Only Natural
“Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.” David Suzuki A clean environment is very important for not only humans, future but for plants and animals too. “Sustainability is […]
Need to be Grounded More in Compassion by Studying the Teachings of the 14th Dalai Lama
Essay by Luke Foster “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.” “Compassion is the radicalism of our time.” Dalai Lama I love the Dalai Lamas take on compassion and I feel […]
The Environmentalists, World leaders, CEOs, Charities, Think Tanks and Intelligentsia Need to Brainstorm How to Save the Environment, Nature, and All Its Animals and Plants. As We Are Literally in the 12th Hour
Essay by Luke Foster “It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.” Sir David Attenborough I was beach walking this morning which is sort of my meditation as the ocean is my temple and I […]
I Was Metaphorically Blind but Now I Can See/ The Amazing Fred Hollows Foundation
Essay by Luke Foster “Honest work. How many people have the opportunity to be a part of that? To watch that sort of good surgery being done on cataract-blind people warms your soul.” Fred Hollows I wrote an essay about the amazing work of the Fred Hollows Foundation years ago and it features in my book […]
If We Can Figure Out How to Stop Other Animals, Plants, Fish and Insects From, Extinction Then We Might Be Also Able to Figure Out How to Save Humans from Extinction.
Essay by Luke Foster “I can’t imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.” David Suzuki I agree with David Suzuki about the importance of keeping the worlds natural resources clean. I feel that the worlds biggest challenge is saving all the flora and […]
In Some Ways I am Outside the Fabric of Society and in Other Ways I am Starting to Re-enter it Due to Starting to Become Successful With My Art and Writing/ Something So Strong/ Crowded House
Essay by Luke Foster When I was at art school, I read books like The Outsider by Albert Camus by the French existentialist and thought it would be cool to be an outsider but when I grew up and it happened some of the time, I realised how lonely and confusing it is. Another book […]
This Past Week or so I Have Been Working on Installations for Five Important Australian Charities/ I have Almost Finished the ones for Beyond Blue, Oxfam Australia and Red Cross Australia and still have to start for Doctors Without Borders and Caritas
Essay by Luke Foster “To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.” Dalai Lama I think the greatest things we can do […]
The Importance of Maintaining a Sense of Humour/ My Art Looks Like it was Made by a Precocious Thirteen-Year-Old Child
Essay by Luke Foster “Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings.” Maya Angelou I’ve been thinking today that having a sense of humour is the best way to stay steadfast in any situation good or bad so one is not jolted […]
Former Australian Labor Leaders and Prime Minister’s: Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard/ I Don’t Know What was More Important Kevin’s Apology to the Indigenous People of Australia or Julia Bringing in the NDIS or National Disability Insurance Scheme/My Island Home Cover by Jessica Mauboy
Essay by Luke Julia Gillard introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. “Few actions in public life give me greater pleasure than introducing the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill does today. The Scheme to be established by this bill will transform the lives of people with disability, their families and carers. For the first […]
The Importance of the Worlds Diplomats to Make and Maintain Peace in the World/ Running Up That Hill Kate Bush
Essay by Luke Foster The Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC is Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, taking up his posting in Washington in March 2023. “Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life’s just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and […]
Am I a Fruit Cake Sending Off Books of Drawings to World Leaders, Artists, Actors, Musicians and Government Bodies? / Colloquial Name Don’t You Forget About Me Simple Minds
Essay by Luke Foster Hey, hey, hey, heyOoh, woah Won’t you come see about me?I’ll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubtsGiving everything inside and out andLove’s strange, so real in the darkThink of the tender things that we were working on Slow change may pull us apartWhen the […]
You are what you eat/ My go to meal is a banana and wild berry smoothie with black chia seeds and lite soy milk/ I’ve had a sore foot so have put on weight so need to get back into my two-hour daily beach walking to lose my middle age paunch
Essay by Luke Foster “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi, lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist. When I realised how short and important it is to make the most from life a few years ago I realised that the most important commodities are your health and […]
I Am So Lucky to Be Able to Get up in the Morning and do What I Love
Essay by Luke Foster “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” Nelson Mandela I first heard about Nelson Mandela as a teenager and his philosophy and what he achieved on South Africa is very inspiring. Sometimes I find it hard to go to sleep early at night as I am so excited for […]
Literally Bald but Metaphorically Legally Blonde/ A Essay to Heal the Worlds Intelligentsia
Essay by Luke Foster Intelligentsia/definition noun Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence. I first heard about the intelligentsia while in South Korea when I watched the movie A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe about the Nobel Prize winner and Ivey league educated John Nash. I also […]
Using Books of Drawings With, Accompanying Text to Come up With Novel Ideas and Answers to Complex Problems Like Leonardo Da Vincis Books
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” Leonardo da Vinci I also use books of drawings to brainstorm complex problems. But mainly with how to navigate how to save the environment, make an equal share of wealth and […]
This Essay is About me and Kiera Knightly Making a Balance of Men and Women Power in the World for a Peaceful Prosperous World for Everyone
Essay by Luke Foster “I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.” Keira Knightley Last night I did some platonic drawings for Kiera about how men and women should have more of a balance of power in the world so there is more of a balance of female and male energy […]
Me and Bjork Helping Each Other from a Distance to Try and Save the Environment/ No Big Time Sensuality for Me
Essay by Luke Foster “What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.” David Attenborough I think me and Bjork have been working separately for years to try and save the environment and David Attenborough has been working for decades to do the same. Now we […]
The Kindness of Ellen DeGeneres and Meditating Upon Those Who Wish You ill Will to Make Peace in Difficult Situations/ If You Want My Love, You Got It
Essay by Luke Foster “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.” Ellen DeGeneres I was talking with my support worker yesterday and the topic came up about someone who has wished […]
My Favourite Australian Prime Ministers: Anthony Albanese, Bob Hawke, Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd and Favourite Opposition Leader Kim Beasley
Essay by Luke Foster “The very best Labor governments in our nation’s history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations.” Anthony Albanese I love this photo of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jacinda Ardern and today I am sort of Anthony’s loving puppy Toto I […]
My Life Long Dream is to Have a Retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York or Bilbao in my Life Time
Essay by Luke Foster “Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body’s new membrane of existence.” Nam Jun Paik The only living artists I know of to have major retrospectives at the Guggenheim in New York were Joseph Beuys, Nam Jun Paik and Matthew Barney. “I have a need to […]
I Hope People Buy my Book Mothers Love/ I was Almost Crying when I Didn’t Make a Cent After the First 9 Months
Essay by Luke Foster “Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.” Dalai Lama I hope everyone buys my book Mothers Love as most of it […]