Sam Lloyd
Life Stories
Human lives fascinate me. In a review of a friend's autobiography, I once wrote: "Our lives are our greatest and most puzzling individual...
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Sam Lloyd
Mar 115 min
The Puzzles of Writing about Plato
Well, I've done it . . . or have I? Anyone who's written anything will know those feelings of doubt: should I check it one more time? Did...
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Sam Lloyd
Feb 46 min
The Puzzle of Plato Pt 2
I'm investigating a set of puzzles - what are Plato's Dialogues? How were they written? By whom? What is it about them that has...
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Sam Lloyd
Jan 284 min
"I think, we think, a lot of people think . . ."
The scholarly consensus over Plato's Dialogues " I think, we think, a lot of people think, that Socrates is a sort of a spokesman for...
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Sam Lloyd
Jan 75 min
A 'Classic' project
Even my closest friends don't know my secret passion: I love ancient Greece. Recently, this passion has led me to embark on an unusual...
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Sam Lloyd
Jul 29, 20234 min
What is my Personal Reality?
An artist I know said to me recently that 'an artist’s challenge is to record one’s reality.' This prompted me to think about the...
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Sam Lloyd
Apr 17, 20233 min
Who is Socrates Smith?
'The Lost Photographs of Socrates Smith', Mildura Arts Centre, 2019 It's been on my mind to explain the origins of my stage character,...
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Sam Lloyd
Mar 7, 20232 min
Socrates Smith's 'A History of Modern Art'
Modern art began with Picasso, and we know this because before Picasso, art was old fashioned. For example, before Pablo, people...
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Sam Lloyd
Dec 30, 20224 min
On marking stones, January 2, 2023
Marks on stone - or ivory, or wood - may be the earliest form of art. When I arrived in Cyprus in 2013, I was lucky enough to stay down...
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Sam Lloyd
Dec 26, 20223 min
On Genre Photography, December 26, 2022
This striking image is by the very talented Trent Parker, in 2007 the only Australian to become a member of the Magnum photo agency....
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Sam Lloyd
Dec 21, 20222 min
On Photographing Leaves, December 21, 2022
I want to explain my obsession with photographing leaves during 2022. It's not that I am fascinated by leaves particularly (although they...
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