Monash University plans to cut its musicology subjects. Why does this matter?
BY PETER TREGEAR, PRINCIPAL FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE This article was first published in The Conversation. We’re sharing it with you because we think this […]
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Motivation in the time of corona
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) On the whole, humans operate marvellously well under small amounts of stress. In fact, it’s sort of why stress […]
Jenny Eriksson: “We make art, even in a crisis”
BY JENNY ERIKSSON, FOUNDER OF ELYSIAN FIELDS My Swedish grandfather, a working-class merchant seaman from Stockholm, stepped off a ship in Melbourne in the 1920s. […]
Why I will always believe in opera’s future
BY STELLA JOSEPH-JARECKI We would like to welcome Stella in her first blog published with CutCommon! Many people believe opera is a ‘dead’ artform – […]
Pandemic diary #8: The road to freedom
BY JO ST LEON “I think [the earth is] sending us a message: ‘You are not necessary. The air, earth, water and sky without you […]
During COVID-19, the community is adopting its own creative voice – and it’s loud
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN The first thing to go was the sound of planes. My suburb, an unassuming huddle of Victorian workers’ cottages, lay ordinarily under […]
Composing lullabies for our most vulnerable moments
BY NAT BARTSCH The Australian summer was one to remember: eerie orange skies; the smell of smoke in your house from fires 200km away; trips […]
Pandemic diary #7: Enough?
BY JO ST LEON “In studies of people isolated…researchers have found there appears to be an inflection point where the frustration and hardship of being […]
Music at the edge of sleep
BY ASHER REISNER Sometimes, on the edge of sleep, I hear unfamiliar music. Because the remains of a dream is a fugitive memory, what I […]
How to properly enjoy a livestream from your loungeroom
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We may all be stuck in lockdown, thanks to COVID-19 — but this doesn’t mean we’re stuck without a vast selection of […]