art power….

Just read this article on working conditions of London maids and in the context of a day off after three days of teaching drawing and a conversation about prospective dissertation methods, I found Barbara Pokryszka’s art in it so powerful.   Part of the conversation about dissertations was about the importance of including our own stories and, for me, using different modalities.  As in Nick Sousanis’ Unflattening – a book I keep wanting to take on a wild weekend to a cabin by the sea! And he’s teaching a class in Calgary.  *SIGH* And all of it is caught up … Continue reading art power….

#clmooc #makecycle6 geolocate your space

I have been so busy that I haven’t been able to tackle the CLMOOC 6th project which is a wonderful theoretical collaboration between the U.S. National Park Service and educators on geo-mapping the spaces where we come together.  And given that we camp every year in the U.S. at these amazing places, it would have been easy and joyful…  So much fun and so inspiring to see what others are doing, though.  Which always makes me want to participate. But I’ve taken a new half time teaching position in an actual college after years of teaching adults of all kinds in the places where they … Continue reading #clmooc #makecycle6 geolocate your space