Still seeking essential truths
With little time left and nothing to lose, a life is flashing before my eyes.
If it wasn’t for the photos, there wouldn’t be much remembered. A distillation leaving a limited set of key memories – family, close friends and favourite places.
But with so many photos snatched often erratically, my Life-Time gives a bigger picture and in a fourth dimension.
Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1949, my parents settled in Canberra three years later. The city was really just a town with Capital Pretensions then. Australia chose to build its capital city from scratch in the early 20th century. Its site was the compromise after a jealous spat between the two largest cities in the old British colonies when they federated to form the Australian nation. I had little affection for Canberra growing up but it was as unique as any other place on earth, I suppose. Its population was tiny by world city standards, but one almost
entirely made up of middle class, educated professionals. This conferred uniqueness, but could be described as boring. Unsurprisingly then, after schooling, university, first jobs and a first child, I departed to a wider world.
This book, the first in a series, focuses on what I saw before I left. GD