Essays

Michael Leunig Michael Leunig

How To Be A Cartoonist

Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn at all! Better to become a stockbroker.

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Fires By The River

When a people demand justice they are both wanting something and offering something: they are offering the chance for collective truth and liberation from the sickness of denial.

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Hello, Welcome To The Drought

Strange that we spend so much time concealing our outlandish beauty when, even under benign and healthy conditions, it takes at least a lifetime to gradually discover it – and embrace it as we die.

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Clothes Breaketh The Man

A man lingers in his underpants in a quiet room in the remote hills, caught in a paralysing personal moment of grief about the tag on his trousers.

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A Call For An End To All Madness

Mental health is precious and vulnerable. It is a fragile ecosystem; a garden that needs constant nourishment, love and attention.

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