Crossing the Great Divide by Rod Moss
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About the Book:
The memoirs and paintings that Rod Moss has produced during the last 35 years are unique in their dramatisation of the lives of his trusting Aboriginal family and have been critically acclaimed nationally and internationally.
In his third memoir we follow the nurturing of the curiosity and openness that has fastened him to the luminous power of Central Australia and its First Peoples. From the foothills of Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges and his city-based art education, we are taken to the Mallee where he first embraces the climate most conducive to his wellbeing.
He returns to the city and is invited to participate in Melbourne’s dynamic experimental small school movement. A year is spent in the USA studying the teachings of Armenian philosopher George Gurdjieff in a rural community ‘Shenandoah’ farm setting.
Travel widens Moss’ perceptions and continues to pique his curiosity. A trip to a Pilbra Indigenous community opens the door on the Aboriginal world that he will spend the rest of his life coming to terms with.
In Crossing the Great Divide, Rod Moss shows the reader through his formative years in 1950s and 1960s Victoria, and through young adulthood in the 1970s. He weaves his experiences together with sensitivity and a painterly eye.
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About the Author:
Rod Moss grew up in Melbourne, completing his schooling in Boronia and gaining qualifications to each art at secondary level. Moss was invited to teach in the avant garde, experimental Brinsley Road school that emerged in Melbourne during the early 1970s.
After a year’s interlude in West Virginia, teaching at John G Bennett’s school following the principles of Armenian philosopher, George Gurdjieff, Moss relocated to central Australia, where he has lived since 1984.
Moss lectured in painting and drawing at the southern campus of Charles Darwin University until his retirement in 2008. Moss is an award-winning, prolific artist and writer. His first memoir, A Thousand Cuts, won the 2014 Chief Minister’s NT Book of the Year Award.
His second memoir, The Hard Light of Day, received the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and NT Book of the Year. Moss currently exhibits in Alice Springs, Brisbane, Melbourne and the United States. Read more here.
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Publisher: Wild Dingo Press
Published: 1 April 2019
Format: Paperback, 344p
ISBN: 9780648349860
Category: Biography
