Stu Larsen’s next stop on his year-long pilgrimage in search of Solitude was Germany. Moving from the west of Austria in July 2024, this month Stu landed in the west of Germany, close to the border with Belgium. August 2024 Stu stayed in a converted farm building set among fields, ponds and meadows. And once… Read More Stu Larsen: Solitude, Germany
During 2024, Stu wrote a new song in a different place each month. The project was a study of Solitude as the homes and cottages in which he stayed were chosen for their out of the way settings. Stu Larsen’s seventh stay of his year-long odyssey took him to Europe. More specifically, to a location… Read More Stu Larsen: Solitude, Austria
tea: all the time it takes is an anthology of haiku about drinking tea. The collection is edited by artist and poet, Denise Fontaine-Pincince, who also provided the cover art. The book title is itself a haiku, written by Sondra J. Byrnes. Drinking tea and writing haiku are activities that originated in Asia and have… Read More tea: all the time it takes
This is the sixth in a series of posts about Australian singer/songwriter, Stu Larsen. Stu spent each month of calendar year 2024 seeking solitude in a different location around the world – and writing a new song in each place. Having made it to June, Stu was half-way through his year-long project. June 2024 This… Read More Stu Larsen: Solitude, England
If you drive four hours north from Glasgow to Kyle of Lochalsh, take the bridge over to the Isle of Skye and then the car ferry from Sconser to the Isle of Raasay, you’re bound to find solitude. And this was where Australian singer/songwriter, Stu Larsen, spent the month of May 2024. Staying in an… Read More Stu Larsen: Solitude, Scotland
Vanessa Proctor’s poetry collection, On Wonder, was released by Walleah Press in December 2024. Vanessa is an award-winning poet from Sydney whose writing has been published in major Australian literary journals and translated into several other languages. The subjects addressed in this collection include urban and country scenes from Australia, contemporary and historical events in… Read More Vanessa Proctor: On Wonder
Australian singer/songwriter, Stu Larsen, spent all of 2024 in search of solitude. He spent the month of April on the Indonesian island of Bali. Well, okay, maybe Stu’s time in Bali wasn’t as solitary or isolated as his previous locations but he still managed to come up with a new song. April 2024 The song… Read More Stu Larsen: Solitude, Indonesia
After spending February 2024 in Tasmania (see my earlier post), Stu Larsen drove north for three days to his home State of Queensland, Australia. He spent March at Possum Park near the town of Miles. The location was special for Stu as he used to stay there on family holidays in his childhood. In March,… Read More Stu Larsen: Solitude, Queensland
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