Synchromysticism

" Synchromysticism:
The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance."
- Jake Kotze

October 26, 2026

How to Celebrate Labour Day in New Zealand ... or Even Australia?🌏

In Australia (well in my state of Queensland anyway) Labour Day is held in May, but New Zealand hold it in October for some reason that I'm not aware of.
I just finished reading the late Sam Neill's autobiography where many times in that book he claimed to lean to the left, and I just watched one of the first main feature films he made in New Zealand, called 'Sleeping Dogs', which was a very left leaning movie, so I guess Sam would have liked Labour Day, and this will be the first that he is not around to observe sadly. 
'Sleeping Dogs' was released in 1977, which was the one and only year I visited New Zealand on a 10-day soccer playing tour of the north island only, when I was 12.
Hopefully, I'll get to go back and tour the whole island soon as a tourist rather than a footballer and see how much it has changed since my last trip in 1977.
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How to Celebrate National Pumpkin Day During Bat Appreciation Week and Bat Month?🦇🏏🦇

I noticed that they are selling pumpkins for Halloween at the local supermarket, which doesn't make much sense in Australia, when it is Spring now over here, and heading for Summer.
But the supermarkets and other big businesses over here in Australia always play to kids and adults Fear Of Missing Out this time of year, when it comes to celebrating Halloween with our American cousins over the other side of the world and in a different season to us Aussies.
There was no way that I was going to buy a pumpkin for Halloween, but I did buy four bags of treats so I could get two glow in the dark key rings of my choice:-)
Every October
And of course, I chose key rings with a bat and a pumpkin on them:-)
I thought I had better stock up on treats, just in case the kids come knocking on my door this Saturday, and I don't get tricked upon.
And I guess if they don't knock on my door, I'll be forced to eat those treats throughout the following week?
What a thoughtful guy I am:-)
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October 25, 2026

How to Celebrate International Artist Day?🎥🎨🖌🎭🎬

I've been reading the late Sam Neill's autobiography 'Did I Ever Tell You This?', and he makes mention of a New Zealand visual artist named Ralph Hotere, someone I had never heard of until reading Sam's book.
Did I Ever Tell You This?
Sam really goes to town on Ralph's trust in his book and Sam recalls the time that he played artist Norman Lindsay in the movie 'Sirens' and how Lindsay's estate was very similar to Ralph's when it came to freely displaying the artist's work to the public.
It's a shame Sam didn't (or couldn't?) show us 'Sam on the Blue 2' that Ralph drew for him.
At least I can watch the movie 'Sirens' and a few other of Sam Neill's movies for free on the ABC iView app at the moment:-)
Sirens (1994)
I can even watch Sam in 'Ride Like a Girl' for free on the ABC iView app now:-)
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