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Creative Writing

Edith Cowan University

2013

Creative writing

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Letter From The Galapagos, George Seddon Feb 2013

Letter From The Galapagos, George Seddon

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

This article was first published in Best Australian Essays 2001, Peter Craven, Ed. Black Inc Press. ISBN 186 395 09 15, and has been published here with their permission.


Wetland Landscapes: Towards An Ecological Vision, Hugo Bekle Feb 2013

Wetland Landscapes: Towards An Ecological Vision, Hugo Bekle

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

The extraction and interpretation of ecological information from historical sources has been successfully applied overseas especially in England, Germany and parts of North America. For example, various studies have examined the ecological effects of changes in land-use of the English countryside.


Somewhat Damaged And Interrogating The Incubus : Sleep Paralysis Explored In The Young Adult Novel, 'Somewhat Damaged', Lauren Payne Jan 2013

Somewhat Damaged And Interrogating The Incubus : Sleep Paralysis Explored In The Young Adult Novel, 'Somewhat Damaged', Lauren Payne

Theses : Honours

This thesis, comprising an excerpt from my young adult paranormal novel ‘Somewhat Damaged’ and an essay, examines the mythic potential of sleep paralysis, a paralytic transitory state between sleep and consciousness during which frightening hallucinations are projected onto the waking environment. While the neurophysiology is generally agreed upon, further investigation is warranted on the anomalous phenomena that manifests during sleep paralysis hallucinations. Within the theoretical framework of psychoanalysis, particularly Carl Jung’s collective unconscious theory (1959), I will imaginatively explore the recurring figure of the ‘incubus’ of sleep paralysis that has provoked ubiquitous fear and ambiguity. The essay will describe the …