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Tristan Bancks
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Charlie’s Los Angeles
I’ve just finished up the second week of my residency at Charlie’s, a writing space run by Australians in Film in LA. I’ve always felt I could be creative anywhere but it’s amazing what a difference it makes to have a dedicated space outside your everyday. (Also helps if it’s infused with the residual creative energy of Charlie Chaplin.) It has felt good to be developing my @gingermeggs1921 p...
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Two Wolves
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The Fall
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On the Run
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Detention
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My Life And Other Stuff I Made Up
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2011
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Mac Slater Hunts the Cool
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My Life and Other Stuff That Went Wrong (My Life #2)
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My Life and Other Massive Mistakes (My Life #3)
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Mac Slater vs. the City
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My Life and Other Exploding Chickens (My Life #4)
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"4 1/2 stars. Fast paced and tension filled. The author knows how to capture the reader and take them on a journey. I loved Two Wolves and this was another great read from him.
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"Great read by Tristan Bancks, The Fall is the story of a young boy over a period of a few days. He stays with his dad who is a crime journalist, but finds himself left alone for long periods of time. He witnesses an argument between two men in the..."
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“. A terrible battle between two wolves. One wolf is bad - pride, jealousy, greed. The other wolf is good - kindness, hope, truth. The child asks, 'Who will win?' The grandfather answers simply, 'The one you feed.”
― Two Wolves
― Two Wolves
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“Life is available only in the present moment.”
― Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions
― Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”
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“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you
don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not
doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or
less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have
problems with our friends or family, we blame the other
person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will
grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive
effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason
and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no
reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you
understand, and you show that you understand, you can
love, and the situation will change”
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don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not
doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or
less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have
problems with our friends or family, we blame the other
person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will
grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive
effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason
and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no
reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you
understand, and you show that you understand, you can
love, and the situation will change”
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“For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
― A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
― A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
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Hi Trisan,Great to be friends. Look forward to sharing some interesting books.
Best wishes
Juliet M Sampson
Thank you for being my friend, I really enjoyed your speech at the Brisbane Writers Festival.
Thank you once again,
Emily or Victorious Violinist
P.S My friend Chloe really loves you too!!