Narrating and Demonstrating the Work We Do
Haiku here inspired by Susan Watson’s poem “Quicksand, Ellipsis”. The story behind this is simple. When it gets emerald and alive and warm and foggy with spring life squeezing into every open door and window and orifice of perception…well, that is surfeit of, too much of, much too much of necessary Spring. The poem also arises out … Continue reading SpringHaikuTooMuch →
Canva Design School Blog One of my favorite brushes for my digital palette is Canva. I like it because it is free to use, easily shared, remixable, a user-friendly joy to use, and so very handy. I have always thought of Canva as one of those perfect hothouses for creative work– any age and skill level. … Continue reading A Month of Creative Ideas? Join Us →
Canva Design School Blog One of my favorite brushes for my digital palette is Canva. I like it because it is free to use, easily shared, remixable, a user-friendly joy to use, and so very handy. I have always thought of Canva as one of those perfect hothouses for creative work– any age and skill level. … Continue reading A Month of Creative Ideas? Join Us →
Just finished reading Tania Sheko’s blog post about Pinterest as well as viewed her SlideShare presentation below. Go ahead and check it. I’ll wait. Pinterest presentation Mihaela Brysha and Tania Sheko (curriculum day 2015) (1) from Tania Sheko You can tell she has thought about Pinterest and its thoughtful uses for quite awhile. Sometimes you just know … Continue reading Don’t Just Derive | Engender and Thrive →
I started the morning in control. Internet filters up, project in mind, ready to get to ‘done’. I wanted to work on my Scoop.It accounts because I have had some activity this week and felt duty bound to find some more good stuff for my peoples. I found some classic linkbait in my Scoop.It content … Continue reading Whaddya Mean, You’re Closed? →
This post was inspired by a comment on my other blog by Joe Murphy. Tweedy Impertinence If you click in the box above you will see Joe’s post and my annotation of Joe’s post, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”. Not sure, but I think Joe came to my post via #YouShow15 and I really wanted to reciprocate or … Continue reading The 13th Donut or Gift from the Gods →
Robin Good has long been my go-to guru for inspiration on how and what to curate. In this short interview by Cendrine Marrouat, social media blogger, curator, and founder of Social Media Slant, I got some useful direction for something I have been practicing for several years now. Perhaps it will be of value to you … Continue reading Advice from Expert Curator, Robin Good, on How to…Curate →
I have known about PowerPoint Karaoke for years. If the idea is new to you think “improv for presenters”. Terrifying? To some, any kind of presenting is next to losing a family member or having a tarantula crawl on you… and that is why I am exploring this as end-of-class fun for everybody. So big … Continue reading PowerPoint Karaoke, Improv Presentation & the Infinite Game–Playing to Learn →
I was inspired to write this post by the work of Kim Douillard and Kevin Hodgson in a project called “Slices of Life”. I was especially struck by Kevin’s photos here (and I am avidly awaiting Kim’s). In Kevin’s night picture, however, I found myself wondering about what I could not see just as much as by … Continue reading Camera Non-Obscura: Or Why the Brain Sees Better than the Camera →
Hope Is At Very Least A Verb and Not A Noun Hope within and hope without, neither mete nor bound, but instead a “beating of the bounds”. A road not taken is still the path whose right-of-way is an end. So, where does hope abide? The smoke of words curling from the waking of our minds? No, … Continue reading Hope Is At Very Least A Verb and Not A Noun →