Archives: Essays

Essay by Luke Foster  “I’m just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh lord please don’t let me be misunderstood.” — Regina Spektor I am not very good about organising social events but I would love to organise a dinner party for artists of all kinds including music, writing, theatre, film and art from countries around […]

Essay by Luke Foster “Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.” ― Edward de Bono My first solo exhibition in […]

UNHCR most recently estimated that, by end of 2022, for the first time in recorded history, the number of people forcibly displaced is now 108.4 million, and over 35.3 million refugees. Essay by Luke Foster “A refugee is someone who survived and who can create the future.” – Amela Koluder I watched an interesting movie tonight on Netflix called […]

Essay by Luke Foster “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”  Mother Teresa In late 2000 aged 29 I took my first adult trip […]

Essay by Luke Foster “Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than […]

Essay by Luke Foster “Only through compassion and inner peace, can one spread peace in the world. Inner peace leads to a peaceful individual and then this peaceful individual can build a peaceful family, then a peaceful community, then a peaceful world.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama I think if one was to ask every […]

“The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out.” Robert Crumb I met Ross at art school in the late nineties at College of Fine Arts in Sydney. I was finishing my masters in sculpture while he was doing his undergrad in painting. I met Ross through mutual friends but the real bond […]

Essay by Luke Foster “We all have a social responsibility and have to be mindful of what we do and say.”  Aja Brown After reading lots of transcripts of the Dalai Lamas talks and some of them over and over again, I realised that what is needed is for not just the world leaders but all […]

Essay by Luke Foster “The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause temperature change, desertification, eating away, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases within the atmosphere, and a number of problems for indigenous people. Illegal logging drives deforestation, biodiversity loss and temperature change.”  Google People Also Ask I feel that cutting out logging in […]

“Because no matter who we are we are or where we come from, were all entitled to the basic human rights of clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and a healthy land to call home. “ Martin Luther King After writing my AIDS essay a few days ago my computer died so I […]

Essay by Luke Foster “But we came for the Kennedy Centre Awards, which was an incredible honour. Being a British person, I was bestowed this honour. And my partner and I, David, came. And we were so pleasantly surprised by George Bush and his knowledge of AIDS. He really – he treated David and I […]

Essay by Luke Foster “Never follow someone else’s path…unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.”  Ellen DeGeneres I am not gay, and I also don’t dismiss the struggles of gay and lesbians and transgender people in Australia, but I think its perhaps […]

Essay by Luke Foster “The basic source of happiness is a sense of kindness and warm-heartedness towards others. “ His Holiness the Dalai Lama Recently I have been studying the transcripts of the Dalai Lamas talks and occasionally his talks on YouTube for a few hours a day and I intermittently stop to draw and […]

Essay by Luke Foster “The Australian civil rights movement was a decades-long movement where Indigenous Australians and non-indigenous Australians worked together to fight for equal rights for Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The movement started to gain attention and momentum from the 1950s onwards.” Google I like this quote but also feel it’s […]

Essay by Luke Foster “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself,” Henry Ford I realised this year that teamwork is very important for success in life. I have a team of friends and technicians who help me with my art, and it takes the pressure off me to strive on […]

Essay by Luke Foster As with the Harbour Bridge in Sydney there is only a few lanes of traffic going each way and two train tracks going each way. However international relations between different countries and people of different views and cultures and religions are more like the interweaving roads I described in the essay […]

Essay by Luke Foster “I am a vegetarian, and I sort of aspire to vegan-hood. So far, I’ve noticed no difference at all in my climbing, but I feel a bit healthier overall. Though that’s only because I’m eating more fruits and vegetables. I think the whole protein thing is overhyped. Most Americans eat far […]

Essay by Luke Foster “In societies where rites of passage are part of the norm, each young male participates in a formal ceremony during which his manhood is publicly and undeniably affirmed. From that day forward, he is treated differently by those around him and receives more freedom, rights, and privileges.” Wikipedia Seeing my mother’s […]

Essay by Luke Foster “I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.” Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman sporting achievements in running: Commonwealth Games Gold 1990. 2 x 400m World Champion. Gold medal in 400m 2000 Olympics. Silver Medal in 400m in 1996 Olympics. Three-time […]

 “Technology is best when it brings people together.”Matt Mullenweg, Social Media Entrepreneur I feel that the most amazing and important technological developments have come out of America. They include Apollo 11 maned flight to the moon, the mars rover, the internet, the personal computer, and the two space probe Voyagers. “The Internet has been the […]

Essay by Luke Foster “A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.” “Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity.” Pope Francis Sometimes when cultures with different values and beliefs meet there is friction, but I can only see good of […]

Essay by Luke Foster “We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us — -how we can take it, what we do with it —- and that is what really counts in the end.” —- Joseph Fort Newton I am just trying to figure […]

Essay by Luke Foster “So, what do I really know about being a grandmother? Well, I remember what I didn’t like as a child. I also loved being a mom, but I have to tell you that being a grandmother has brought a whole new side of life—the fun side—to me.” —Janet Steele I don’t […]

Essay by Luke Foster “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.”—John Wayne. EMTs and paramedics have difficult and dangerous jobs. They know the risks, and yet every day, they prepare for the challenge, load up their gear, and race out to the next emergency. This is the courage that makes them real […]

Essay by Luke Foster “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” Edward de Bono I have known Claire and Sean since art school days in the nineties studying in the medium of […]