Artist rises and falls on cocaine
AN internationally acclaimed Brisbane artist yesterday paid a high price for getting too close to his subject matter.
Painter and stained-glass expert Mitchell Lee Foley – whose recent works includes a series entitled Cocaine, Cocaine 035 and Cocaine on a Rainy Day – yesterday pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to nine counts of importing trafficable amounts of cocaine into Australia.
Justice Mackenzie sentenced the 50-year-old father of three to 10 years' jail with a non-parole period of 3½ years. The Courier-Mail reports.
Love conquers all, even drug addiction
Love conquers all, even drug addiction
KUALA LUMPUR: Love is one of the best weapons against drug addiction, said the co-authors of a book that underscores this view.
Malaysian Hamzah Sidang Mohamed and Indonesian Evodia A. Iswandi jointly wrote I Love You Darling.
The book is based on real stories provided by listeners of an Indonesian radio programme who are either former drug addicts or their parents, relatives and friends.
”Drug addiction is global in nature, be it in the United States, Indonesia or here, so there is no difference in looking for solutions, whether at the prevention or rehabilitation stage, “ said Evodia.
The premise of the book, she said, was that former addicts would revert to their old habits without genuine love and care.
“It is based on the belief that with love and affection, people can be protected from being sucked into addiction,” she said.
It was hoped that the feelings, perceptions and experiences portrayed in the book would allow readers to understand the power of love, added Evodia, who is with the Bersama drug abuse rehabilitation programme in Indonesia.
The book was launched by Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin, who is also Pemadam chairman, at the Putra World Trade Centre yesterday.
It is now available from Pemadam.
According to Hamzah, an official with the agency, Pemadam is looking for sponsorship to supply the book to schools or libraries.
Canada's tobacco warnings now considered modern art
Reuters and ABC News Online report that gruesome Canadian images of tobacco-damaged gums, lungs and hearts will form part of an exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Canada's health ministry said on Friday.
The graphic images appear as health warnings on Canadian cigarette packs, and they will now be part of a MoMA exhibition on objects designed to protect the mind and body from dangerous or stressful influences.
"I am very proud that these labels have been recognized as being among some of the most innovative contemporary designs in the world," Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said in a statement.
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