Always Song in the Water - O'Brien, Gregory
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A journey through New Zealand's oceanic soul, blending travel, art, and environmental reflection. Always Song in the Water embarks on a metaphorical dinghy ride, exploring New Zealand's profound connection to the ocean. Beginning with a Northland road trip, Gregory O'Brien voyages into the Pacific, revealing under-explored territories of the South Pacific imagination. This book reimagines New Zealanders as an oceanic people on a small island surrounded by a vast sea. More than just a travelogue, this is a collection of personal encounters, vivid sightings, and unexpected epiphanies. O'Brien…mehr

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A journey through New Zealand's oceanic soul, blending travel, art, and environmental reflection. Always Song in the Water embarks on a metaphorical dinghy ride, exploring New Zealand's profound connection to the ocean. Beginning with a Northland road trip, Gregory O'Brien voyages into the Pacific, revealing under-explored territories of the South Pacific imagination. This book reimagines New Zealanders as an oceanic people on a small island surrounded by a vast sea. More than just a travelogue, this is a collection of personal encounters, vivid sightings, and unexpected epiphanies. O'Brien delivers a spirited and inventive account of life at the edge of Aotearoa New Zealand, inviting readers to contemplate the intersection of travel, art, culture, and environmental awareness. Discover the always present song in the water.
Autorenporträt
Born in Matamata in 1961, Gregory O'Brien is a poet, artist and writer of non-fiction. As well as exhibiting his work widely and illustrating numerous books, he has authored or contributed to books on Ralph Hotere, John Pule and architect John Scott, amongst many others. He also co-authored Parihaka: The art of Passive Resistance (VUP, 2000) and Kermadec: Nine Artists Explore the South Pacific (Pew, 2011). O'Brien is the author of two introductions to art for the young and curious: Welcome to the South Seas (AUP, 2004) and Back and Beyond (AUP, 2008), which both won the Non-fiction Prize at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. His most recent books include A Micronaut in the Wide World: The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy (AUP, 2011), Beauties of the Octagonal Pool (AUP, 2012), Whale Years (AUP, 2015) and See What I Can See: New Zealand Photography for the Young and Curious (AUP, 2015). He has received many awards for his books and, in 2013, was given the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-fiction) and an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. He was granted an MNZM award in 2014 and, in 2017, an Honorary Doctorate from Victoria University of Wellington.