Tuesday, February 05, 2008
HAPPY OUTSIDER
Our friend Michael Leunig - mentioned in passing just a few posts ago - submits to questioning from his Iranian overlords. He doesn’t hold back:
I am an Australian newspaper cartoonist and columnist, and am published regularly in the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, I am also a poet and painter and have collaborated with musicians, film makers and theatre companies to create a wide variety of productions in Australia and abroad.
I have published more than twenty books and have been declared a National Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia and awarded three honorary university degrees.
In spite of this I see myself as a happy ‘outsider’ ...
A 62-year-old who actually bothers listing honorary degrees and mentions he’s a National Living Treasure without cringing. He’s outside of something.